The provision of enabling services to higher-risk pregnant women and children in Medicaid managed care.
As managed care organizations become the major payer model for the higher-need, higher-risk population of Aid to Families with Dependent Children women and children, they would benefit from looking at lessons learned during the past decade as policy makers and providers struggled to identify less costly, but effective strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with poor birth outcomes. This article discusses the experience of one community in providing enabling services, the opportunity for new partnerships, measuring the outcomes, and the financing of enabling services in a managed care model.
Sandler
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Social Work Division, University of Rochester, New York, USA.
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