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CAN I DONATE Most healthy adults are eligible to give blood, however, there are some reasons a person may be deferred from donating temporarily, indefinitely, or. DHS Illinois Health Connect. Summary Illinois is implementing a Primary Care Case Management PCCM model of health care to address access and quality issues. The PCCM model assures responsive health care delivery that focuses on prevention, health promotion, primary care and coordinated and appropriate health care. Illinois PCCM program is called Illinois Health Connect. Automated Health Systems AHS will administer Illinois Health Connect for Healthcare and Family Services. Illinois Health Connect will be implemented in two phases  Voluntary Participation and Mandatory Participation. The Voluntary Manged Care program will continue to be operational in Cook, Madison, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair and Washington counties. Your Healthcare Plus is a separate program designed to help customers manage chronic or complex health conditions. Implementation of Illinois Health Connect. Voluntary Participation. Makanan Sereal Untuk Diet. Mandatory Participation. Implementation. Implementation Schedule. Your Healthcare Plus. Contact Information for Customers. Voluntary Participation Questions. Mandatory Participation Questions. Illinois Nurse Helpline. Your Healthcare Plus. This policy memorandum was prepared by Healthcare and Family Services HFS. HFS administers the Medicaid and All Kids programs. These programs provide medical benefits to families with children and to other persons. This information is to be used by staff of the Central All Kids and HBWD Units and the Illinois Department of Human Services when determining eligibility and authorizing medical benefits. Manual De Funciones De Un Gerente Comercial'>Manual De Funciones De Un Gerente Comercial. In July 2. 00. 6, the State of Illinois implemented a new program called Illinois Health Connect. This is a statewide Primary Care Case Management PCCM Program for most persons covered by an HFS Medical Program. Illinois Health Connect is a model of health care that combines managed care and fee for service and addresses cost and quality issues. Illinois Health Connect incorporates the concept of providing each participant in the program with a medical home through a Primary Care Provider PCP. The goals of Illinois Health Connect are to Improve the quality of health care Reduce the usage of the emergency room for routine medical care Improve access to care through the availability of a provider network and expansion of providers and. Provide the most appropriate and cost effective level of care to reduce inappropriate spending. In a medical home, the PCPs will provide medically necessary care in a timely manner with a focus on the provision of quality primary and preventive health care services that support continuity of care initiatives and avoid unnecessary emergency room visits and hospitalizations. This will include coordinating primary and preventive health care services, age appropriate immunizations, health screenings, making referrals to specialists for additional care or tests as needed and promoting better health behaviors. All customers who have active regular eligibility as shown on MMIS are required to participate in the PCCM program. Most children in All Kids, parents in Family. Care, adults with disabilities and elderly participants will be required to participate in Illinois Health Connect. The following populations are currently excluded from Illinois Health Connect People who have Medicare Children under age 2. Supplemental Security Income SSI Children in foster care and children who get Subsidized Guardianship or Adoption Assistance from the Department of Children and Family Services DCFS Children under age 2. People who live in nursing facilities American Indians and Alaska Natives Individuals with Spenddown Refugees People who get Home and Community Based services like the Community Care Program, the Home Services Program, or community services for persons with developmental disabilities Individuals enrolled in the following programs with limited benefits. Illinois Healthy Women. All Kids Rebate, Family. Care Rebate. Illinois Cares Rx formerly Senior. CareCircuit BreakerTransitional Assistance, age 1. Emergency Medical Only. Hospice. Sexual Assault, Renal and Hemophilia Programs. Populations Already Managed. High Level Third Party Liability TPLPrivate Insurance. Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly PACE participants. Children under age 2. Division of Specialized Care for Children DSCC of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Individuals residing in Community Integrated Living Arrangements CILAs and. Individuals in Presumptive Eligibility programs. Implementation of Illinois Health Connect. Illinois Health Connect is being implemented in two phases Voluntary Participation and Mandatory Participation. Voluntary Participation. Voluntary enrollment began in July 2. During this voluntary phase, customers may voluntarily enroll in Illinois Health Connect through an approved Federally Qualified Health Center FQHC, Rural Health Center RHC, or the Cook County Bureau of Health Services CCBHS clinics. Enrollment forms for the voluntary phase are only available through approved sites and are submitted HFS to be processed. In the voluntary phase of Illinois Health Connect, a customer may disenroll at any time. When customers voluntarily enroll in Illinois Health Connect, HFS will send the customer a Welcome Letter, CN 0. CN 0. 6. 2. 5S pdf. CN 0. PCP for each family member and provides helpful information about Illinois Health Connect. This Welcome Letter is only for the voluntary phase in each region see PCCM Roll Out by Region Table pdf. A separate Welcome Letter will be prepared for the mandatory phase. Customers who have questions about voluntary participation in Illinois Health Connect should be referred to the HFS Health Benefits Hotline at 1 8. TTY 1 8. 77 2. The call is free. Mandatory Participation. During mandatory enrollment, all customers required to join Illinois Health Connect will be given a choice of a PCP. Customers enrolled during the voluntary phase will also go through the mandatory enrollment process. In counties with the Voluntary Managed Care program Cook, Madison, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair and Washington, customers can choose between Illinois Health Connect or a managed care health plan Family Health Network or Harmony Health Plan for their delivery system. They also get to choose a PCP. In mandatory enrollment, customers who do not make a choice after 6. PCP.   A customer may change their PCP without cause once a month. In Illinois Health Connect, if a customer cannot reach their PCP after hours or on the weekends, they can call the Illinois Nurse Helpline for help. A nurse will answer the customers medical questions and will help the customer decide if they need to go to the Emergency Room. The Illinois Nurse Helpline phone number is 1 8. TTY 1 8. 00 5. The call is free. Effective December 1, 2. Illinois Health Connect, should be referred to AHS at 1 8. TTY 1 8. 66 5. The call is free. Implementation. AHS will contact providers and participants prior to implementation of Illinois Health Connect in the Regions identified below to provide education and information about Illinois Health Connect, to recruit providers as PCPs, and to assist customers in making a selection of a PCP.