Analysis of 310 health systems showed gaps in opioid receipt between Black and white patients, especially on dosage, which may be related to racial bias among clinicians.

Contains practical guides, tools, and other resources for developing complex care programs.

Synthesis of studies on effective home-based palliative care emphasizes essential elements for creating a quality program.

This toolkit shares business strategies, sample protocols, and best practice clinical tools for health care providers interested in developing a home-based palliative care program.

A practical guide for payers to create a home-based palliative care program centered upon a value-based case example from a payer’s perspective.

A home-based palliative care program in a full-risk financial arrangement showed consistent cost savings and lower hospital utilization across a 10-year period.

A home-based palliative care program using an interdisciplinary care team reduces hospital costs and unnecessary health care utilization for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries.

A community-based palliative care program reduced medical costs, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, hospital admissions, and days spent in the hospital for Medicare Advantage members with serious illness.

Creating a palliative care program to meet the needs of low-income communities requires solutions that are patient centered and supportive of the clinical care team.

Care model that integrates home-based primary care and palliative care for patients with serious illness reports reduced health care utilization and improved patient care experience.

Home-based palliative care program implemented within an accountable care organization created cost savings through reduced hospital admissions and increased hospice length of stay.

Tailoring palliative care interventions for people who are members of ethnic and racial minority groups may support increased access to palliative care and end of life services.

Presents a framework and tools to help health care organizations and communities design a community-based palliative care program to meet patient needs in rural settings.

This case study analyzes a successful example of a medical group partnering with a home health agency to provide community-based palliative care for high-risk members of their accountable care organization.

Includes patient- and staff-reported measures to help complex care programs better understand the impacts of interventions.

Health care organizations can use population-level data sources about the experiences of people with disabilities to improve care.

Downloadable tools, tip sheets, sample forms, and how-to guides on home-based primary care, with a focus on clinical and operational best practices.

A home-based primary care program led to reduced medical costs for frail elderly patients, primarily due to lower spending at end-of-life.

Systematic review demonstrates the potential of home-based primary care interventions for improving heath, cost, and patient experience outcomes for adults with multiple chronic conditions and serious disabilities.

Home-based primary care program reduced hospitalizations for older adults with diabetes, especially those with higher levels of medical complexity.