AZ Blue Health Choice Expands Access to Care with In-Home, Whole-Family Care Model Through Nest Health Partnership
For many Arizona families, getting to a doctor is not just inconvenient &ndash; it can feel impossible. Work schedules, transportation&nbsp;gaps, childcare needs, managing everyone&rsquo;s health, and finding the right time for a doctor visit can be a lot to ask. AZ Blue Health Choice is working to change that &ndash; and we are bringing the care right to our families' front door.
Through AZ Blue Health Choice&rsquo;s Medicaid team and its partnership with Nest Health, members can receive visits that address the entire family&rsquo;s health needs in one appointment, right in their home.
Three key takeaways:
<ul>
 <li>AZ Blue Health Choice members in Maricopa and Mohave counties have access to in-home, whole-family care visits that cover every member of their household in a single appointment. </li>
 <li>AZ Blue Health Choice members enrolled in the program are closing the care gaps at 1.7 times the rate of non-enrolled members.</li>
 <li>AZ Blue Health Choice has reached over 2,100 eligible members, with same or next-day appointment access and a 24/7 clinical care line available at no extra cost.</li>
</ul>
Meeting families where they are. Literally.
In a single in-home visit, members can complete well-child exams, postpartum care, chronic disease check-ins, behavioral health screenings, and vaccine catch-ups for everyone in the household.
And when a family needs care at 2 a.m., AZ Blue Health Choice members can reach a clinical care line that is staffed around the clock. 85% of calls that would have ended up in an ER visit are resolved at home instead.
<ul>
 <li>2,164 AZ Blue Health Choice members have enrolled in the service.</li>
 <li>88% of children enrolled are meeting their well-child visit checks.</li>
 <li>AZ Blue Health Choice members in Maricopa and Mohave counties have access to Nest Health, with Pinal County coming later this month and Coconino County soon after.</li>
</ul>
Since launching our partnership, AZ Blue Health Choice has seen what whole-family, in-home care can accomplish, even in the face of significant challenges.
A different kind of health plan.
Arizona has a well-documented <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8974357/" target="_blank">gap between health outcomes of Medicaid-enrolled families and the broader population</a>. Access is a major driver &ndash; not just cost, but the practical barriers that make it hard for working families to maintain consistent care.
AZ Blue Health Choice members enrolled in this program are closing care gaps at 1.7 times the rate of non-enrolled members. Families who previously had no regular care are now getting same-day appointments from a team that knows them. And with members reporting high satisfaction rates, it is clear that, when care comes to families on their terms, they show up for it.
A new mom keeping four kids healthy while navigating food insecurity.
Three months postpartum with three children and no primary care provider, this AZ Blue Health Choice member connected with the program while still waiting for SNAP approval. In one in-home visit, her family&rsquo;s vaccines, screenings, and well-child visits were completed, postpartum depression screenings came back negative, and the care team helped her navigate SNAP enrollment. 10 quality care gaps closed in a single appointment.
A family that had been using the ER as their primary care.
Before connecting with AZ Blue Health Choice and the Nest Health partnership, this family had made seven emergency room visits as their only access point to care. Through the program, ER visits dropped to two. Mom is now managing her heart condition with medication and connected with a licensed social worker. Both daughters completed overdue well visits and vaccines.

For AZ Blue Health Choice, our Medicaid team, this is what commitment to Arizona families looks like in practice &ndash; not just on paper.&nbsp;

AZ Blue Health Choice: Healthcare that comes to you

mini

webImage

thumbnail

original

Nest Health Update Blog

Blog

AZBlue

White

Search

Left