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Evaluations of Integrated Care Models for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Key Findings and Research Gaps

Summarizes evidence on how integrated care models affect health and cost outcomes for dually eligible beneficiaries.

Brief/Report

August 2020

Care Plans, Care Teams, and Quality of Life for People with Disabilities

For people with disabilities, familiarity with their care teams and care plans, and increased access to long-term services and supports can improve their perceptions of quality of life and health care.

Peer-Reviewed Article

August 2020

Providing Primary Care to Homebound Patients: UCSF Health's Care at Home Program

This case study highlights an accountable care organization’s home-based primary care program for homebound older adults, with early analysis of outcomes showing reduced acute care utilization.

Case Example

August 2020

How a Nonprofit Organization Gets Paid to Address Health-Related Social Needs

Highlights how the Commonwealth Fund's social determinants of health ROI calculator can help community-based organizations and health system partners integrate nonmedical services in a financially sustainable way.

Blog

July 2020

Identifying Patients with Persistent Preventable Utilization Offers an Opportunity to Reduce Unnecessary Spending

Medicare patients with the top five percent in preventable utilization account for almost half of all avoidable Medicare costs.

Peer-Reviewed Article

July 2020

How Community Health Workers and Promotores Can Support Individuals with Complex Needs amid COVID-19

Explored opportunities for health systems and plans to work with CHW/Ps to support high-need individuals, with a focus on addressing the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Webinar

July 2020

Effective Care Management by Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations

Complex care management program within Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations reduced cost and utilization for high-risk Medicare beneficiaries.

Peer-Reviewed Article

July 2020

Improving Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients: The View from a Community Health Worker and a Social Worker

A community health worker and social worker from CareMore Health share their perspective on the importance of their roles in lowering costs and improving outcomes for high-need patients.

Blog

July 2020

Effects of a Standardized Community Health Worker Intervention on Hospitalization Among Disadvantaged Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Pooled Analysis of Three Clinical Trials

Using community health workers can reduce hospitalizations in high-risk patients.

Peer-Reviewed Article

July 2020

Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker Employment

A comprehensive overview of different funding approaches to sustainably finance CHW programs.

Brief/Report

July 2020

Trauma-Informed Telehealth in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond

Strategies and a case example illustrate how principles of trauma-informed care can be applied to telehealth.

Peer-Reviewed Article

July 2020

A Pathway to Full Integration of Care for Medicare-Medicaid Beneficiaries

Recommended care models and policies to improve integrated care for dually eligible individuals at the state level.

Brief/Report

July 2020

Utilization and Cost Effects of the VHA Caring for Older Adults and Caregivers at Home (COACH) Program

Training for caregivers of veterans living with dementia may help them remain in their home longer, but may lead to increased health care costs.

Peer-Reviewed Article

July 2020

Age-Friendly Health Systems: Guide to Using the 4Ms in the Care of Older Adults

Step-by-step guide with robust tools for health systems to apply the 4Ms framework to deliver age-friendly, evidence-based care for older adults.

Implementation Tool

July 2020

Caring for Older Adults with Complex Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from PACE Innovations

Highlighted innovations adopted by PACE organizations during the pandemic to provide care for older adults with complex needs.

Webinar

June 2020

Use of General Primary Care, Specialized Primary Care, and Other Veterans Affairs Services Among High-Risk Veterans

Integrated health care systems can better support high-risk patients by embedding high-risk patient care within general primary care and mental health care.

Peer-Reviewed Article

June 2020

Implementing a Harm Reduction Approach to Medications for Addiction Treatment in Outpatient Settings

Provides steps to help providers in outpatient settings identify and implement harm reduction approaches to minimize patients' risk of relapse and overdose during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Play

June 2020

Adapting Medications for Addiction Treatment Programs in Response to COVID-19

Highlights opportunities for providers to implement medications for addiction treatment programs during COVID-19.

Blog

June 2020

Implementing Best Practices in Dementia Care

Clinical tools, training resources, and case studies of evidence-based care models that support people living with dementia and their caregivers.

Implementation Tool

June 2020

Demonstrated Health Care Cost Savings for Women: Findings from a Community Health Worker Intervention Designed to Address Depression and Unmet Social Needs

CHW intervention reduced health care costs and utilization for low-income women with depression.

Peer-Reviewed Article

June 2020

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Evaluations of Integrated Care Models for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Key Findings and Research Gaps

Care Plans, Care Teams, and Quality of Life for People with Disabilities

Providing Primary Care to Homebound Patients: UCSF Health's Care at Home Program

How a Nonprofit Organization Gets Paid to Address Health-Related Social Needs

Identifying Patients with Persistent Preventable Utilization Offers an Opportunity to Reduce Unnecessary Spending

How Community Health Workers and Promotores Can Support Individuals with Complex Needs amid COVID-19

Effective Care Management by Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations

Improving Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients: The View from a Community Health Worker and a Social Worker

Effects of a Standardized Community Health Worker Intervention on Hospitalization Among Disadvantaged Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Pooled Analysis of Three Clinical Trials

Sustainable Financing of Community Health Worker Employment

Trauma-Informed Telehealth in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond

A Pathway to Full Integration of Care for Medicare-Medicaid Beneficiaries

Utilization and Cost Effects of the VHA Caring for Older Adults and Caregivers at Home (COACH) Program

Age-Friendly Health Systems: Guide to Using the 4Ms in the Care of Older Adults

Caring for Older Adults with Complex Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from PACE Innovations

Use of General Primary Care, Specialized Primary Care, and Other Veterans Affairs Services Among High-Risk Veterans

Implementing a Harm Reduction Approach to Medications for Addiction Treatment in Outpatient Settings

Adapting Medications for Addiction Treatment Programs in Response to COVID-19

Implementing Best Practices in Dementia Care

Demonstrated Health Care Cost Savings for Women: Findings from a Community Health Worker Intervention Designed to Address Depression and Unmet Social Needs