The Long-Term Care Equality Index advocates for LGBTQ+ inclusive policies and procedures in long-term care settings.

Medicare model allowing concurrent coverage of hospice care and treatment improves end-of-life care and reduces total costs.

A care management model designed to center patients’ health priorities shows promising results.

Green House model results in improved outcomes for staff and residents compared to traditional nursing home model.

CAPABLE, a home-based care program that provides interdisciplinary services for older adults, leads to reductions in disability as well as cost savings.

The Green House model for longer term care residents was associated with reduced COVID-19 death rates compared to traditional nursing homes.

Identifies opportunities to strengthen integrated programs to improve care and support positive health outcomes for dually eligible individuals both during and beyond the pandemic.

Details how two health plans in California developed programs to transition dually eligible members from institutional settings back into their communities.

Highlights early findings demonstrating that Medicare-Medicaid integration can improve beneficiary experience and health outcomes, increase program efficiencies, and improve Medicaid program management.

How to implement the new Medicare benefits.

Long-term services and supports may reduce medical utilization.

Multiple factors, including geographic variation in available resources, may limit take-up among MA plans of new benefit flexibilities.

Analyzes the largest drivers of high costs among persistently high-cost Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries, and finds most spending related to long-term care.

Meeting the needs of older adults who are homebound.

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.

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.

Difficulty with activities of daily living is a major cost driver in health care that is typically overlooked.

In nursing homes, replacing on-call physician services during off-hours with direct contact via telemedicine may reduce Medicare spending through fewer avoidable hospitalizations.