A majority of Medicaid’s highest-need, highest-cost beneficiaries have multiple physical conditions, co-occurring mental illness, and/or substance use disorder. Most of these individuals, however, are in fragmented systems of care with little to no coordination across providers — often resulting in poor quality and high costs. Better care coordination for this population has the potential to improve health outcomes and control spending, as well as reduce homelessness and criminal justice system encounters.
Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, explores the treatment bias that people with disability may face during the COVID-19 pandemic and opportunities to reduce potential discrimination.
Advancing innovations in health care delivery for low-income Americans