WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.006 INDIANA HAS HISTORICALLY HAD ONE OF THE WORST INFANT MORTALITY RATES IN THE COUNTRY, BUT THE STATE IS MAKING PROGRESS. IN 2 00:00:07.006 --> 00:00:16.015 2019, INDIANA SAW ITS LARGEST DROP IN INFANT MORTALITY IN SIX YEARS. A NONPROFIT HEALTH PLAN IN THE HOOSIER STATE IS NOW 3 00:00:16.015 --> 00:00:23.990 INVESTING IN A PROGRAM TO HELP INDIANA MAKE EVEN MORE PROGRESS. BUSINESS OF HEALTH REPORTER KYLIE VELETA HAS MORE. 4 00:00:23.990 --> 00:00:27.994 KYLIE. >> THANK YOU, GERRY. CARESOURCE IS A MULTI-STATE NONPROFIT HEALTH PLAN WITH ABOUT 5 00:00:27.994 --> 00:00:36.102 200,000 MEMBERS STATEWIDE: IT'S ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLANS. CARESOURCE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A 6 00:00:36.102 --> 00:00:42.308 JOINT PROGRAM WITH GOODWILL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA'S NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP. THE GOAL IS TO HELP SOME OF THE 7 00:00:42.308 --> 00:00:46.312 HIGHEST-RISK MOMS DELIVER HEALTHY BABIES. JOINING ME NOW TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE EFFORT IS STEVE 8 00:00:46.312 --> 00:00:56.055 SMITHERMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF CARESOURCE INDIANA. THANKS FOR BEING ON THE SHOW. >> THANKS FOR ME. 9 00:00:56.055 --> 00:01:01.795 >> WHAT IS CARESOURCE DOING, JOINING FORCES WITH GOODWILL TO FOCUS ON MOMS AND BABIES IN THE HOOSIER STATE? 10 00:01:01.795 --> 00:01:14.240 >> WE ARE PROVIDING THE FUNDING FOR FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS TO BRING ON ADDITIONAL NURSES IN NINE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA. 11 00:01:14.240 --> 00:01:22.048 WE FOCUSED ON THAT AREA OF THE STATE, THE LEAST RESOURCES AVAILABLE. WE'RE HOPING WE CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN 12 00:01:22.048 --> 00:01:30.356 THAT AREA. >> SO I UNDERSTAND CARESOURCE IS PROVIDING $100,000 TO HELP PROVIDE A NURSE, AND THIS NURSE 13 00:01:30.356 --> 00:01:38.698 STARTED LAST MONTH. EXPLAIN WHAT THIS NURSE MEANS, THE DAY IN, DAY OUT, WHAT IS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE TO HAVE THE NURSE FOR THE 14 00:01:38.698 --> 00:01:47.874 MOTHER AND BABY? >> YEAH. SO THE NURSE WILL WORK WITH MOMS DURING AND AFTER THEIR PREGNANCY TO PROVIDE MEDICAL, 15 00:01:47.874 --> 00:01:55.315 PARENTING INFORMATION, A REEL TIME RESOURCE FOR THE MOMS TO REACH OUT TO ANY TIME WITH QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND TO 16 00:01:55.315 --> 00:02:01.821 ENSURE THAT MOM IS GETTING THE NECESSARY VISITS PRE AND POST DELIVERY, FOR HERSELF AND THE BABY. 17 00:02:01.821 --> 00:02:07.994 >> ONE OF OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS IS THAT THESE ARE HOME VISITS, CORRECT? THE MOM DOESN'T NEED TO LEAVE 18 00:02:07.994 --> 00:02:15.101 HER HOUSE? >> CORRECT. THE NURSES WILL BE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF THE MEMBERS TO PROVIDE THESE 19 00:02:15.101 --> 00:02:23.443 SERVICES, SO IT'S NICE, MEMBERS WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRANSPORTATION OR OTHER ELEMENTS THAT THIS WAY WILL ENSURE THAT 20 00:02:23.443 --> 00:02:31.084 THE MOM IS GETTING ALL THEY NEED PRIOR TO DELIVERY. >> WE WERE ESTIMATING THAT THIS WILL IMPACT ABOUT 25 MOMS TOTAL, 21 00:02:31.084 --> 00:02:39.392 EVEN THOUGH IT WAS JUST ONE NURSE. CARESOURCE COULD HAVE PARTNERED WITH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. WHY DID CARESOURCE 22 00:02:39.392 --> 00:02:47.934 CHOOSE GOODWILL, THIS PROGRAM AT GOODWILL TO BE ITS PARTNER? >> I THINK FIRST OF ALL, INFANT MORTALITY RATE IN INDIANA HAS 23 00:02:47.934 --> 00:02:55.542 BEEN A CONCERN A LONG TIME. ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY, AND THE HIGHEST IN THE MIDWEST. THE GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVE AROUND 24 00:02:55.542 --> 00:03:02.782 REDUCING THAT, AND BECOMING THE BEST IN THE MIDWEST BY THE END OF THIS TERM IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO ALIGN OURSELVES TO. 25 00:03:02.782 --> 00:03:12.292 AND SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS IS GREAT OUTCOMES FROM THE MEMBERS THEY WORK WITH. 26 00:03:12.292 --> 00:03:21.935 89% OF THE MEMBERS WERE BORN AT NORMAL BIRTH WEIGHT. 