Using funds provided by the Delta Health Alliance, MPHCA facilitated partnerships among hospitals and health centers in the Mississippi Delta to help patients identify a medical home and reduce the volume of non-urgent care delivered in hospital emergency departments. (This program is no longer functioning due to budget cuts.)
Project Redirect was recognized in the American Hospital Association's Community Connections, Ideas & Innovations for Hospital Leaders (Case Examples #6)
Data/Research
- Newly insured expected to crowd emergency rooms
- Statistics: Who Visits the Emergency Room? 20 Percent of Americans, Insured or Not
- Study: Uninsured don't go to the ER more than insured
ER Diversion Resources
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Reducing Inappropriate ER Use Among Medicaid Recipients - Partnership for Medicaid (125 KB) - Impact of CHCs and Community Health Plans on ED Use (318 KB)
- Impact of CHCs on Uninsured ED Visits in Rural Counties (530 KB)
- Payers of ED Care - AHRQ (104 KB)
Medical Home Resources
- Patient-Centered Medical Homes: RWJF Health Policy Brief (Link) NEW!
- Building Medical Homes in Medicaid & CHIP Programs - NASHP (620 KB)
- Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Manual (Link to PCDC)
December 7-8, 2009 Workshop Resources
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Project Redirect Overview (116 KB) - Louisiana ER Diversion Project (2668 KB)
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Louisiana ER Diversion Summary (56 KB) 
- Partners FGH & SeMRHI (785 KB)
- Hospital-Health Center Affiliations (261 KB)
- Louisiana Medical Home Initiative (988 KB)
- Sample Confidentiality Agreement (49 KB)