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Senate considers Pay-for-Success nurse home-visiting pilot targeting Medicaid recipients in rural Utah

Utah State Senate · March 2, 2018
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Summary

Senator Escamilla introduced a bill to create an evidence-based nurse home-visiting pilot using a Pay-for-Success model focused on Medicaid recipients in rural communities; sponsors argued it targets preterm births and postpartum depression and uses private investment to carry initial risk.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate considered a bill to establish a nurse home-visiting pilot under a Pay-for-Success model that would focus on Medicaid recipients in rural parts of the state.

Senator Escamilla, the bill sponsor, said the program would use evidence-based nurse home visits addressing metrics such as preterm…

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