Providing virtual case mentoring to outpatient care teams may reduce unnecessary hospital and emergency department visits for high-need, high-cost patients.
Details how two health plans in California developed programs to transition dually eligible members from institutional settings back into their communities.
Telehealth interventions had similar outcomes to in-person care for different services and populations, but did not consistently impact utilization such as physician or emergency department visits.
Examines how home meal delivery programs show promise for reducing the use of costly health care and decreasing spending for dually eligible individuals.