Health Home for Medicaid Patients With Chronic Conditions
Working to Keep You Healthier
If you’re on Medicaid and have certain health problems, it can be difficult to find the services you need. The Health Home program at St. Peter’s Health Partners can help if you:
- Have two or more chronic (long-lasting) health problems
- Have to go to the emergency room a lot
- Have trouble getting appointments or can’t get a ride to the doctor
- Need a safer place to live, healthier foods or medications
What Is a Health Home?
A Health Home isn’t an actual place. It’s a group of people who work with you to find ways to keep you healthier. It’s free and available to adults and children on Medicaid who have any of the following:
- HIV or AIDS
- Serious mental health illness
- Two or more long-term health problems, such as diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, heart disease, overweight/obesity and substance use disorder
What Can a Health Home Do for Me?
If you choose to enroll in a Health Home, you will be assigned a care manager. Your care manager will find out what you need and organize it for you, such as:
- Identify the kinds of health care providers you need, including services for mental health issues or substance use disorders (addiction)
- Make appointments and set up transportation so you can get to appointments
- Ensure that all of your health care providers talk to each other so that you get better overall care
- Make sure you get the medications you need
- Help you find better housing or healthier food
- Teach you ways to live a healthier life
- Check in with you regularly to see if you’re OK
The Health Home program can help you become healthier, maintain your health and stay out of the hospital. Enrollment is voluntary and you can stop using the program whenever you like.
Health Home at St. Peter’s Health Partners: Why Choose Us?
As the leader of Health Home programs in much of the Capital Region, we offer:
- Convenience: We partner with 19 agencies throughout the area, so you can find care close to home.
- Complete care: We treat the whole patient for better overall health, not just one issue at a time. We connect medical specialists, social services, counselors and more.
- Personalized treatment: At St. Peter’s Health Partners, we want you to be an active participant in your health. We help identify what you need and figure out how to get it, all at a pace that is comfortable for you.
- Large network of health care providers: No matter what health problems brought you to our Health Home, we have specialists who can help. From asthma specialists to psychiatrists to heart doctors, our system has experts in every field.
- Facilities to treat addiction and mental health issues: Our facilities help people with psychological disorders and substance use disorders. We provide emergency care for a crisis, short-term inpatient (overnight) stays, outpatient counseling and guidance for long-term recovery.
How Do I Find a Health Home?
Contact our Health Home to find out if you are eligible to enroll. Call 1-855-358-4482 or 518-271-3301, or email HealthHome@sphp.com. You can also ask a healthcare provider to help you enroll using this form:
- Referral Form (type to complete)
- Referral Form (complete by hand)