Mount Sinai Hospital + InterSystems Using HealthShare, New York City Hospital Builds App to Enroll Chronically Ill Medicaid Patients in Health Homes As state and federal agencies strive to reign in healthcare costs, health systems like Mount Sinai Hospital in New York State have become part of a program to improve the care management of chronically ill Medicaid recipients. Last year the state gave hospitals the responsibility of identifying and referring these patients to Health Home programs, which provide care coordination services. According to the mandate, New York hospitals must “establish procedures for referring eligible individuals with chronic conditions who seek or need treatment in a hospital emergency department to designated Health Home providers.” Hospitals faili

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