New research sheds light on the strategies Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) use to create and maintain partnerships with health care entities.

This Tradeoffs podcast episode dives deep into how medical respite works, the problem it’s trying to solve, the evidence behind it, what’s fueling its recent growth, and what barriers remain in its way.

Explores what too often goes wrong for Black patients during the course of a serious illness, and how Medicare incentives and requirements could help address these alarming issues.

A conversation with Dennis Heaphy, MPH, Med, MDiv, policy analyst and health justice advocate at the Massachusetts Disability Policy Consortium, about findings from a study that he co-authored on the impact of engaging members with disabilities in care planning and care coordination.

Highlights key challenges in communicating about complex care and tips from a new resource that can help make it easier to communicate about complex care.

Shares five principles to consider in building a strong partnership with finance leaders to improve complex care programs.

Details recommendations from leaders in the complex care field for selecting measures as part of a strong value case.

Features a conversation with Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, that explores opportunities to use value-based payment strategies to support telehealth for people with complex needs.

Lead researchers discuss the evaluation of NavSTAR, an intervention designed to reduce hospital readmissions by combining substance use disorder consultation services with intensive case management and linkages to community resources.

Features the viewpoints of complex care leaders on how the pandemic and efforts to improve health equity have impacted their complex care business models.

Highlights the efforts of two Medicare Advantage plans ― UCare in Minnesota and UPMC Health Plan in Pennsylvania ― to provide supplemental benefits to family caregivers.

Shares key themes from a panel discussion that explored how to translate research findings into decision making for complex care program design and improvements.

Profiles the Care Ecosystem program, developed at the University of California, San Francisco, that is using care team navigators to support older adults with dementia who are living at home and their caregivers.

This Tradeoffs podcast episode explores how states and the federal government are grappling with if and how they should permanently change policies around telehealth and addiction treatment post-pandemic.

Details NCQA's person-driven outcome measures and how they can be used to improve care for people with complex health and social needs.

Explores the epidemiology and characteristics of homebound older adults, inequities they face, and reimagines care delivery for this population.

Features Karla Silverman, MS, RN, CNM, Associate Director for Complex Care Delivery at the Center for Health Care Strategies, who highlights the need to expand what measures are used to assess the quality of care delivery.

The Playbook’s 2021 summer reading list can catch you up on the latest innovations in improving care for people with complex needs.

Details the elements of Rush@Home’s care model and shares the impact and insights from implementing this home-based primary care program.

Describes the Department of Veterans Affairs' successful approach to home-based primary care.