‘Eyes in The Home’: ACOs Use Home Visits to Improve Care Management, Identify Needs, And Reduce Hospital Use How home visits are used by ACOs to improve care, lower costs. Peer-Reviewed Article June 2019
Identifying and Designing the Right Care Management Program: Insights from ACOs Four care management models for ACOs. Implementation Tool April 2019
Quick Reference Guide to Promising Care Models This resource is an updated quick reference guide to promising models for people with complex needs. Brief/Report February 2019
How Accountable Care Organizations Use Population Segmentation to Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients Accountable Care Organization leaders explore approaches to segmenting high-need, high-cost populations. Brief/Report January 2019
How ACOs Are Caring for People with Complex Needs An analysis of the National Survey of ACOs Brief/Report December 2018
The ROI Calculator for Partnerships to Address the Social Determinants of Health A web-based financial tool that helps navigate partnerships between health care organizations and social service organizations. Implementation Tool August 2018
Ten Questions to Better Understand and Serve Your Complex Care Population California is asking Medicaid patients these ten questions about social and functional needs. Brief/Report April 2018
The CHRONIC Care Act of 2018: Advancing Care for Adults with Complex Needs A brief summarizes what you need to know about the new Chronic Care Act. Brief/Report March 2018
Complex Care Models to Achieve Accountable Care Readiness: Lessons from Two Community Hospitals Case studies of two community hospitals show how to advance accountable care. Case Example March 2018
Accountable Care Atlas: A Development Guide for Competency Implementation This resources describes the competencies organizations need to transition to value-based payment. Implementation Tool November 2017
Effective Care for High-Need Patients: Opportunities for Improving Value, Outcomes and Health The National Academy of Medicine offers a synthesis of the evidence for improving care for high-needs patients. Brief/Report June 2017
Bending the Spending Curve: The Role of Care Management in a Pioneer ACO ACOs have lowered costs for high-need patients through care management programs focused on modifiable spending. Peer-Reviewed Article May 2017
Medicaid Managed Care Best Practices Compendium This resource collects the most innovative initiatives in Medicaid managed care that emerge each year. Brief/Report January 2017
Tailoring Complex Care Management, Coordination, and Integration for High-Need, High-Cost Patients Improving care for high-need, high-cost patients is a key lever to decrease national health spending. Brief/Report September 2016
High-Need, High-Cost Patients: Who Are They and How Do They Use Health Care? There is considerable variation in use and spending among high-need adults, suggesting this population should be segmented into subgroups. Brief/Report August 2016
The Hospital at Home Model: Bringing Hospital-Level Care to the Patient The program offers a lower-cost alternative to the hospital for patients who can be safely treated at home. Case Example August 2016
Payment to Promote Sustainability of Care Management Models for High-Need, High-Cost Patients Provider incentives must be based on Triple Aim outcomes. Brief/Report May 2016
Taxonomy of Long-Term Services and Supports Integration A standardized tool to assess where along a continuum a program lies with regard to components of integration. Implementation Tool April 2016
Bridging the Silos of Service Delivery for High-Need, High-Cost Individuals A study of five programs identified key factors that support collaboration among community-based health and social services. Peer-Reviewed Article March 2016