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Upstream With a Small Paddle: How ACOs Are Working Against the Current to Meet Patients’ Social Needs

Accountable care organizations must address key funding, community partnership, and data sharing requirements to successfully integrate social services into medical care.

Peer-Reviewed Article

March 2020

Evaluation of the Independence at Home Demonstration: An Examination of the First Five Years

The Independence at Home demonstration showed mixed results for Medicare savings and utilization, but participating patients and caregivers reported high satisfaction with the home-based primary care that they received.

Brief/Report

March 2020

Five Strategies to Expand Palliative Care in Safety-Net Populations

Creating a palliative care program to meet the needs of low-income communities requires solutions that are patient centered and supportive of the clinical care team.

Peer-Reviewed Article

March 2020

Health Care Access Now: Calculating the ROI of a Care Coordination Program to Address Social Determinants of Health

Demonstrating return-on-investment to advance effective business relationships between community-based organizations and health care partners.

Case Example

March 2020

Homage: Calculating the ROI of a Partnership to Meet the Health-Related Social Needs of Medicare Advantage Plan Members

How can a community-based organization demonstrate the two-way financial benefits of partnering with a health plan?

Case Example

March 2020

Drivers of High-Cost Medical Complexity in a Medicaid Population

Adults with complex, high-cost health care needs are more likely to have experienced social adversity in childhood and adulthood.

Peer-Reviewed Article

March 2020

Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System

Strategies for reducing the impact of social isolation and loneliness on older adults.

Brief/Report

February 2020

Potentially Preventable Spending Among High-Cost Medicare Patients: Implications for Healthcare Delivery

Among high-cost Medicare enrollees, those who are seriously ill, frail, and/or had a serious mental illness experience the most potentially preventable spending.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2020

ECHO Care: A Novel Approach to Support Patients with Complex Needs

Features a conversation with Miriam Komaromy, MD, former ECHO Care lead, who shared key takeaways from the recent evaluation of the intervention to help inform complex care programs.

Blog

February 2020

Hopes and Wishes: Goals of High-Need, High-Cost Older Patients

High-need, high-cost older adult patients detail their health care goals, which may inform provider efforts to effectively engage with and care for these patients and their family caregivers.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2020

Impact of Complex Care Management on Spending and Utilization for High-Need, High-Cost Medicaid Patients

Complex care management program for high-need, high-cost Medicaid patients demonstrates substantially lower spending and inpatient utilization.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2020

Beyond the Camden Coalition’s Randomized Controlled Trial: Lessons for the Complex Care Field on Addressing Patient Needs

Features David Labby, MD, health strategy advisor for Health Share of Oregon, who provides insights on the recently released report on Camden Coalition's randomized controlled trial on the Camden Core Model.

Blog

February 2020

Best Practice Caregiving: Guiding Organizations to Dementia Programs for Family Caregivers

This robust online database provides detailed information on evidence-based dementia caregiving programs to better support family caregivers.

Website/Resource Center

February 2020

Health Care Spending and Use Among People Experiencing Unstable Housing in the Era of Accountable Care Organizations

Individuals experiencing homelessness had health care spending 2.5 times higher than the comparison Medicaid population.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2020

Evidence-Based Community Health Worker Program Addresses Unmet Social Needs And Generates Positive Return On Investment

A community health worker program yielded an annual return of $2.47 for every dollar invested by a Medicaid payer.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2020

Hospital Use Declines After Implementation of Virginia Medicaid’s Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services

Virginia’s comprehensive Medicaid reform for substance use treatment services led to an increase in outpatient and community-based treatment and a decrease in emergency department and inpatient use among beneficiaries with opioid use disorder.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2020

Integrating Community Health Workers on Quality Improvement Teams: Lessons from the Field

Tips on integrating community health workers into quality improvement teams to address patients’ social needs.

Implementation Tool

January 2020

Creating Value for Communities: Los Angeles County's Investment in Housing for Health

Lessons from Los Angeles County’s Housing for Health program to reduce homelessness.

Peer-Reviewed Article

January 2020

Medicaid Utilization and Spending among Homeless Adults in New Jersey: Implications for Medicaid-Funded Tenancy Support Services

Medicaid support for stable housing may reduce avoidable health care use and spending.

Peer-Reviewed Article

January 2020

Pathways for Integrating Social Care into Health Care Delivery: A Conversation with IHI’s Kedar Mate

Kedar Mate, MD, Chief Innovation and Education Officer at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, discusses opportunities to integrate social care into health care delivery, based on a recently released National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report.

Blog

January 2020

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Upstream With a Small Paddle: How ACOs Are Working Against the Current to Meet Patients’ Social Needs

Evaluation of the Independence at Home Demonstration: An Examination of the First Five Years

Five Strategies to Expand Palliative Care in Safety-Net Populations

Health Care Access Now: Calculating the ROI of a Care Coordination Program to Address Social Determinants of Health

Homage: Calculating the ROI of a Partnership to Meet the Health-Related Social Needs of Medicare Advantage Plan Members

Drivers of High-Cost Medical Complexity in a Medicaid Population

Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System

Potentially Preventable Spending Among High-Cost Medicare Patients: Implications for Healthcare Delivery

ECHO Care: A Novel Approach to Support Patients with Complex Needs

Hopes and Wishes: Goals of High-Need, High-Cost Older Patients

Impact of Complex Care Management on Spending and Utilization for High-Need, High-Cost Medicaid Patients

Beyond the Camden Coalition’s Randomized Controlled Trial: Lessons for the Complex Care Field on Addressing Patient Needs

Best Practice Caregiving: Guiding Organizations to Dementia Programs for Family Caregivers

Health Care Spending and Use Among People Experiencing Unstable Housing in the Era of Accountable Care Organizations

Evidence-Based Community Health Worker Program Addresses Unmet Social Needs And Generates Positive Return On Investment

Hospital Use Declines After Implementation of Virginia Medicaid’s Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services

Integrating Community Health Workers on Quality Improvement Teams: Lessons from the Field

Creating Value for Communities: Los Angeles County's Investment in Housing for Health

Medicaid Utilization and Spending among Homeless Adults in New Jersey: Implications for Medicaid-Funded Tenancy Support Services

Pathways for Integrating Social Care into Health Care Delivery: A Conversation with IHI’s Kedar Mate