Advancing Health Equity Through Community Health Workers and Peer Providers: Mounting Evidence and Policy Recommendations
The value of community health workers in advancing health equity.
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The Value of Pursuing Medicare-Medicaid Integration for Medicaid Agencies
Highlights early findings demonstrating that Medicare-Medicaid integration can improve beneficiary experience and health outcomes, increase program efficiencies, and improve Medicaid program management.
Brief/Report
Building Shared Outcomes with Community-Based Organizations: Navigating Challenges to Address Social Needs
Explores the tension between health systems and community-based organizations and discusses strategies for successfully navigating it.
Blog
October 2019
Forging Health Care and Social Service Partnerships through Data Sharing: The Camden Coalition Health Information Exchange
Explores the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers’ Health Information Exchange, a web-based application that gives providers across health systems real-time access to medical information for patients with complex needs.
Blog
October 2019
Initiating Health Care Data Sharing with a Social Service Organization
Offers key steps for how health systems can provide access to health-related data to social service organizations in their community.
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October 2019
Building Shared Outcomes with Community-Based Organizations
Outlines steps to help health systems and community-based organizations build relationships that draw on each other’s strengths, put patients first, and support ecosystem development in local communities.
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October 2019
Building Blocks of Primary Care, Part 2: Better Between-Visit Care with Chronic Care Management
Our ability to effectively treat the growing number of individuals who live with multiple chronic diseases will remain compromised unless health systems explore innovative approaches.
Blog
October 2019
Cross-sector Collaboration for Vulnerable Populations Reduces Utilization and Strengthens Community Partnerships
A unique cross-sector partnership involving health care, police, and emergency services improved health care utilization in this rural health system pilot.
Peer-Reviewed Article
The Common Attributes of Successful Care Manager Programs for High-Need, High-Cost Persons: A Cross-Case Analysis
Ten common attributes for successful care management programs serving high-need, high-cost populations.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Dissecting Racial Bias in an Algorithm Used to Manage the Health of Populations
When identifying patients with complex health needs for interventions, algorithms that rely on cost data as a proxy for health status may lead to under-identification of Black patients.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation’s Health
Recommendations for integrating social and health care to improve the nation’s health.
Brief/Report
Expanded Flexibility in Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits
New flexibility for Medicare Advantage program represents a major turning point in Medicare policy and an opportunity for health insurers and providers to work together in new and more productive ways.
Blog
September 2019
Provide Person-Centered Transitional Care for Individuals with Complex Needs
Details how to develop an integrated, person-first approach to transitional care post-discharge.
Play
September 2019
Medications for Addiction Treatment: Providing Best Practice Care in a Primary Care Clinic
Effectively implementing medications for addiction treatment programs in primary care settings.
Implementation Tool
Effects of a Population Health Community-Based Palliative Care Program on Cost and Utilization
A community-based palliative care program reduced medical costs, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, hospital admissions, and days spent in the hospital for Medicare Advantage members with serious illness.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Experiences of community-dwelling older adults living with multiple chronic conditions: a qualitative study
Challenges and opportunities for older adults with multiple chronic conditions.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Effects of a Transitional Care Practice for a Vulnerable Population: A Pragmatic, Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial
Lower inpatient admissions rates in a transitional care intervention.
Peer-Reviewed Article
For the Uninsured in Memphis, a Stronger Safety Net
Moving patients out of the ED and into community support.
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Housing and the Role of Hospitals
Guide for hospitals to address housing instability by understanding the evidence, evaluating different approaches, and exploring case studies of health system-led programs.
Implementation Tool
Changes in Physical Health After Supported Housing: Results from the Collaborative Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness
A permanent supportive housing program did not improve most measures related to physical health for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, but did improve access to and trust in primary care.
Peer-Reviewed Article