Analyzes the largest drivers of high costs among persistently high-cost Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries, and finds most spending related to long-term care.
Examines the potential for Minnesota’s integrated care model to lower use of hospital care and increase use of primary care and community-based services for dually eligible older adults.
Examines how home meal delivery programs show promise for reducing the use of costly health care and decreasing spending for dually eligible individuals.
Analysis of Veterans Health Administration nursing home cost and quality data shows association between higher quality of care and greater overall patient costs.
Describes the needs of distinct subpopulations within the dually eligible population with highly complex needs, along with opportunities for tailored interventions that may reduce health care spending.
Examines a unique program that seeks to integrate medical, behavioral health, and social services for dual eligible individuals with serious mental illnesses, substance abuse problems, or disabilities.
In nursing homes, replacing on-call physician services during off-hours with direct contact via telemedicine may reduce Medicare spending through fewer avoidable hospitalizations.