Accountable Care Organization Care Transformation Toolkit
Provides practical steps for current or potential future Medicare accountable care organizations to transform the delivery of care.
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Adopting a Trauma-Informed Approach to Improve Patient Care: Foundational Organizational-Level Steps
Offers practical recommendations for providers and other health care organizations interested in taking foundational steps to become more trauma-informed.
Play
November 2020
Lessons Learned from the Transition from Volume to Value
Describes factors that support health care organizations in transitioning from volume- to value-based payment.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Practice Considerations for Trauma-Informed Care at End of Life
Applying principles of trauma-informed care for patients at end of life.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Trauma-Informed Telehealth in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
Trauma-informed telehealth can help mitigate negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Experience of Emergency Department Use Among Persons with a History of Adverse Childhood Experiences
Trauma-informed approaches in emergency departments may improve experiences of adults with high rates of adverse childhood experiences.
Peer-Reviewed Article
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
Fostering Resilience and Recovery: A Change Package for Advancing Trauma-Informed Primary Care
Implementing a trauma-informed approach in primary care.
Implementation Tool
Building Blocks of Primary Care, Part 2: Better Between-Visit Care with Chronic Care Management
Our ability to effectively treat the growing number of individuals who live with multiple chronic diseases will remain compromised unless health systems explore innovative approaches.
Blog
October 2019
Building Blocks of Robust Primary Care Delivery, Part 1: Moving from Reactive to Proactive Care with the Annual Wellness Visit
The time constraints of the typical primary care practice often do not allow providers to take a comprehensive look at all of their patients’ needs. Enabling office staff to assist in this work, presents a tremendous opportunity to create patient-centered and comprehensive care plans.
Blog
August 2019
ACO Serious Illness Care: Survey and Case Studies Depict Current Challenges and Future Opportunities
How ACOs are addressing serious illness.
Peer-Reviewed Article
‘Eyes in The Home’: ACOs Use Home Visits to Improve Care Management, Identify Needs, And Reduce Hospital Use
How home visits are used by ACOs to improve care, lower costs.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Trauma-Informed Care Implementation Resource Center
An online guide to trauma-informed care.
Website/Resource Center
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
Laying the Groundwork for Trauma-Informed Care
How organizations can transition to trauma-informed care.
Brief/Report
Accountable Care Atlas: A Development Guide for Competency Implementation
This resources describes the competencies organizations need to transition to value-based payment.
Implementation Tool
Bending the Spending Curve: The Role of Care Management in a Pioneer ACO
ACOs have lowered costs for high-need patients through care management programs focused on modifiable spending.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Challenges and Opportunities in Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Medicare Patients
Analysis of care models that serve Medicare-only individuals detailing policy barriers to providing uncovered services and supports and proposed strategies to address them.
Brief/Report
Hennepin Health: A Care Delivery Paradigm for New Medicaid Beneficiaries
By closing gaps in care, a safety-net ACO has reduced medical costs for Medicaid patients with complex needs.
Case Example
Key Ingredients for Successful Trauma-Informed Care Implementation
Trauma-informed care can improve patient engagement and treatment adherence while reducing costs.
Brief/Report