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.
Among high-cost Medicare enrollees, those who are seriously ill, frail, and/or had a serious mental illness experience the most potentially preventable spending.
A unique cross-sector partnership involving health care, police, and emergency services improved health care utilization in this rural health system pilot.
When identifying patients with complex health needs for interventions, algorithms that rely on cost data as a proxy for health status may lead to under-identification of Black patients.
Includes national survey data on family caregivers and their experiences in managing complex medical and nursing tasks for their family members at home, as well as recommendations to improve the supports for family caregivers.
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.