Medical Care at Home Comes of Age
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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.
Brief/Report
Aligning Social and Health Care Services: The Case of Community Care Connections
Demonstrates that a program assisting older adults with complex needs in navigating medical and social services may lower acute care utilization.
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.
Brief/Report
Effective Care Management by Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations
Complex care management program within Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations reduced cost and utilization for high-risk Medicare beneficiaries.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Improving Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients: The View from a Community Health Worker and a Social Worker
A community health worker and social worker from CareMore Health share their perspective on the importance of their roles in lowering costs and improving outcomes for high-need patients.
Blog
July 2020
Effects of a Standardized Community Health Worker Intervention on Hospitalization Among Disadvantaged Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Pooled Analysis of Three Clinical Trials
Using community health workers can reduce hospitalizations in high-risk patients.
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
Evaluation of a National Care Coordination Program to Reduce Utilization Among High-Cost, High-Need Medicaid Beneficiaries with Diabetes
Care coordination program reduces utilization for some high-cost, high-need Medicaid beneficiaries with diabetes.
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
Integrating Health And Human Services In California’s Whole Person Care Medicaid 1115 Waiver Demonstration
California’s Whole Person Care pilot can inform cross-sector initiatives to improve care for Medicaid enrollees with complex health and social needs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
What’s Next? The Value of Evidence from the Camden Coalition and CareMore Health to Inform Complex Care Program Design
Highlighted lessons from two recent studies to help guide future program and measurement approaches for complex care management interventions.
Webinar
From Camden to Memphis: Recent Complex Care Randomized Controlled Trials Present a Call to Action
Describes key opportunities for the continued development of complex care best practices, gleaned from recent randomized controlled trials.
Blog
March 2020
Impact of Complex Care Management on Spending and Utilization for High-Need, High-Cost Medicaid Patients
Complex care management program for high-need, high-cost Medicaid patients demonstrates substantially lower spending and inpatient utilization.
Peer-Reviewed Article