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The Center for Health Care Strategies publishes materials to share policy and operational lessons from our national initiatives. Additional resources can be found by browsing our Issue Areas. Visitors may also request digital copies of archived publications |
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Extending Lessons from a Medicaid Pilot to Improve Care for Medicare and Dual Eligible BeneficiariesFebruary 2013 — This spotlight highlights UPMC Community Care, a new program for Medicare beneficiaries with serious mental illness in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The p… |
Case Studies |
Innovations in Integration: State Approaches to Improving Care for Medicare-Medicaid EnrolleesFebruary 2013 — This brief explores the innovative design approaches that have been proposed by select states participating in the State Demonstrations to Integrate Care for Dual El… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
The Super-Utilizer Summit: Resources to Support Emerging ProgramsFebruary 2013 — The summit brought together leaders from more than 10 states, super-utilizer programs across the country, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, several R… |
Meeting Highlights |
Innovations in Medicare-Medicaid Integration: Updates from Three State PioneersJanuary 2013 — This 90-minute webinar included presentations from two states that have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CMS for the Financial Alignment Demonstration: Mass… |
Webinar Resources |
Quality Measurement in Integrated Care for Medicare-Medicaid EnrolleesJanuary 2013 — This brief summarizes efforts to develop quality of care measures for Medicare-Medicaid enrollees. |
Technical Assistance Briefs & Tools |
State Trends and Innovations in Medicaid Long-Term Services and SupportsDecember 2012 — This brief highlights states' continued progress in: 1) rebalancing Medicaid LTSS options toward home- and community-based services; and 2) developing and implementi… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
Improving Medicaid High-Risk Care Management Overview: King County Care PartnersNovember 2012 — This profile tells the story of Darlene, one of the many Medicaid beneficiaries in Washington State who benefited from improved care coordination and integrated serv… |
Case Studies |
Randomized Controlled Trial of King County Care Partners' Rethinking Care Intervention: Health and Social Outcomes up to Two Years Post-RandomizationNovember 2012 — Findings from the two-year pilot suggest that those who participated in the intervention were likelier to have increased access to care, lower inpatient medical cost… |
Reports |
Advancing Medicaid Care Management and Health Home Design: Lessons from Washington StateOctober 2012 — This 90-minute webinar summarized the King County Care Partners (KCCP) approach, highlighted key evaluation findings, and addressed policy and operational lessons to… |
Webinar Resources |
Improving Medicaid Care Management for People with Serious Mental Illness in PennsylvaniaOctober 2012 — This profile tells the story of Shervene, one of the many Medicaid beneficiaries who benefited from improved care coordination and integrated services through Pennsy… |
Case Studies |
SMI Innovations Project in Pennsylvania: Final Evaluation ReportOctober 2012 — As states across the nation explore ways to curb costs and improve quality for Medicaid's highest-need, highest-cost populations, the Pennsylvania pilot findings off… |
Reports |
Integrating Medicaid Physical and Behavioral Health Services: Lessons from PennsylvaniaSeptember 2012 — This 90-minute webinar described the innovative care management and integration approach behind Pennsylvania's SMI Innovations regional pilots, highlighted key findi… |
Webinar Resources |
Raising the Bar: How Medi-Cal Strengthened Managed Care Contracts for People with DisabilitiesSeptember 2012 — This report, prepared by CHCS for the California HealthCare Foundation, examines contract requirements adopted by Medi-Cal for people with disabilities, including a … |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
Structuring New Service Delivery Models for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesSeptember 2012 — This policy brief discusses key elements of new service delivery models for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and provides examples of suc… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
Systems of Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Survey of StatesSeptember 2012 — This policy brief describes the current delivery systems used by states to provide services and supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilit… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
Trends and Challenges in Publicly-Financed Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental DisabilitiesSeptember 2012 — This resource paper summarizes important trends and challenges facing the publicly-funded service delivery system for individuals with intellectual and developmental… |
Resource Papers |
Medicaid “Best Buys”: Improving Care for Medicare-Medicaid EnrolleesAugust 2012 — Carolyn Ingram's August 8th presentation at the National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit. |
Staff Presentations |
Low-Cost, Low-Administrative Burden Ways to Better Integrate Care for Medicare-Medicaid EnrolleesJune 2012 — States seeking to improve the coordination and integration of Medicare and Medicaid services can begin to make small scale changes using these low-cost, low-administ… |
Technical Assistance Briefs & Tools |
Early Lessons from Pennsylvania's SMI Innovations Project for Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health in MedicaidMay 2012 — This brief describes two Pennsylvania regional pilot programs to integrate physical and behavioral health services for adult Medicaid beneficiaries with serious… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
“At-a-Glance” Guide to Federal Medicaid Authorities Useful in Restructuring Medicaid Health Care Delivery or PaymentApril 2012 — This technical assistance tool summarizes federal authorities that may be useful in restructuring Medicaid health care delivery or payment. |
Technical Assistance Briefs & Tools |