NatCon16 – Awards Honoree – Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Inspiring Hope Award for Science into Practice supported by Eli Lilly and Company
Recipient: Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Award Representative: Brent McGinty
The Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare has collaborated with Missouri HealthNet and Missouri’s Department of Mental Health and Substance Use to analyze data among high utilizing, vulnerable populations with complicated medical histories to improve the quality of care while lowering costs. Through a private partnership with Care Management Technologies (CMT), MO Coalition members have access to data of medication patterns within the Medicaid pharmacy claims data set to find opportunities to improve care. Through the use of this data, the MO Coalition has seen significant improvements in care management for more than 250,000 consumers. Data analysis showed a 30 percent decrease in emergency room and hospital admissions and an approximate cost savings of $19 million achieved across inpatient, outpatient and pharmacy costs.