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What to Know About Nursing Home Staffing Minimums: Implications of New Federal Rules
Breaks down CMS’ new nursing staffing requirements, including how states will need to respond. And highlights research findings that are important for policymakers to understand related to nursing home staffing.
Telehealth's Impact on Health Equity: Evidence Roundup
Explores emerging evidence on how telehealth impacts access to care and what resources exist to advance equitable telehealth access.
Providing Peer Supports and Services for People with Substance Use Disorder: Connecticut’s Community of Addiction Recovery
Connecticut Community of Addiction Recovery helps people with substance use disorder achieve and sustain recovery through community-based non-clinical social support programs, volunteer opportunities, and referrals to detox, treatment, housing, employment, among other resources.
The Clubhouse Model in Action at Fountain House: Designing Communities for People with Serious Mental Illness
Explores how the Fountain House implemented the clubhouse model, a unique approach that empowers people with serious mental illness to form meaningful relationships, build resilience, improve self-management of their mental health, and pursue employment, education, and housing.
Making a Case for Community Paramedicine: Evidence Roundup
Explores how community paramedicine programs have been implemented across the country, what evidence supports the effectiveness of these models, and how state and federal policies are helping to support the sustainability of these services.
The Value of Recovery Community Centers in Addiction Care: Insights from a Tireless Recovery Advocate
Michael Askew, Deputy Director of the Office of Recovery at the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, discusses the role of recovery community centers in the lives of people with substance use disorder and across the continuum of other addiction care services.
Finding a Place to Be Somebody
This essay from Lawrence Lincoln, a former unhoused person in California, documents his journey of recovery and subsequent work with a care community.
New Ways to Finance Community Health Worker Services in Medicare: Evidence Roundup
States and health plans focused on engaging and sustaining the community health worker (CHW) workforce can use this blog post to understand emerging evidence around CHW programs for older adults.
Integrated Services to Better Meet the Needs of Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: State of the Field
Features a conversation with José Figueroa, MD, MPH, that explores emerging evidence behind integrated care programs and what is known about the impact of these programs on the populations they serve.
Turning Nursing Homes into True Homes: The Household Model
Profiles the Household Model, which creates home-like environments for nursing home residents to offer greater dignity, autonomy, and infection control, as well as establishes closer, more family-type relationships between residents and staff.
An Embedded Approach to Engaging Community Members: Lessons from Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka System of Care
Features a conversation with two Southcentral Foundation leaders to learn how their approach to patient engagement has evolved over the years and the role it plays in improving care and advancing equity across their system.
State Opportunities to Build on New Federal Regulations to Increase Nursing Home Transparency
Describes a new federal rule released in November 2023 to increase transparency in nursing home operations.
Bending Evaluation Orthodoxy in Complex Care
Explores how looking more deeply at the results of an underpowered randomized controlled trial using alternative analysis methods can uncover nuanced results or inform a program redesign.
The Critical Role of Data Infrastructure in Community-Based Organization Networks
Explores the challenges in data access and exchange in contracting between community-based organization networks and health care entities.
New Pathways to Pay for and Support Street Medicine
Stakeholders seeking to learn more about the evidence base and implementation tools for street medicine programs can explore the following Playbook resource summaries.
Focusing on Intersectionality Can Better Support LGBTQ+ Caregivers
Explores intersectionality — the interaction of social identities and experiences — and its importance in addressing LGBTQ+ caregivers’ needs.
Improving Health Equity by Eliminating Biased and Stigmatizing Language in Medical Notes
Examines how eliminating biased language in patient charts is a key step towards helping patients better engage in care and improve health equity.
Making Addiction Treatment More Equitable for Black People by Engaging People with Lived Experience of Substance Use Disorders
Profiles a Boston Medical Center research program aimed at addressing disparity is substance use disorder treatment among Black patients.
Central City Concern: Providing Comprehensive Services to Help People on the Path to Housing, Recovery, and Employment
Profiles Central City Concern, an FQHC in Portland, Oregon, that is providing services for people experiencing homelessness with substance use disorder — including primary care, behavioral health treatment, housing, and other supports.
Analysis Explores Nuanced Impact of Camden Coalition Care Management Intervention: Takeaways for the Field
Dawn Wiest, PhD, Director for Research and Evaluation at the Camden Coalition, discusses findings from an analysis of Camden Coalition’s care management program, which found that the program led to a significant reduction in hospital readmissions among engaged program participants.
