Share this URL. Here is an expanded version of the second item from my Albany Insider column from Monday's editions; Susan Del Percio, the Republican consultant and commentator hired last year as a special adviser by Gov. Cuomo, a Democrat, is leaving the administration.
HealthChoice is the name of Maryland's statewide managed care program. Through HealthChoice, the state offers health services to eligible residents. Most of the services are provided through managed care organizations (MCOs). An MCO is a health plan with a group of doctors and other providers working together to provide health services to Medicaid members. Kaiser Permanente is an MCO that is part of Maryland's HealthChoice program. Eligible HealthChoice enrollees can choose Kaiser Permanente as the MCO where they want to receive their health services.
The Joint Commission, formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and still known more commonly by the acronym, JCAHO, is an independent, not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits more than 15,000 healthcare organizations in the United States.t was founded in 1951. JCAHO's Joint Commission International (JCI) was founded in the late 1990s to survey hospitals outside of the United States. JCI, which is also not-for-profit, currently accredits facilities in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America.