This toolkit shares practical steps and best practices for health care providers and administrators looking to implement telehealth services for their patients.

A review of existing literature finds that medical respite care reduces hospital and emergency department visits, increased use of outpatient care, and leads to overall cost savings.

Incorporating community engagement into public health interventions leads to improved health outcomes and a greater sense of self-efficacy among intervention recipients.

Trust, flexible funding, cross-sector support, sustainability, and an explicit focus on structural racism are identified as key components of effective community engagement to advance health equity.

Recommendations to inform the design and implementation of a new Medicaid Advisory Committee.

A primary care-based integrated care team supports patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in reducing A1c levels.

A street medicine program increased post-hospitalization follow-up care for unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.

Home-based collaborative care models (CCMs) can reduce health services utilization for low-income older adults living with depression.

Health homes significantly decreased rates of inpatient utilization over two years for adults receiving mental health treatment.

A home-based collaborative care model using community health workers shows reductions in depression and increased connection to services for older adults.

A health-plan-administered telehealth care coaching intervention led to long-term cost savings as well as increased behavioral health service use for adults with behavioral health needs and a history of high utilization.

A health plan-led telepsychiatry program for older adults can address the shortage of psychiatrists to improve outcomes related to depression and access to mental health care.

Evidence-based behavioral intervention in which positive behaviors are reinforced with material incentives may address clinical problems among people receiving medications for opioid use disorder.

Emergency department-initiated buprenorphine for opioid-dependent patients demonstrated significantly higher rates of addiction treatment engagement than interventions without buprenorphine.

Virginia’s comprehensive Medicaid reform for substance use treatment services led to an increase in outpatient and community-based treatment and a decrease in emergency department and inpatient use among beneficiaries with opioid use disorder.

Provides an overview and evaluation of the Behavioral Health Initiative for Older Adults and People with Physical Disabilities in Oregon.

Resources to help organizations plan and implement medical respite care programs, including program development guides, case examples, and implementation tools.

Home-based intensive care model for Medicaid and dually eligible enrollees with complex needs led to positive health outcomes and reduced acute care spending, particularly for individuals with a behavioral health diagnosis.

Identifies opportunities to strengthen integrated programs to improve care and support positive health outcomes for dually eligible individuals both during and beyond the pandemic.

This resource describes the value of navigators for Medicaid beneficiaries with mental illness.