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Cost-Effective Care Coordination for People with Dementia at Home

A multidisciplinary care coordination program for older adults with dementia demonstrated a positive return on investment and Medicaid cost savings.

Peer-Reviewed Article

January 2020

Health Plan Accelerator for Palliative Care: A Toolkit for Internal Champions

Health plans can use this toolkit to create or advance outpatient and home-based palliative care programs, beyond traditional acute care settings.

Implementation Tool

February 2024

Cost Reduction and Utilization Patterns in a Medicare Accountable Care Organization Using Home-Based Palliative Care Services

A home-based palliative care program leads to reductions in hospitalizations and total cost of care, along with an increase in the use of hospice care.

Peer-Reviewed Article

November 2023

Medicare Care Choices Model Improved End-of-Life Care, Lowered Medicare Expenditures, and Increased Hospice Use

Medicare model allowing concurrent coverage of hospice care and treatment improves end-of-life care and reduces total costs.

Peer-Reviewed Article

November 2023

Family Caregiver Strategy Action Guide for MLTSS Plans

Recommendations for how managed long-term services and supports plans can better raise awareness of and increase support for family caregivers.

Brief/Report

January 2022

Care Ecosystem Collaborative Model and Health Care Costs in Medicare Beneficiaries with Dementia

Randomized controlled trial shows that a collaborative dementia care model leads to reduction in costs among a sample of Medicare patients.

Peer-Reviewed Article

September 2023

Improving Nursing Home Care Quality

Curates evidence on improving nursing home care quality and explores practical tools that support effective implementation of care and services that are more person-centered and improve outcomes for nursing home residents.

Collection

November 2023

Dementia Care Navigation: Building Toward a Common Definition, Key Principles, and Outcomes

An expert panel proposed key principles for designing care navigation programs for persons living with dementia and their caregivers.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2023

The Association Between Primary Care Practices’ Structural Capabilities and Hospitalizations Among Persons Living with Dementia

Care coordination services in primary care clinics are shown to reduce avoidable hospitalizations among persons living with dementia.

Peer-Reviewed Article

July 2023

Enhanced Primary Care for People With Serious Mental Illness: A Propensity Weighted Cohort Study

Implementation of enhanced primary care can improve cardiometabolic health for people with serious mental illness.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2023

Making the Business Case for Value-Based Dementia Care

Opportunities for identifying the financial value of dementia care to support positive return on investment.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2023

Effect of a Community Health Worker Intervention on Acute Care Use, Advance Care Planning, and Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Adults With Advanced Stages of Cancer

Community health worker-led advance care planning and symptom screening program reduced acute care use for patients with advanced stages of cancer.

Peer-Reviewed Article

June 2022

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hospice Use and Hospitalizations at End-of-Life Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Dementia

Medicare beneficiaries with dementia, especially Black and Hispanic patients, often receive poor quality end-of-life care.

Peer-Reviewed Article

June 2022

The Arizona Coalition Model: Home- and Community-Based Palliative Care for the Seriously Ill

Describes the core elements and evidence base behind a home- and community-based palliative care model that was designed by stakeholders to support the health needs of people with serious illness.

Implementation Tool

January 2022

A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Home-Based Primary Care in Dementia within an Integrated System

Home-based primary care did not decrease hospitalizations for people with dementia, but it did result in more patient- and family-centered end-of-life care.

Peer-Reviewed Article

December 2021

Serious Illness Strategies: Driving Value in High-Need Populations

This guide describes key strategies for health plans, accountable care organizations, and health systems to improve care for people with serious illness.

Implementation Tool

February 2022

Frontline Provider Perceptions of Implementing Home-Based Palliative Care Covered by an Insurer

Home-based palliative care providers explore key facilitators and barriers to effectively delivering care within a value-based payment environment.

Peer-Reviewed Article

November 2021

Strengthening the Payer-Provider Relationship for Value-Based Success in Home- and Community-Based Palliative Care

Looked at the provider and payer relationship and discussed how successful partnerships between these two stakeholders can create sustainable and efficacious home and community based palliative care programs.

Webinar

September 2021

A Review of the Essential Components of Quality Palliative Care in the Home

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

Peer-Reviewed Article

December 2017

Designing a Home-Based Palliative Care 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.

Implementation Tool

June 2020

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Cost-Effective Care Coordination for People with Dementia at Home

Health Plan Accelerator for Palliative Care: A Toolkit for Internal Champions

Cost Reduction and Utilization Patterns in a Medicare Accountable Care Organization Using Home-Based Palliative Care Services

Medicare Care Choices Model Improved End-of-Life Care, Lowered Medicare Expenditures, and Increased Hospice Use

Family Caregiver Strategy Action Guide for MLTSS Plans

Care Ecosystem Collaborative Model and Health Care Costs in Medicare Beneficiaries with Dementia

Improving Nursing Home Care Quality

Dementia Care Navigation: Building Toward a Common Definition, Key Principles, and Outcomes

The Association Between Primary Care Practices’ Structural Capabilities and Hospitalizations Among Persons Living with Dementia

Enhanced Primary Care for People With Serious Mental Illness: A Propensity Weighted Cohort Study

Making the Business Case for Value-Based Dementia Care

Effect of a Community Health Worker Intervention on Acute Care Use, Advance Care Planning, and Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Adults With Advanced Stages of Cancer

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hospice Use and Hospitalizations at End-of-Life Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Dementia

The Arizona Coalition Model: Home- and Community-Based Palliative Care for the Seriously Ill

A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Home-Based Primary Care in Dementia within an Integrated System

Serious Illness Strategies: Driving Value in High-Need Populations

Frontline Provider Perceptions of Implementing Home-Based Palliative Care Covered by an Insurer

Strengthening the Payer-Provider Relationship for Value-Based Success in Home- and Community-Based Palliative Care

A Review of the Essential Components of Quality Palliative Care in the Home

Designing a Home-Based Palliative Care Program