Will the Patient-Centered Medical Home Transform the Delivery of Health Care?
August 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
New policy paper sees potential in patient-centered medical home model but urges patience.
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Primary Care Physicians' Links to Other Physicians Through Medicare Patients
February 17, 2009 | Journal Article
Policy-makers and insurers are searching for strategies to improve care coordination and reinvigorate primary care as a critical component of reforming the U.S. health care system.
Safety-Net Providers In Some US Communities Have Increasingly Embraced Coordinated Care Models
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Safety-net organizations, which provide health services to uninsured and low-income people, increasingly are looking for ways to coordinate services among providers to improve access to quality of care and to reduce costs. In this analysis, a part o ...
Seizing Opportunities Under the Affordable Care Act for Transforming the Mental and Behavioral Health System
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Provisions of the Affordable Care Act offer extraordinary opportunities to insure many more people, reimburse previously unreimbursed services, integrate care using new information technology tools and treatment teams, confront complex chronic comorbidities, and adopt underused evidence-based interventions.
Developing and Implementing Self-Direction Programs and Policies
February 27, 2009 | Toolkit
This handbook explains how states can increase program participants' choice of and control over their services and supports.
Study Finds Canes, Crutches and Wheelchairs Greatly Reduce Need for Human Help
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Brown University studied how well personal assistance and technological assistance (canes, crutches, walkers and wheelchairs) work for adults with chronic conditions who need help with everyday activities.
Experts Set Research and Demonstration Agenda to Enhance Long-Term Care Workforce
September 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Project staff at the Urban Institute worked with experts in the field to develop recommendations for a research and demonstration agenda to improve the recruitment and retention of frontline long-term care workers.
Legislative Fallout from Balanced Budget Act: Fewer Visits by Home Health Aides
March 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Laguna Research Associates under the direction of Nelda McCall studied the initial impact of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) on Medicare beneficiaries, home health agencies and the health care system overall.
Long-Term Care Insurance Adds Caregiving Hours, Does Not Reduce Amount of Informal Care, Study Finds
March 30, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Center for Health and Long-Term Care Research, under the direction of Marc A. Cohen, Ph.D. and Jessica Miller, Ph.D., studied how private long-term care insurance affects the level and mix of formal and informal services used.