A Turning Point in Medicare Policy: Guiding Principles for New Flexibility Under Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill
How to implement the new Medicare benefits.
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Support and Services at Home Evaluation: SASH Evaluation Findings, 2010-2016
Program based in affordable housing sites for older adults and people with disabilities has favorable impact on Medicare and Medicaid expenditures and helps residents remain in community settings.
Brief/Report
Health Equity: Permanent Supportive Housing with Housing First (Housing First Programs)
Permanent supportive housing programs with a “Housing First” approach can improve health outcomes and reduce acute care use for people experiencing homelessness with disabling conditions.
Brief/Report
Transportation Benefits as Care Coordination: A Case Study from HealthPartners and Minnesota’s Senior Health Options Program
HealthPartners of Minnesota, one of seven health plans in Minnesota’s state administered Minnesota Senior Health Options program, was highlighted in a recent report its unique dedication to improving transportation quality and convenience for its members, and the benefits of state supported Fully Integrated Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan.
Blog
May 2019
Addressing Health Equity through Health and Housing Partnerships
Strategies for health centers and supportive housing providers to advance health equity by partnering to provide person-centered care.
Implementation Tool
Impact of Supportive Housing on Substance Use-Related Health Care Utilization Among Homeless Persons who are Active Substance Users
Supportive housing placement for people with substance use disorder (SUD) who are homeless reduces SUD-related health care utilization.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Association Between Receipt of a Medically Tailored Meal Program and Health Care Use
Medically tailored meals significantly reduced admissions to hospitals and nursing homes for people with complex health and social needs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Targeting High-Need Beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage: Opportunities to Address Medical and Social Needs
Medicare Advantage plans should identify patients based on medical and social risk factors, not just medical diagnoses.
Brief/Report
Integrating Social Workers Into Primary Care Teams
Outlines key opportunities for integrating social workers through a standardized approach derived from evidence-based and promising practices.
Play
October 2018
Geisinger Health System Deploys Community Health Workers to Address Social Determinants of Health
Looks at how the Keystone ACO partnership, serving residents of 41 primarily rural Pennsylvania counties as well as parts of New York, New Jersey and Maryland, is using community health workers to improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery.
Blog
October 2018
The ROI Calculator for Partnerships to Address the Social Determinants of Health
A web-based financial tool that helps navigate partnerships between health care organizations and social service organizations.
Implementation Tool
Practical Tools to Foster and Sustain Partnerships Between Health Care and Community Partners
The dialogue on caring for patients with complex needs has moved beyond a recognition that social factors like housing or nutrition have an outsize impact on health to practicalities. Now, health care providers are asking: what can we actually do to help?
Blog
August 2018
Permanent Supportive Housing: Evaluating the Evidence for Improving Health Outcomes Among People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness
Permanent supportive housing shows mixed results in improving health outcomes and health care costs for people experiencing chronic homelessness.
Brief/Report
Going Beyond Clinical Care to Reduce Health Care Spending
A regional approach to health care transformation.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Medical Respite for People Experiencing Homelessness: Financial Impacts with Alternative Levels of Medicaid Coverage
A financial analysis projected that hospitals and health plans could achieve cost savings by investing in medical respite programs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
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
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
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
Using Community Partnerships to Integrate Health and Social Services for High-Need, High-Cost Patients
This brief describes new ways for health care to address social determinants of health.
Brief/Report
Link Patients to Community Resources
Outlines steps for better meeting patients' needs through the use of effective community partnerships.
Play
November 2017