The Division of Health Care Financing, Bureau of Managed Health Care Programs, also within the Department of Health and Family Services, has the lead responsibility for managing the State Medicaid Program. The second elderly site is the Community Care Organization in Milwaukee, a full risk comprehensive PACE site. The first site of the Partnership Program for Persons with Physical Disabilities is Community Living Alliance in Madison, Wisconsin. Two additional sites were selected at the end of 1995, the Community Health Partnership, Inc. in Eau Claire and Independence First in Milwaukee. The community-based organizations involved in the Partnership Program are collaborating on functions that are common to each organization.
Risk management is one example.
The member organizations have pooled their resources to provide stop-loss protection. A management information system, claims processing system and clinical protocols are also being developed.