Publication Topic

Delivery System Reform

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  • Supporting Federally Qualified Health Center Participation in Value-Based Payment to Improve Quality and Achieve Savings

    Publication

    Supporting Federally Qualified Health Center Participation in Value-Based Payment to Improve Quality and Achieve Savings

    September 2024 Aditya Mahalingam-Dhingra Vikki Wachino Kim Prendergast

    The authors offer guidelines on designing successful value-based payment contracts for FQHCs and recommend action steps for CMS, state Medicaid agencies, and FQHCs that will enable more of these safety-net providers to participate in value-based care — and realize savings as well as improved quality for patients. More

  • Event

    The 2024 Primary Care Scorecard Webinar

    February 2024

    Primary care is the foundation of the US health care system. Yet more and more people report not having a regular place for care. In the second… More

  • News Article

    The Next Generation of Payment Reforms for Population Health

    June 2023 Mary Louise Gilburg

    In this Q&A, Kushal T. Kadakia of the Harvard Medical School discusses his contribution to the issue, “The Next Generation of Payment Reforms for Population Health – An Actionable Agenda for 2035 Informed by Past Gains and Ongoing Lessons,” co-authored by Anaeze C. Offodile II of the Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy. More

  • An Elder Abuse Shelter Model for Integrated Health Systems and  Beyond: The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Justice

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    An Elder Abuse Shelter Model for Integrated Health Systems and Beyond: The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Justice

    April 2022 Malya Levin Joy Solomon Esther M. Friedman Jirka Taylor Alessa Erawan

    The elder shelter model, pioneered by the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Justice at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale and now replicated in more than a dozen communities nationwide, addresses a critical gap in services for older adults experiencing abuse. More

  • More Information Needed: How CMS Can Best Partner with State Medicaid Agencies

    Blog Post

    More Information Needed: How CMS Can Best Partner with State Medicaid Agencies

    September 2021 Elena Nicolella Christopher F. Koller

    England States Consortium Systems Organization’s Elena Nicolella and the Milbank Memorial Fund’s Christopher F. Koller say that CMS leadership will need to consider the health information technology support and tools that state Medicaid agencies will need to be full partners in these efforts. More

  • Primary Care Payment Reform: Go Hybrid

    Blog Post

    Primary Care Payment Reform: Go Hybrid

    May 2021 Christopher F. Koller

    Like one of those impressive but forlorn polar bears pacing back and forth on a shrinking ice floe, much of primary care practice seems trapped in a fee-for-service payment system that’s bobbing in the ever-expanding sea of our health care economy. More

  • News Article

    Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care

    May 2021

    A health system based on high-quality primary care leads to better health outcomes and better health equity. No other part of the health system can… More

  • Medicaid Delivery System Reforms to Combat the Opioid Crisis

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    Medicaid Delivery System Reforms to Combat the Opioid Crisis

    March 2021 Susan Kennedy Logan Sheets

    Most state Medicaid OUD care delivery innovations can be categorized into two main areas: 1) health homes and 2) warm handoffs and care transitions. This brief provides an overview of these approaches and offers recent examples from state Medicaid programs. More

  • Developing Sustainable Community Health Worker Career Paths

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    Developing Sustainable Community Health Worker Career Paths

    March 2021 Olenga Anabui Tamala Carter Matthew Phillippi Dominique G. Ruggieri Shreya Kangovi

    Scaling up the role of community health workers (CHWs), which is essential for the future of U.S. public health, economic recovery, and social justice, requires significant workforce development to address the lack of a CHW career pipeline and high rates of turnover. Yet, little evidence exists to guide this work. More

  • How Are Payment Reforms Addressing Social Determinants of Health? Policy Implications and Next Steps

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    How Are Payment Reforms Addressing Social Determinants of Health? Policy Implications and Next Steps

    February 2021 Hannah L. Crook James Zheng William K. Bleser Rebecca G. Whitaker Jasmine Masand Robert S. Saunders

    This issue brief summarizes the current landscape of payment reform initiatives addressing SDoH, drawing on results from a systematic review of peer-reviewed and gray literature supplemented with scans of state health policies and proposed payment reform models. More