Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-37-.07

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 560-X-37-.07 - Alabama Coordinated Health Network Program

The Alabama Medicaid Agency is responsible for the development and oversight of the Alabama Coordinated Health Network (ACHN) program that will consolidate the existing case management programs of Maternity Care, Health Homes, and portions of Family Planning into seven Primary Care Coordination Management Entities that provides seamless, care coordination that focuses on quality and improved health outcomes.

The ACHN program will operate in seven regions. Effective October 1, 2019, the following designations of geographic boundaries have been established for ACHN locations:

1. Central, which includes the following counties: Autauga, Butler, Chilton, Crenshaw, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, and Wilcox.

2. East, which includes the following counties: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, DeKalb, Etowah, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega, and Tallapoosa.

3. Jefferson and Shelby, which includes the following counties: Jefferson and Shelby.

4. Northeast, which includes the following counties: Cullman, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan.

5. Northwest, which includes the following counties: Bibb, Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston.

6. Southeast, which includes the following counties: Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Macon, Pike, and Russell.

7. Southwest, which includes the following counties: Baldwin, Choctaw, Conecuh, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, and Washington.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-37-.07

New Rule: Filed August 13, 2003; effective September 17, 2003.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 10, July 31, 2019, eff. 8/25/2019.

Author: Bob Kurtts, Health Systems Manager, Network and Quality Assurance Division

Statutory Authority: State Plan; Title XIX, Social Security Act; C.F.R. Part 438; C.F.R. §438.700 et.seq.