Going Beyond Clinical Care to Reduce Health Care Spending A regional approach to health care transformation. Peer-Reviewed Article July 2018
Ten Questions to Better Understand and Serve Your Complex Care Population California is asking Medicaid patients these ten questions about social and functional needs. Brief/Report April 2018
Meal Delivery Programs Reduce the Use of Costly Health Care in Dually Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries Examines how home meal delivery programs show promise for reducing the use of costly health care and decreasing spending for dually eligible individuals. Peer-Reviewed Article April 2018
Investing in Social Services as a Core Strategy for Healthcare Organizations: Developing the Business Case This resource explains how to invest in social services as a business strategy. Implementation Tool March 2018
Diffusion of Community Health Workers Within Medicaid Managed Care: A Strategy to Address Social Determinants of Health New Mexico’s model to deploy community health workers is now replicated in 12 states. Case Example July 2017
Improving Care for High-Need, High-Cost Medicare Patients This Bipartisan Policy Center report makes policy recommendations to allow Medicare to pay for non-medical supports and services. Brief/Report April 2017
Bridging the Silos of Service Delivery for High-Need, High-Cost Individuals A study of five programs identified key factors that support collaboration among community-based health and social services. Peer-Reviewed Article March 2016
Targeting Socially Isolated Older Adults: A Process Evaluation of the Senior Centre Without Walls Social and Educational Program A telephone-based virtual senior center may help minimize social isolation and loneliness for older adults. Peer-Reviewed Article December 2015
Interventions for Alleviating Loneliness Among Older Persons: A Critical Review Promising approaches to reduce loneliness for older adults in community and institutional settings. Peer-Reviewed Article January 2015