Medical Care at Home Comes of Age
Provides an overview of home-based medical care models, the patients that they serve, and their robust evidence base.
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“Eyes in the Home”: Addressing Social Complexity in Veterans Affairs Home-Based Primary Care
Home-based primary care programs enable care teams to gain insights on a variety of social factors that impact older adults’ health, which allows them to better tailor care to meet patient needs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
The Preventive Effect of Housing First on Health Care Utilization and Costs Among Chronically Homeless Individuals
Demonstrates that Housing First programs and associated support services reduced health care related expenditures for the Massachusetts Medicaid program.
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The PACE Response to COVID-19 Calls for Policy Actions Increasing Access and Affordability
Highlights PACE programs’ efforts to redesign care during the COVID-19 pandemic and presents policy options that may help to expand access to the programs in the future.
Blog
October 2020
A Systematic Review of Intensive Outpatient Care Programs for High-Need, High-Cost Patients
Demonstrates that intensive outpatient care programs show promise in reducing utilization and costs and improving patient outcomes for high-need, high-cost populations.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Permanent Supportive Housing With Housing First to Reduce Homelessness and Promote Health Among Homeless Populations With Disability: A Community Guide Systematic Review
Housing First programs reduce homelessness and health care use more effectively than Treatment First approaches.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Integrated Care Programs for Dually Eligible Individuals in the Era of COVID-19: Response Efforts and Policy Recommendations
Identifies opportunities to strengthen integrated programs to improve care and support positive health outcomes for dually eligible individuals both during and beyond the pandemic.
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Age-Friendly Health Systems: Guide to Using the 4Ms in the Care of Older Adults
Step-by-step guide with robust tools for health systems to apply the 4Ms framework to deliver age-friendly, evidence-based care for older adults.
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Caring for Older Adults with Complex Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from PACE Innovations
Highlighted innovations adopted by PACE organizations during the pandemic to provide care for older adults with complex needs.
Webinar
Use of General Primary Care, Specialized Primary Care, and Other Veterans Affairs Services Among High-Risk Veterans
Integrated health care systems can better support high-risk patients by embedding high-risk patient care within general primary care and mental health care.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Implementing a Harm Reduction Approach to Medications for Addiction Treatment in Outpatient Settings
Provides steps to help providers in outpatient settings identify and implement harm reduction approaches to minimize patients' risk of relapse and overdose during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Play
June 2020
Adapting Medications for Addiction Treatment Programs in Response to COVID-19
Highlights opportunities for providers to implement medications for addiction treatment programs during COVID-19.
Blog
June 2020
Effect of a Comprehensive Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Intervention in Persons With Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial
A randomized clinical trial of an 18-month comprehensive intervention showed significant reductions in cardiovascular disease risk in adults with serious mental illness.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Serving People with Severe Mental Illness who are Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
Examines promising strategies to meet the needs of dually eligible individuals with serious mental illness, with an emphasis on opportunities to innovate with flexible spending within a capitated payment model.
Peer-Reviewed Article
The Effects of an Enhanced Primary Care Model for Patients with Serious Mental Illness on Emergency Department Utilization
Enhanced primary care for Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness can help decrease emergency department use over time.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Accountable Care Organizations and Preventable Hospitalizations Among Patients With Depression
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) and tailored care coordination strategies may improve preventable hospitalizations and reduce racial disparities among patients with coexisting physical and mental health conditions.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Integrated Care Models and Behavioral Health Care Utilization: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Medicaid Health Homes
Health homes may increase access to mental health care and substance use disorder treatment in Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Embedding Social Workers In Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Teams Reduces Emergency Department Visits
Social workers on rural primary care teams may help decrease high-risk veterans’ acute care use.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Beyond the Camden Coalition’s Randomized Controlled Trial: Lessons for the Complex Care Field on Addressing Patient Needs
Features David Labby, MD, health strategy advisor for Health Share of Oregon, who provides insights on the recently released report on Camden Coalition's randomized controlled trial on the Camden Core Model.
Blog
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