Coffee and Contracts: What to Expect from Negotiations with Health Care Partners

The Partnership to Align Social Care hosted our fourth session of Coffee and Contracts: A Social Needs Contracting Community of Practice on Tuesday, April 9

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This session focused on what to expect from negotiations with a health plan when developing a contracted partnership. Nikki Kmicinski, Executive Director at Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative, Inc., shared her experiences in negotiating with healthcare organizations and discussed strategies to achieve a mutually beneficial contract for both parties. Attendees also had the opportunity to break into moderated group discussions with their peers.

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Meeting Summary and Notes

Lunch and Learn Event

Understanding the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Billing Codes for Community Health Integration (CHI), Principal Illness Navigation (PIN), and Principal Illness Navigation - Peer Support (PIN-PS) Services.

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The Partnership to Align Social Care hosted a lunch and learn event on April 3, which was the first in a series of upcoming resources, A Primer: Understanding the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Billing Codes for Community Health Integration (CHI), Principal Illness Navigation (PIN), and Principal Illness Navigation - Peer Support (PIN-PS) Services.

This webinar aimed to build upon previous Partnership events detailing opportunities to address HRSNs through fee-for-service Medicare. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions to help inform planning for, and implementation of, CHI and PIN services.