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Chestnut Health Systems outlines integrated care, warns Medicaid cuts would hit local patients
Summary
Randy Derek, community relations coordinator at Chestnut Health Systems, told the McLean County Board Health Committee on the organization’s November agenda that Chestnut operates 11 locations across three states and provides integrated primary care, mental health and substance-use services to a largely Medicaid population.
Randy Derek, community relations coordinator at Chestnut Health Systems, told the McLean County Board Health Committee on the organization’s November agenda that Chestnut operates 11 locations across three states and provides integrated primary care, mental health and substance-use services to a largely Medicaid population.
Chestnut “treat[s] 30,000 patients annually,” Derek said, and described the organization’s integrated “medical home” approach that coordinates behavioral health, primary care and dental care. He said Chestnut has about 820 employees and 13 service delivery sites and noted that the Chestnut…
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