Topics
Series
Displaying 21 - 40 of 180
What to Know About Nursing Home Staffing Minimums: Implications of New Federal Rules
Breaks down CMS’ new nursing staffing requirements, including how states will need to respond. And highlights research findings that are important for policymakers to understand related to nursing home staffing.
Telehealth's Impact on Health Equity: Evidence Roundup
Explores emerging evidence on how telehealth impacts access to care and what resources exist to advance equitable telehealth access.
Providing Peer Supports and Services for People with Substance Use Disorder: Connecticut’s Community of Addiction Recovery
Connecticut Community of Addiction Recovery helps people with substance use disorder achieve and sustain recovery through community-based non-clinical social support programs, volunteer opportunities, and referrals to detox, treatment, housing, employment, among other resources.
The Clubhouse Model in Action at Fountain House: Designing Communities for People with Serious Mental Illness
Explores how the Fountain House implemented the clubhouse model, a unique approach that empowers people with serious mental illness to form meaningful relationships, build resilience, improve self-management of their mental health, and pursue employment, education, and housing.
Making a Case for Community Paramedicine: Evidence Roundup
Explores how community paramedicine programs have been implemented across the country, what evidence supports the effectiveness of these models, and how state and federal policies are helping to support the sustainability of these services.
The Value of Recovery Community Centers in Addiction Care: Insights from a Tireless Recovery Advocate
Michael Askew, Deputy Director of the Office of Recovery at the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, discusses the role of recovery community centers in the lives of people with substance use disorder and across the continuum of other addiction care services.
Finding a Place to Be Somebody
This essay from Lawrence Lincoln, a former unhoused person in California, documents his journey of recovery and subsequent work with a care community.
New Ways to Finance Community Health Worker Services in Medicare: Evidence Roundup
States and health plans focused on engaging and sustaining the community health worker (CHW) workforce can use this blog post to understand emerging evidence around CHW programs for older adults.
Integrated Services to Better Meet the Needs of Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: State of the Field
Features a conversation with José Figueroa, MD, MPH, that explores emerging evidence behind integrated care programs and what is known about the impact of these programs on the populations they serve.
Turning Nursing Homes into True Homes: The Household Model
Profiles the Household Model, which creates home-like environments for nursing home residents to offer greater dignity, autonomy, and infection control, as well as establishes closer, more family-type relationships between residents and staff.
An Embedded Approach to Engaging Community Members: Lessons from Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka System of Care
Features a conversation with two Southcentral Foundation leaders to learn how their approach to patient engagement has evolved over the years and the role it plays in improving care and advancing equity across their system.
State Opportunities to Build on New Federal Regulations to Increase Nursing Home Transparency
Describes a new federal rule released in November 2023 to increase transparency in nursing home operations.
Bending Evaluation Orthodoxy in Complex Care
Explores how looking more deeply at the results of an underpowered randomized controlled trial using alternative analysis methods can uncover nuanced results or inform a program redesign.
The Critical Role of Data Infrastructure in Community-Based Organization Networks
Explores the challenges in data access and exchange in contracting between community-based organization networks and health care entities.
New Pathways to Pay for and Support Street Medicine
Stakeholders seeking to learn more about the evidence base and implementation tools for street medicine programs can explore the following Playbook resource summaries.
Focusing on Intersectionality Can Better Support LGBTQ+ Caregivers
Explores intersectionality — the interaction of social identities and experiences — and its importance in addressing LGBTQ+ caregivers’ needs.
Improving Health Equity by Eliminating Biased and Stigmatizing Language in Medical Notes
Examines how eliminating biased language in patient charts is a key step towards helping patients better engage in care and improve health equity.
Making Addiction Treatment More Equitable for Black People by Engaging People with Lived Experience of Substance Use Disorders
Profiles a Boston Medical Center research program aimed at addressing disparity is substance use disorder treatment among Black patients.
Central City Concern: Providing Comprehensive Services to Help People on the Path to Housing, Recovery, and Employment
Profiles Central City Concern, an FQHC in Portland, Oregon, that is providing services for people experiencing homelessness with substance use disorder — including primary care, behavioral health treatment, housing, and other supports.
Analysis Explores Nuanced Impact of Camden Coalition Care Management Intervention: Takeaways for the Field
Dawn Wiest, PhD, Director for Research and Evaluation at the Camden Coalition, discusses findings from an analysis of Camden Coalition’s care management program, which found that the program led to a significant reduction in hospital readmissions among engaged program participants.