The Guide to Integrating Palliative Care into Population Management Practical strategies for health plans and ACOs to improve care for patients with serious illness. Implementation Tool February 2019
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 March 2020
Health Care Spending and Use Among People Experiencing Unstable Housing in the Era of Accountable Care Organizations Individuals experiencing homelessness had health care spending 2.5 times higher than the comparison Medicaid population. Peer-Reviewed Article February 2020
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 January 2020
Taxonomy of Long-Term Services and Supports Integration A standardized tool to assess where along a continuum a program lies with regard to components of integration. Implementation Tool April 2016
ACO Serious Illness Care: Survey and Case Studies Depict Current Challenges and Future Opportunities How ACOs are addressing serious illness. Peer-Reviewed Article June 2019
Identification and Assessment Toolkit for Patients with Serious Illness Includes case studies, clinical assessment tools, and other resources for identifying and assessing the needs of patients with serious illness. Implementation Tool March 2019
Quick Reference Guide to Promising Care Models This resource is an updated quick reference guide to promising models for people with complex needs. Brief/Report February 2019
Integrating Health Care for High-Need Medicaid Beneficiaries With Serious Mental Illness and Chronic Physical Health Conditions at Managed Care, Provider, and Consumer Levels This resource describes the value of navigators for Medicaid beneficiaries with mental illness. Peer-Reviewed Article June 2017
The ROI Calculator for Partnerships to Address the Social Determinants of Health A web-based financial tool that helps navigate partnerships between health care organizations and social service organizations. Implementation Tool August 2018
Managing Effectively in Complex Chronic Care Markets This resource provides a road map for health plans to improve Medical Loss Ratio. Peer-Reviewed Article February 2018
Medicaid Managed Care Best Practices Compendium This resource collects the most innovative initiatives in Medicaid managed care that emerge each year. Brief/Report January 2017
Ten Questions to Better Understand and Serve Your Complex Care Population California is asking Medicaid patients these ten questions about social and functional needs. Brief/Report April 2018
The CHRONIC Care Act of 2018: Advancing Care for Adults with Complex Needs A brief summarizes what you need to know about the new Chronic Care Act. Brief/Report March 2018
Complex Care Models to Achieve Accountable Care Readiness: Lessons from Two Community Hospitals Case studies of two community hospitals show how to advance accountable care. Case Example March 2018
Toward a Serious Illness Program Design and Implementation Framework This framework can help you design programs for patients with serious illnesses. Peer-Reviewed Article August 2017
Effective Care for High-Need Patients: Opportunities for Improving Value, Outcomes and Health The National Academy of Medicine offers a synthesis of the evidence for improving care for high-needs patients. Brief/Report June 2017
Bridging the Silos of Service Delivery for High-Need, High-Cost Individuals A study of five programs identified key factors that support collaboration among community-based health and social services. Peer-Reviewed Article March 2016
Home-Based Care Program Reduces Disability and Promotes Aging in Place Difficulty with activities of daily living is a major cost driver in health care that is typically overlooked. Peer-Reviewed Article September 2016
Tailoring Complex Care Management, Coordination, and Integration for High-Need, High-Cost Patients Improving care for high-need, high-cost patients is a key lever to decrease national health spending. Brief/Report September 2016