Empowered Direct Care Worker: Lessons from the Green House Staffing Model Green House model results in improved outcomes for staff and residents compared to traditional nursing home model. Brief/Report January 2022
Nontraditional Small House Nursing Homes Have Fewer COVID-19 Cases and Deaths The Green House model for longer term care residents was associated with reduced COVID-19 death rates compared to traditional nursing homes. Peer-Reviewed Article January 2021
A Turning Point in Medicare Policy: Guiding Principles for New Flexibility Under Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill How to implement the new Medicare benefits. Implementation Tool July 2019
Are Medicare Advantage Plans Using New Supplemental Benefit Flexibility to Address Enrollees’ Health-Related Social Needs? Multiple factors, including geographic variation in available resources, may limit take-up among MA plans of new benefit flexibilities. Brief/Report January 2019
Persistence and Drivers of High-Cost Status Among Dual-Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries Analyzes the largest drivers of high costs among persistently high-cost Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries, and finds most spending related to long-term care. Peer-Reviewed Article October 2018