Providing Non-Medical Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage Outlines practical steps for implementing flexible supplemental benefit offerings in Medicare Advantage plans. Brief/Report November 2020
Health Care Access Now: Calculating the ROI of a Care Coordination Program to Address Social Determinants of Health Demonstrating return-on-investment to advance effective business relationships between community-based organizations and health care partners. Case Example March 2020
Homage: Calculating the ROI of a Partnership to Meet the Health-Related Social Needs of Medicare Advantage Plan Members How can a community-based organization demonstrate the two-way financial benefits of partnering with a health plan? Case Example March 2020
Drivers of High-Cost Medical Complexity in a Medicaid Population Adults with complex, high-cost health care needs are more likely to have experienced social adversity in childhood and adulthood. Peer-Reviewed Article March 2020
Impact of Social Needs Navigation on Utilization Among High Utilizers in a Large Integrated Health System Impact of social needs navigation program on future utilization of patients with prior high utilization. Peer-Reviewed Article November 2019
Advancing Health Equity Through Community Health Workers and Peer Providers: Mounting Evidence and Policy Recommendations The value of community health workers in advancing health equity. Brief/Report November 2019
Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation’s Health Recommendations for integrating social and health care to improve the nation’s health. Brief/Report September 2019
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 August 2018
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
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