Common use of Healthy Beginnings Plus (HBP Clause in Contracts

Healthy Beginnings Plus (HBP. Program The PH-MCO must provide services that meet or exceed HBP standards in effect as defined in current or future MA Bulletins that govern the HBP Program. The PH-MCO must also continue the coordinated prenatal activities of the HBP Program by utilizing enrolled HBP Providers or developing comparable resources. Such comparable programs will be subject to review and approval by the Department. The PH- MCO must provide a full description of its plan to provide prenatal care for pregnant women and infants in fulfillment of the HBP Program objectives for review and advance written approval by the Department. This plan must include comprehensive postpartum care. The HBP Program also requires that high risk pregnant women should be adequately treated for substance use disorder (SUD). The PH-MCO will contract with high volume obstetrical hospitals and health systems that perform more than 900 Medicaid deliveries to establish highly coordinated health homes for pregnant Members with SUD. These health homes will be focused on identifying, initiating treatment, and referring pregnant Members for comprehensive drug and alcohol counseling services. If the PH-MCO is unsuccessful in contracting with any of the high-volume obstetrical hospitals or health systems, it must document its efforts to negotiate with the provider for review by the Department. The PH-MCO maternity program must provide a maternal continuum of care by instituting a community-based maternal home visiting program. An in-person maternal home visiting program must be an extension of the PH-MCO’s traditional case management program that transitions maternal family care to an evidence-informed or evidence-based home visiting program. The PH-MCO’s must provide a full description of its community-based maternal home visiting program that fulfills the Department’s HBP Program Description objectives for review and approval by the Department as per Exhibit B(5).A. Home Visiting Program.

Healthy Beginnings Plus (HBP. Program The PH-MCO must provide services that meet or exceed HBP standards in effect as defined in current or future MA Bulletins that govern the HBP Program. The PH-MCO must also continue the coordinated prenatal activities of the HBP Program by utilizing enrolled HBP Providers or developing comparable resources. Such comparable programs will be subject to review and approval by the Department. The PH- MCO must provide a full description of its plan to provide prenatal care for pregnant women and infants in fulfillment of the HBP Program objectives for review and advance written approval by the Department. This plan must include comprehensive postpartum care. The HBP Program also requires that high risk pregnant women should be adequately treated for substance use disorder (SUD). The PH-MCO will contract with high volume obstetrical hospitals and health systems that perform more than 900 Medicaid deliveries to establish highly coordinated health homes for pregnant Members with SUD. These health homes will be focused on identifying, initiating treatment, and referring pregnant Members for comprehensive drug and alcohol counseling services. If the PH-MCO is unsuccessful in contracting with any of the high-volume obstetrical hospitals or health systems, it must document its efforts to negotiate with the provider for review by the Department. The PH-MCO maternity program must provide a maternal continuum of care by instituting a community-based maternal home visiting program. An in-person maternal home visiting program must be an extension of the PH-MCO’s 's traditional case management program that transitions maternal family care to an evidence-informed or evidence-based home visiting program. The PH-MCO’s 's must provide a full description of its community-based maternal home visiting program that fulfills the Department’s 's HBP Program Description objectives for review and approval by the Department as per Exhibit B(5).A. Home Visiting Program.