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.
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Early Palliative Care Intervention for Patients with Serious Illness - Sharp Health Care
A home-based palliative care program in a full-risk financial arrangement showed consistent cost savings and lower hospital utilization across a 10-year period.
Case Example
Support and Services at Home Evaluation: SASH Evaluation Findings, 2010-2016
Program based in affordable housing sites for older adults and people with disabilities has favorable impact on Medicare and Medicaid expenditures and helps residents remain in community settings.
Brief/Report
Great Plains Senior Services Collaborative: Transforming Lives in America’s Rural Communities
A model to improve health and quality of life for rural seniors.
Case Example
Home-Based Primary Care Resources: A Toolkit for Health Partners
This toolkit details the benefits of home-based primary care to help providers demonstrate the need for these programs.
Implementation Tool
Primary Care Transformation: No Longer a Task of One
Primary care initiatives have shown that enhancing primary care can coordinate service delivery to the benefit of both patients and clinicians. In Medicare ACOs, primary care transformation has been foundational for shifting to a team-based approach that reaps benefits for everyone involved.
Blog
June 2019
Is the Bright Line Between Acute and Non-acute Care Fading?
The "winners" in population health management will be the health plans and providers that figure out how to identify individuals with activities of daily living impairment and address their needs with comprehensive care management and targeted non-medical services.
Blog
June 2019
ACO Serious Illness Care: Survey and Case Studies Depict Current Challenges and Future Opportunities
How ACOs are addressing serious illness.
Peer-Reviewed Article
‘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
Care Management for Older Adults: The Roles of Nurses, Social Workers, and Physicians
How staff composition affects care delivery for older adults.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Impact of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants on Utilization and Costs for Complex Patients
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are associated with lower costs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Including Family Caregivers in Seriously Ill Veterans’ Care: A Mixed-Methods Study
This study sought to develop recommendations for how to better integrate family caregivers into the health care team.
Peer-Reviewed Article
In Support of Family Caregivers: A Snapshot of Five States
Family caregivers are an integral part of health care and the economy, and they need states’ support.
Brief/Report
Health Equity: Permanent Supportive Housing with Housing First (Housing First Programs)
Permanent supportive housing programs with a “Housing First” approach can improve health outcomes and reduce acute care use for people experiencing homelessness with disabling conditions.
Brief/Report
Impact of Primary Care Intensive Management on High-Risk Veterans’ Costs and Utilization
Supplementing primary care with team-based management.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Time and Effort in Care Coordination for Patients with Complex Health and Social Needs: Lessons From a Community-Based Intervention
Staff time effort in complex care coordination programs is highly variable depending on patients’ health and social needs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Senior Living: The Biggest Missed Opportunity in Health Care
Although senior living organizations are primarily oriented toward housing and hospitality, there are many reasons they provide a great platform for value-based care.
Blog
May 2019
Transportation Benefits as Care Coordination: A Case Study from HealthPartners and Minnesota’s Senior Health Options Program
HealthPartners of Minnesota, one of seven health plans in Minnesota’s state administered Minnesota Senior Health Options program, was highlighted in a recent report its unique dedication to improving transportation quality and convenience for its members, and the benefits of state supported Fully Integrated Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan.
Blog
May 2019
Senior Living 101: A Primer on Senior Living
As ACOs and MCOs develop value-based strategies for managing a complex care population, they should get to know the organizations in their market that offer housing and services aimed at this population.
Blog
May 2019
Serious Illness Approaches by ACOs: Facey Medical Group
This case study analyzes a successful example of a medical group partnering with a home health agency to provide community-based palliative care for high-risk members of their accountable care organization.
Case Example