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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

Measuring Quality in Home and Community Based Services (HCBS): Key Considerations for Health Plans

Guidance for health plans for improving quality of home- and community-based services.

Implementation Tool

December 2022

Using Person-Centered Language

This tip sheet provides guidelines for how health plans and provider organizations can use more person-centered language.

Implementation Tool

April 2020

Adopting Trauma-Informed Care in Rural Areas: Lessons from a Community Behavioral Health Partnership in Pennsylvania

This webinar featured a rural Pennsylvania partnership and its experience implementing trauma-informed care across a network of providers.

Webinar

January 2024

The Role of Community Health Workers in the Health and Well-Being of Vulnerable Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

A telephone-based community health worker program offered critical supports for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2023

A Housing and Health Collaboration: Mount Rubidoux Manor and Inland Empire Health Plan

Embedding a health navigator in a senior housing community improved residents’ sense of physical, mental, and social well-being.

Case Example

January 2021

Medicare-Medicaid Integrated Care Programs

Curates evidence behind three fully integrated care program models for people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, as well as practical strategies that support effective implementation of these programs.

Collection

December 2023

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

Association Between ICD-10 Codes for Social Needs and Subsequent Emergency and Inpatient Use

An association between Z code assignment and increased emergency and inpatient health care utilization presents opportunities for targeted interventions that address patients' social needs.

Peer-Reviewed Article

November 2023

Integration on the Frontlines of Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations and Associations with Perceived Care Quality, Health Equity, and Satisfaction

Integrated care in MassHealth ACOs varies greatly across primary care practice type and is associated with greater ability to improve care quality and advance health equity.

Peer-Reviewed Article

May 2023

Does Interdisciplinary Care Team Care Management Improve Health Quality and Demonstrate Cost-Effectiveness?

An interdisciplinary care management program for Medicare patients at increased risk of hospitalization demonstrates a positive return on investment.

Peer-Reviewed Article

September 2023

Minority Older Adults’ Access to and Use of Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly

Qualitative research reveals key facilitators of access to PACE programs among Black and Latino older adults.

Peer-Reviewed Article

November 2022

Using Health Homes to Integrate Care for Dually Eligible Individuals: Washington State’s Experiences

Case study explores the unique structure of Washington State’s demonstration under the federal Financial Alignment Initiative, including summary of results to date.

Case Example

February 2019

A New Approach to Integrating Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Idaho’s Medicare Medicaid Coordinated Plan

Idaho's innovative Medicare Medicaid Coordinated Plan offers valuable lessons for states nationwide.

Case Example

December 2018

Evaluating the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

Case studies and evidence on how PACE organizations adapted to challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brief/Report

March 2022

Locating and Engaging Members: Key Considerations for Plans Serving Members Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid

Strategies for health plans conducting outreach to dually eligible individuals to better support health risk assessments and serve member needs.

Implementation Tool

November 2022

The Relationship Between Nursing Home Quality and Costs: Evidence from the VA

Analysis of Veterans Health Administration nursing home cost and quality data shows association between higher quality of care and greater overall patient costs.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2018

Does Private Equity Investment in Healthcare Benefit Patients? Evidence from Nursing Homes

Study finds that private equity ownership of skilled nursing facilities leads to a significantly higher average mortality rate for residents.

Brief/Report

November 2020

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

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

Family Caregiver Strategy Action Guide for MLTSS Plans

Measuring Quality in Home and Community Based Services (HCBS): Key Considerations for Health Plans

Using Person-Centered Language

Adopting Trauma-Informed Care in Rural Areas: Lessons from a Community Behavioral Health Partnership in Pennsylvania

The Role of Community Health Workers in the Health and Well-Being of Vulnerable Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Housing and Health Collaboration: Mount Rubidoux Manor and Inland Empire Health Plan

Medicare-Medicaid Integrated Care Programs

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

Association Between ICD-10 Codes for Social Needs and Subsequent Emergency and Inpatient Use

Integration on the Frontlines of Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations and Associations with Perceived Care Quality, Health Equity, and Satisfaction

Does Interdisciplinary Care Team Care Management Improve Health Quality and Demonstrate Cost-Effectiveness?

Minority Older Adults’ Access to and Use of Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly

Using Health Homes to Integrate Care for Dually Eligible Individuals: Washington State’s Experiences

A New Approach to Integrating Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: Idaho’s Medicare Medicaid Coordinated Plan

Evaluating the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

Locating and Engaging Members: Key Considerations for Plans Serving Members Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid

The Relationship Between Nursing Home Quality and Costs: Evidence from the VA

Does Private Equity Investment in Healthcare Benefit Patients? Evidence from Nursing Homes

Improving Nursing Home Care Quality