As Part of RWJF's Communities in Charge Program, Maine Establishes Health Plan Supporting Providers Who Offer Volunteer Care to Uninsured
Communities in Charge: Financing and Delivering Health Care to the Uninsured -- Organization and Planning
In 2001, MaineHealth, a nonprofit health system serving southern and central Maine, established CarePartners, a health plan using a network of providers offering volunteer care to the uninsured.
The project was part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) national program Communities in Charge: Financing and Delivering Health Care to the Uninsured.
Key Results:
- Between June 2001 and March 2004, 2,203 individuals received services under CarePartners; 2,162 others were referred to Maine's Medicaid program.
- Hospitals and physicians donated $8.2 million in medical care, and pharmaceutical companies provided $1.5 million worth of free drugs to CarePartners enrollees.
- Over the course of the grant period, the overall cost of the program per member per month decreased.
- Created a new, locally funded mechanism to purchase prescription drugs.
Communities in Charge Project Results
Individual project results from the RWJF national program, Communities in Charge: Financing and Delivering Health Care to the Uninsured
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