State policy recommendations to improve the recruitment, retention, and training of the direct care workforce.

This report identifies policy strategies for states to expand access to respite care for caregivers.

This webinar highlighted one successful CBO-health plan partnership model to explore why they entered into a partnership, how they put their contract into practice, and outcomes of the partnership so far.

Contains policy recommendations to improve the home health care benefit for people on Medicare with complex needs.

Recommendations for federal policymakers to improve Medicaid for adults with complex needs and improve long-term services and supports for individuals not eligible for Medicaid.

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

CAPABLE, a home-based care program that provides interdisciplinary services for older adults, leads to reductions in disability as well as cost savings.

Home-based primary care integrated with long-term services and supports in the community can delay long-term institutionalization in frail older adults without increased costs for home- and community-based services.

Examines the potential for Minnesota’s integrated care model to lower use of hospital care and increase use of primary care and community-based services for dually eligible older adults.

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

Explores different characteristics of dually eligible individuals that have different coverage types, as well as the impact of aligned Medicare and Medicaid benefits to improve quality of care and utilization outcomes.

Poses key questions to help states new to Medicare-Medicaid integration assess readiness for integration and select an achievable integration approach.

Highlights early findings demonstrating that Medicare-Medicaid integration can improve beneficiary experience and health outcomes, increase program efficiencies, and improve Medicaid program management.

Summarizes evidence on how integrated care models affect health and cost outcomes for dually eligible beneficiaries.

Describes the needs of distinct subpopulations within the dually eligible population with highly complex needs, along with opportunities for tailored interventions that may reduce health care spending.

Summarizes the characteristics of dually eligible individuals, integrated care models, and available evidence on the impact of these models.

Examines how home meal delivery programs show promise for reducing the use of costly health care and decreasing spending for dually eligible individuals.

Multiple factors, including geographic variation in available resources, may limit take-up among MA plans of new benefit flexibilities.

A standardized tool to assess where along a continuum a program lies with regard to components of integration.

Includes national survey data on family caregivers and their experiences in managing complex medical and nursing tasks for their family members at home, as well as recommendations to improve the supports for family caregivers.