A comprehensive review of state mechanisms to reimburse for community health worker services.

Medicare Advantage plans report different barriers to partnering with community-based organizations, but there are strategies to develop effective partnerships.

Over 14 years, individuals experiencing chronic homelessness enrolled in a permanent supportive housing program had low housing retention and high mortality.

A permanent supportive housing program reduced emergency department visits within the first six months of placement but showed neutral effects on total cost of care and primary care utilization for Medicaid enrollees.

Home-based program provided by a community health and social worker reduces acute care use and improves care for older adults with complex health and social needs.

An affordable housing program in Baltimore generates between $1.30-$1.92 of “social return” in the community for every dollar invested annually.

A review of existing literature finds that medical respite care reduces hospital and emergency department visits, increased use of outpatient care, and leads to overall cost savings.

Discusses the benefits and challenges of tele-social care and offers practical tips for providers administering telehealth services for social care activities.

Suggests that community-based organizations are responding to Medicaid redesign efforts that prioritize social determinants of health by adopting practices similar to health care organizations.

Home-based primary care programs enable care teams to gain insights on a variety of social factors that impact older adults’ health, which allows them to better tailor care to meet patient needs.

A produce prescription program leads to improvements in blood pressure and A1c levels and reductions in food insecurity for people with or at risk of type 2 diabetes.

Demonstrates that a program assisting older adults with complex needs in navigating medical and social services may lower acute care utilization.

Outlines practical steps for implementing flexible supplemental benefit offerings in Medicare Advantage plans.

Presents tools and tips frontline care management staff to address high-risk patients’ unmet social health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Housing First programs reduce homelessness and health care use more effectively than Treatment First approaches.

Explored opportunities for health systems and plans to work with CHW/Ps to support high-need individuals, with a focus on addressing the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHW intervention reduced health care costs and utilization for low-income women with depression.

Food banks can use this tool to learn approaches to information-sharing for health care partnerships and interventions.

Provider-based model identifies patients at highest risk for complications from COVID-19.

Individuals experiencing homelessness can benefit from intensive, continuous, and community-based case management interventions.