Our summer reading list can catch you up on the latest innovations in improving care for people with complex needs.

Profiles Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, a health center in Washington State, that launched a medical respite care program in 2010 after a focus group of patients experiencing homelessness expressed the need for a place to stay when they were sick.

Features a conversation with representatives of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy about Medicare and Medicaid policy options for expanding access to home-based care for people with complex health needs.

Outlines perspectives from state Medicaid officials on the federal policies that have advanced Medicare-Medicaid integration, and areas where they believe additional federal policy actions are needed.

New research sheds light on the strategies Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) use to create and maintain partnerships with health care entities.

This Tradeoffs podcast episode dives deep into how medical respite works, the problem it’s trying to solve, the evidence behind it, what’s fueling its recent growth, and what barriers remain in its way.

Explores what too often goes wrong for Black patients during the course of a serious illness, and how Medicare incentives and requirements could help address these alarming issues.

Profiles the ONE Health program at Regional One Health in Memphis, Tennessee, which focuses on uninsured individuals and has achieved reductions in emergency department use and inpatient care, resulting in savings to reinvest in care improvements.

A conversation with Dennis Heaphy, MPH, Med, MDiv, policy analyst and health justice advocate at the Massachusetts Disability Policy Consortium, about findings from a study that he co-authored on the impact of engaging members with disabilities in care planning and care coordination.

Highlights key challenges in communicating about complex care and tips from a new resource that can help make it easier to communicate about complex care.

Shares five principles to consider in building a strong partnership with finance leaders to improve complex care programs.

Details recommendations from leaders in the complex care field for selecting measures as part of a strong value case.

Features a conversation with Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, that explores opportunities to use value-based payment strategies to support telehealth for people with complex needs.

Lead researchers discuss the evaluation of NavSTAR, an intervention designed to reduce hospital readmissions by combining substance use disorder consultation services with intensive case management and linkages to community resources.

Features the viewpoints of complex care leaders on how the pandemic and efforts to improve health equity have impacted their complex care business models.

Highlights the efforts of two Medicare Advantage plans ― UCare in Minnesota and UPMC Health Plan in Pennsylvania ― to provide supplemental benefits to family caregivers.

Shares key themes from a panel discussion that explored how to translate research findings into decision making for complex care program design and improvements.

Profiles the Care Ecosystem program, developed at the University of California, San Francisco, that is using care team navigators to support older adults with dementia who are living at home and their caregivers.

Profiles the Rush Caregiver Intervention at Rush University Medical Center, that is working to transform how the health care system interacts with family caregivers, while providing programs and services that support caregivers and their family members.

Profiles CAPABLE, is a participant-driven model that improves function by addressing the home environment and using the strengths of the older adults themselves.