Assessing the similarities and differences in the collaborative and integrated models of Minnesota’s Integrated Health Partnerships:

Abstract

Minnesota is the first in the nation to set up an Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) covering Medicaid lives. It is called the Integrated Health Partnership (IHP) and aims to reform the challenges of healthcare quality and costs. The IHP model engages providers to create partnerships and quality initiatives for improved care with data analytics, control the total cost of care, and assume risk with the state. Through policy analysis, qualitative research and quantitative descriptors, this paper will explore the similarities and differences in the various IHP models and the requirements deemed necessary for systems to successfully assume risk in this market.