Insurer launches house visits for some Medicaid patients

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Paramedics are making house calls through a Blue Cross Blue Shield New Mexico pilot program.
The Albuquerque Journal reports Albuquerque Ambulance and American Medical Response have been contracted to visit Medicaid patients referred to the program, an effort to reduce 911 calls as well as potentially unnecessary medical costs and hospitalizations.
Blue Cross Blue Shield medical director of state government programs Dr. Duane Ross says the insurer and hospital pers