Improving care for high-need, high-cost patients is a key lever to decrease national health spending.

There are many promising strategies to segment individuals with complex needs. Here is one conceptual framework.

Segmenting the high-cost population is the first step in matching appropriate care management strategies.

Care management programs should include processes for evaluating patient-reported outcomes.

Examines a unique program that seeks to integrate medical, behavioral health, and social services for dual eligible individuals with serious mental illnesses, substance abuse problems, or disabilities.

Dual-eligible beneficiaries are often more sick, have greater functional and cognitive impairments, and require more care coordination.

Provider incentives must be based on Triple Aim outcomes.

Well-designed federal policies can help meet the rising need.

Experts describe how delivery systems can effectively serve adults with complex needs.

The program offers a lower-cost alternative to the hospital for patients who can be safely treated at home.

Successful long-term services and supports programs have a single point of accountability, such as a care manager.

One in five high-need adults reported having an unmet medical need.

Much of the evidence comes from small studies, so further testing is needed.

Lessons learned from eight health care organizations can help you design a successful program.

There is considerable variation in use and spending among high-need adults, suggesting this population should be segmented into subgroups.

The U.S. had the highest rate of cost-related access problems.

Targeting is important, even within the high-need patients enrolled in the program.

Key opportunities include strengthening information technology connections across service providers.