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.
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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.
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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
Measuring Complexity: Moving Toward Standardized Quality Measures for the Field of Complex Care
Effective complex care measures vary widely and need to be standardized to better align the field of complex care.
Brief/Report
As It Grows, Medicare Advantage Is Enrolling More Low-Income and Medically Complex Beneficiaries
The proportion of low-income, frail, and medically complex individuals enrolled in Medicare Advantage is increasing.
Brief/Report
Assessing The Capacity Of Local Social Services Agencies To Respond To Referrals From Health Care Providers
Health care systems may need to tailor screening and referral approaches for social needs, as some needs may be less likely to be met by social service organizations.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Potentially Preventable Spending Among High-Cost Medicare Patients: Implications for Healthcare Delivery
Among high-cost Medicare enrollees, those who are seriously ill, frail, and/or had a serious mental illness experience the most potentially preventable spending.
Peer-Reviewed Article
What’s Next? The Value of Evidence from the Camden Coalition and CareMore Health to Inform Complex Care Program Design
Highlighted lessons from two recent studies to help guide future program and measurement approaches for complex care management interventions.
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The Common Attributes of Successful Care Manager Programs for High-Need, High-Cost Persons: A Cross-Case Analysis
Ten common attributes for successful care management programs serving high-need, high-cost populations.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Upstream With a Small Paddle: How ACOs Are Working Against the Current to Meet Patients’ Social Needs
Accountable care organizations must address key funding, community partnership, and data sharing requirements to successfully integrate social services into medical care.
Peer-Reviewed Article
A Novel Intervention for High-Need, High-Cost Patients: A Study of ECHO Care
Providing virtual case mentoring to outpatient care teams may reduce unnecessary hospital and emergency department visits for high-need, high-cost patients.
Peer-Reviewed Article
ECHO Care: Providing Multidisciplinary Specialty Expertise to Support the Care of Complex Patients
Connecting complex care teams with specialists through videoconferencing can increase their effectiveness in caring for high-need high-cost patients.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Health Care Hotspotting — A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Randomized controlled trial of a care management intervention offers important lessons for the field of complex care.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Targeting High-Need Beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage: Opportunities to Address Medical and Social Needs
Medicare Advantage plans should identify patients based on medical and social risk factors, not just medical diagnoses.
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How Accountable Care Organizations Use Population Segmentation to Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients
Accountable Care Organization leaders explore approaches to segmenting high-need, high-cost populations.
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Cross-sector Collaboration for Vulnerable Populations Reduces Utilization and Strengthens Community Partnerships
A unique cross-sector partnership involving health care, police, and emergency services improved health care utilization in this rural health system pilot.
Peer-Reviewed Article
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.
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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
Are Medicare Advantage Plans Using New Supplemental Benefit Flexibility to Address Enrollees’ Health-Related Social Needs?
Multiple factors, including geographic variation in available resources, may limit take-up among MA plans of new benefit flexibilities.
Brief/Report
Great Plains Senior Services Collaborative: Transforming Lives in America’s Rural Communities
A model to improve health and quality of life for rural seniors.
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