Using Medicare resources can enable states to support Medicaid managed care quality oversight and improvement, including quality monitoring of Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans.
California community paramedicine and triage to alternative destination programs lead to more coordinated care and reductions in emergency department visits and hospital readmissions.
This resource center offers guidance to help Medicaid stakeholders engage community members in policy and program design development, especially as a means of increasing health equity.
Transitional housing, combined with co-located substance use disorder care, facilitates access to permanent housing and increases engagement in substance use treatment.
Profiles Central City Concern, an FQHC in Portland, Oregon, that is providing services for people experiencing homelessness with substance use disorder — including primary care, behavioral health treatment, housing, and other supports.
Dawn Wiest, PhD, Director for Research and Evaluation at the Camden Coalition, discusses findings from an analysis of Camden Coalition’s care management program, which found that the program led to a significant reduction in hospital readmissions among engaged program participants.
Evaluation of North Carolina’s updated Medicaid telehealth policies demonstrate that strategies are needed to address racial disparities in telehealth use and promote more equitable access.
Secondary analysis of Camden Coalition randomized controlled data found that care management participants who were the most likely to engage with the intervention had significantly lower readmission rates.
Principles to help states build more comprehensive, sustainable, and equitable substance use disorder treatment, harm reduction, and recovery systems of care.
Toolkit offers guidance for corrections and health care professionals on evidence-based interventions to support the reentry needs of people with behavioral health needs.
Use of recovery housing leads to decreases in readmissions and emergency department visits among individuals recovering from substance use disorder, as well as increased use of primary care.
Carl Rush, policy advisor on community health worker (CHW) initiatives in more than 20 states, discusses the CHW program policy landscape and what policymakers can do to advance these efforts for people with complex needs.
Curated collection of research studies highlights the efficacy of services provided by community-based organizations, with a focus on outcomes relevant to health care partners.
Health care organizations can use this toolkit to develop community ambassador/liaison programs — programs that train community members to act as a bridge between communities and the organizations that serve them.