From a press release:
Community Care of Western North Carolina (CCWNC) is one of the statewide networks affiliated with Community Care of NC (CCNC), whose population health model for transitional care received the inaugural Hearst Health Prize at the 16th annual Population Health Colloquium in Philadelphia on March 8th.
Hearst Health, a division of Hearst, chose CCNC from among 125 entries from across the nation as the recipient of a $100,000 award in recognition of outstanding achievement in managing or improving health. The transitional care model highlighted by this award focuses on Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic medical conditions at risk for hospitalization or readmission.
Locally, program participants receive medication management, education for condition self-management and timely outpatient communication with the medical home to follow up on clinical and social issues that can affect their health outcomes. Statewide, the program is delivered to 2,600 Medicaid recipients a month, and the rates of hospitalization and readmission for the target population have declined by 10 percent and 16 percent, respectively, since 2008. Total Medicaid costs were reduced by 9 percent (cited by the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor).
Gregory Dorn, MD, MPH, president of Hearst Health, stated “We are delighted that Community Care of North Carolina has been awarded the first-ever Hearst Health Prize for its transitional care management program that improves clinical outcomes for Medicaid beneficiaries and lowers costs in a healthcare system that serves 1.4 million people. It is our hope that the Hearst Health Prize provides a new national forum to share these practices with other programs to improve the health of vulnerable populations.”
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