Fostering a culture of caring for veterans takes interdisciplinary teams focused on comprehensive, trusting and reliable relationships through open and frequent communication and ongoing education.
Provides lessons on the function and impact of health plan Consumer Advisory Councils from Medicare-Medicaid Plans in capitated model demonstrations under the Financial Alignment Initiative.
Telehealth interventions had similar outcomes to in-person care for different services and populations, but did not consistently impact utilization such as physician or emergency department visits.
Andrew McClure of Senior Whole Health, a Magellan company, discusses his work around aligning quality measurement and improvement and offers insight on what drove the success of this partnership between medical group providers and this special needs health plan.
Describes the implications of Title III of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which containes a series of landmark provisions for advancing the integration of Medicare and Medicaid and for improving care for persons with complex chronic conditions.
A new care delivery model of providing hospital-level services in the home (sometimes referred to as “home hospitalization” or “hospital at home”) has been launching with pilots at a number of health systems nationally.
To achieve the quality and cost outcomes we seek, Medicare and Medicaid services must be coordinated through one unified plan. And in some cases, this is already happening.
Walks through some of the most common barriers to treating and referring patients with substance abuse disorder in the emergency department and how to address these challenges.