95% BORN FULL TERM. IF YOU LOOK AT HISTORICALLY OUT PAST 10, 20 27 00:03:21.935 --> 00:03:29.208 YEARS AFTER, WE SEE HIGHER GRADUATION RATES, LOWER INCARCERATION RATES, JUST TREMENDOUS OUTCOMES FOR THE 28 00:03:29.208 --> 00:03:36.549 PROGRAM. THAT'S WHY WE'RE VERY INTENTIONAL WHERE WE INVEST OUR DOLLARS, SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN SEE AND MEASURE THE IMPACT IT'S 29 00:03:36.549 --> 00:03:44.824 MAKING, WE FEEL LIKE THIS PROGRAM IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. >> CARESOURCE COVERS MULTIPLE STATES, AND THIS IS THE FIRST 30 00:03:44.824 --> 00:03:51.864 STATE, INDIANA, WHERE CARESOURCE IS LAUNCHING THIS PROGRAM, A PILOT PROGRAM. WHAT RESULTS ARE YOU HOPING TO SEE, AND WHAT DO 31 00:03:51.864 --> 00:04:00.006 YOU THINK THAT COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PARTNERSHIP? >> YEAH, THIS IS A PILOT. IF WE SEE THE RESULTS WE ARE HOPING TO 32 00:04:00.006 --> 00:04:08.948 SEE, WE WILL LOOK TO EXPAND UPON THIS PILOT IN FUTURE YEARS, AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TO REPRESENT REDUCE INFANT 33 00:04:08.948 --> 00:04:20.693 MORTALITY RATE THAT OUR NURSES WILL BE WORKING. IN ADDITION, ALSO TO SEE THE IMPACT AROUND NICU CASES. SO THE BIRTH WEIGHT 34 00:04:20.693 --> 00:04:31.571 AND THE FULL TERM IS GREAT DATA THEY HAVE. ALSO AROUND BREASTFEEDING, 93% OF MEMBERS INITIATE BREASTFEEDING, 60% 35 00:04:31.571 --> 00:04:40.913 LESS -- UTILIZATION. THE GREAT THING, THESE NURSES STAY WITH THE MOM TWO YEARS POST DELIVERY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE GETTING 36 00:04:40.913 --> 00:04:48.287 WELL CHILD VISITS COMPLETED. >> DO YOU THINK IT COULD EXPAND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE OR EVEN BE SORT OF A MODEL FOR 37 00:04:48.287 --> 00:04:54.060 OTHER STATES THAT CARESOURCE WORKS WITH? >> ABSOLUTELY. I CAN SEE US EXPANDING INTO OTHER PARTS OF 38 00:04:54.060 --> 00:05:04.637 THE STATE AS WELL AS EXPANDING THIS INTO OUR OTHER MARKETS. IF IT'S AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE EXPECT. >> SO THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE 39 00:05:04.637 --> 00:05:10.810 IN INDIANA DROPPED THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, HOWEVER STILL WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. YOU MENTIONED OFF CAMERA, THIS 40 00:05:10.810 --> 00:05:17.950 IS JUST ONE WAY THAT CARESOURCE IS TRYING TO IMPACT INFANT MORTALITY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE 41 00:05:17.950 --> 00:05:23.790 UNDER WAY? >> CARESOURCE, WE HAVE A DEDICATED MATERNAL CHILD TEAM THAT WORKS CLOSELY WITH MOMS AND 42 00:05:23.790 --> 00:05:32.765 BABIES, WE GO AROUND THE STATE AND PROVIDE WHAT WE CALL BABY FAIRS, SIMILAR TO A BABY SHOWER, WE BRING IN OUR PREGNANT MOMS 43 00:05:32.765 --> 00:05:43.276 AND MOMS RECENTLY DELIVERED AND DO A LOT OF EDUCATION AROUND PARENTING, MEDICAL, FAMILY EDUCATION IS INVOLVED IN THAT. 44 00:05:43.276 --> 00:05:51.517 SO, THAT IS VERY ENGRAINED IN THE COMMUNITY, TOUCH ALL AREAS OF THE STATE, PRIOR TO COVID, WE WERE IN PERSON ON A REGULAR 45 00:05:51.517 --> 00:05:57.724 BASIS, WE'RE DOING MORE VIRTUALLY NOW, POST COVID WE WILL DEFINITELY BE GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AGAIN. WE DO A 46 00:05:57.724 --> 00:06:05.898 LOT OF WORK WITH THE LOCAL HOSPITALS AND NICUS, MAKING SURE THAT THE NICU BABIES ARE TRANSITIONING INTO THEIR HOMES 47 00:06:05.898 --> 00:06:13.306 SAFELY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AROUND THAT IS PROVIDING BABY SCALES. SO WE'RE PROVIDING BABY SCALES TO THE MOMS OF THE 48 00:06:13.306 --> 00:06:21.180 BABIES RELEASED FROM NICU. MULTI-PURPOSE, IT PREVENTS MOM AND BABY FROM HAVING TO GET OUT AND GO TO THE DOCTOR FOR A 49 00:06:21.180 --> 00:06:27.987 WEIGHT CHECK. TWO, PROVIDED MOM WITH PEACE OF MIND, ANY TIME SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE BABY WEIGHT, SHE WILL HAVE A SCALE IN 50 00:06:27.987 --> 00:06:36.062 HER HOME. WE THINK THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN HELP CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCING THE INFANT MORTALITY RATES ACROSS 51 00:06:36.062 --> 00:06:37.063 THE STATE OF INDIANA.