This document provides ongoing information that will be updated from time-to-time. It follows the essential health benefits (EHB) Benchmark plan; and, it follows the federal-state-local government engagement and oversight for the successful January 1, 2014 implementation of the Affordable Health Care Act. ================================================================
Background
We use several sources for gathering information for our target audience – city of Milwaukee population.
They include:
• C-Span
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
• Health Reform Hits Main Street
• HealthCare.org
• Kaiser Foundation
• National Association of Commissioners of Insurance
The Affordable Health Care Law was signed by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2012.
It was upheld by the United States Supreme Court (5-4) on June 28, 2012.
On January 1, 2014, full implementation is the law for all 50 states and Washington, DC.
Milwaukee Affordable Health Care Commons/MA-HCC is tracking and evolving for IMPROVED steps, programs, projects and the EHB Benchmark plan for neighborhood-level transparency and best practice.
It is put in place to inform and provide guidance to help Milwaukeeans navigate the complex system of service providers, registries, doctors, nurses, hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, home care, health departments and exchanges for the upcoming national insurance called the Affordable Health Care Act.
It identifies the framework of the national law. It identifies federal-state-local service providers and decision makers. It identifies and encourage Milwaukeeans to get involved, seek information and take responsibility of ensuring their health wellness.
Hospitals and clinics
MA-HCC encourages service providers to identify and adopt the following:
• “Patient-centered” services as a priority-commitment
• Commitment to being a “Medicare Beneficiary” partner
• Coordinated care – hospital, clinic, doctor, rehabilitation, home care
• Coordinated care – practitioners and customers/patients
• Coordinated care – program design for IT wellness behavior
• Neighborhood partners that represents customer base
• Electronic records for sharing data
• ACO/Accountable Care Organization and Patient Centered Medical Home/PCMH model
• Cost-Savings
The city of Milwaukee has over a half-million population with Innovative options for “cost savings” through better health and better health care.
Health care centers indentified and adopted as MILWAUKEE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE COMMONS/MA-HCC are “Patient-Centered” care facilities that service the Affordable Health Care format and Medicare beneficiaries. Their business plan infrastructural definition show that their core value includes working directly with the customer for immediate and long-term improved health with quality; and, cost savings.
The MA-HCC seeks a seamless continuity of health services.
The MA-HCC model is more about “how well the clinicians/hospital provide services rather than how much” they do.
We see MA-HCC supporting the Affordable Health Care plan and a NEW environment of health care that “communize” the expertise of primary care, doctors, nurses, specialists, and assistants for wholistic care – a team approach.
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC supports the ACO/Accountable Care Organization approach taken by the United States Department of Health and Human Service. We see education and technology attainment at the neighborhood as crucial to the success of ALL initiatives, projects, plans and programs that may come through USGOVHHS; therefore, we call for immediate UPGRADE by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to connect her staff with organizations like MPA LLC, at the neighborhood level, to ensure that transparency, best practices, buy-in, is part of the accountability track.
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