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NYS HIV SNPS - Medicaid Managed Care Plans called HIV Special Needs Plans & the HIV SNPS Discussion Group Online
 
 
  In 2003 New York State Department of Health approved the go live of fully capitated comprehensive Medicaid Managed Care Plans called HIV Special Needs Plans (HIV SNPs). Designed to meet the needs of the HIV community, these Plans are offered as an alternative to regular Medicaid Managed Care Plans. In addition to standard NYSDOH Medicaid Benefits HIV SNPs have the following distinguishing features:
 
Membership is restricted to Medicaid eligible HIV Positive Adults and their children (up to the age of 21 regardless of HIV status) residing in New York City. As of ÊMarch 2014, uninfected homeless adults could also join.
 
Members have access to full Medicaid benefits: Inpatient care, outpatient care, pharmacy, dental, vision, laboratory, durable medical equipment, behavioral health services, home care, specialty care, primary care and other additional Medicaid benefits.
 
All HIV positive members must choose an HIV Specialist PCP as their primary care provider. No more than 350 members can be assigned to a single HIV PCP. HIV SNPs must credential their HIV PCPs each year to confirm that they have completed a minimum of 10 hours of continuing medical education in the management of HIV antiretroviral therapy.
 
HIV SNPs also offer care coordination services to members.
 
There are 3 HIV SNPs operating in New York State and located in New York City. As February 2015, they collectively provide services to approximatley 15,232 members residing in New York City. They are:
 
AmidaCare
http://livelifeplus.amidacareny.org
 
MetroPlus
http://www.metroplus.org/get-health-insurance/health-plans/medicaid-hiv-special-needs
 
VNSNY CHOICE SelectHealth
https://www.vnsnychoice.org/find-a-plan/hivspecial-needs/vnsny-choice-selecthealth
 
For your background. HereÕs a link to a detailed historical presentation about HIV Special Needs Plans in New York which I gave to doctoral students at New York Medical College in March 2013. http://nymc.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=73321c71-3008-460d-b963-9bdc0ce18492
 
I am the Executive Director of VNSNY CHOICE SelectHealth.
 
Eli
ecamhi@generes.com
 
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Information about the hivsnp discussion group
 
hivsnp discussion group
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/hivsnp/info
 
message archive
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/hivsnp/conversations/messages
 
The HIV Special Needs Plan (hivsnp) moderated discussion group provides a forum for ideas, comments, links, job announcements, event announcements and news about disease management approaches to population health and New York State Medicaid HIV Special Needs Plans in particular.
 
Common topics from recent posts include AIDS, Adherence, Accountable Care Organizations, Care Management, CDC, Cost of Care, Hepatitis C, Pay for Performance, Patients, Medicaid, Medicare, New York Providers, Patients, Pharmacy, Population Health, Triple Aim, Viral Load.
 
hivsnp list subscription instructions
 
by email
To subscribe to the hivsnp mailing list via email, send a blank email
to: hivsnp-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
 
You will receive a confirmation message. Just reply to this message and your subscription will be complete.
 
To unsubscribe by email, send a blank email to: hivsnp-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
 
by web browser
To subscribe online
Goto https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/hivsnp/info
 
Click on the Join Group button on front page of the group.
 
If you are not signed in, you will be asked to enter your Yahoo! ID.
 
By invitation
Respond to an invitation to join:
 
If the group moderator sent you an email invitation to join the hivsnp group, click on the link provided to join via the Yahoo! Groups web site.
 
Once you subscribe you can post messages to the group by sending email to this address hivsnp@yahoogroups.com
 
Eli Camhi
List Moderator
 
 
 
 
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