Goals and Milestones

Goals:

1. Increase coverage, continuity of coverage, and appropriate service uptake through assessment of eligibility and availability of coverage for benefits in carceral settings just prior to release;
2. Improve access to services prior to release and improve transitions and continuity of care into the community upon release and during re-entry;
3. Improve coordination and communication between correctional systems, Medicaid systems, administrative service organizations, and community-based providers;
4. Increase additional investments in health care and related services, aimed at improving the quality of care for beneficiaries in carceral settings and in the community to maximize successful re-entry post-release;
5. Improve connections between carceral settings and community services upon release to address physical health, behavioral health, and health-related social needs (HRSN);
6. Reduce all-cause deaths in the near-term post-release; and
7. Reduce the number of emergency department (ED) visits and inpatient hospitalizations among recently incarcerated Medicaid beneficiaries through increased receipt of preventive and routine physical and behavioral health care.

Milestones:

1. Increasing coverage and ensuring continuity of coverage for individuals who are incarcerated.
2. Covering and ensuring access to the expected minimum set of pre-release services for individuals who are incarcerated, to improve care transitions upon return to the community.
3. Promoting continuity of care.
4. Connecting to services available post-release to meet the needs of the reentering population.
5. Ensuring cross-system collaboration.