Toolkit offers health care stakeholders in rural areas with practical information to support the design, implementation, and evaluation of community paramedicine programs.
Examines promising strategies to meet the needs of dually eligible individuals with serious mental illness, with an emphasis on opportunities to innovate with flexible spending within a capitated payment model.
Details the landscape of integrated care models and identifies policy recommendations to increase the availability of integrated care for dually eligible individuals.
Poses key questions to help states new to Medicare-Medicaid integration assess readiness for integration and select an achievable integration approach.
Health care systems may need to tailor screening and referral approaches for social needs, as some needs may be less likely to be met by social service organizations.
Accountable care organizations must address key funding, community partnership, and data sharing requirements to successfully integrate social services into medical care.
The Independence at Home demonstration showed mixed results for Medicare savings and utilization, but participating patients and caregivers reported high satisfaction with the home-based primary care that they received.
Among high-cost Medicare enrollees, those who are seriously ill, frail, and/or had a serious mental illness experience the most potentially preventable spending.