With 10,000 people turning 65 every day and emergency department (ED) visits among this age group growing from approximately 16 million in 2001 to over 21 million visits in 2015, the ED serves as a critical entry point to the healthcare system where people are either admitted or discharged, setting the stage for the future… Read more »
This guide, made possible by the West Health Policy Center, describes considerations for states seeking to adopt VBP models for home- and community-based services in Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) programs. It examines approaches used by five states — Minnesota, New York, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia — for promoting high-quality MLTSS programs while simultaneously supporting the ability of Medicaid beneficiaries who need LTSS to live in their communities.
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) provides medical care and long-term
services and supports (LTSS) to more than 45,000 adults age 55 and older in the United
States who meet a nursing facility level of care.
The West Health Healthcare Costs Innovation Summit Calls for Bold Actions to Curb Unsustainable Growth
We used Medicare claims data to examine differences in recurrent fall‐related ED revisit rates of older adults who presented to the ED for a ground‐level fall and whether they received PT services in the ED. Our logistic regression model controlled for age, sex, Medicaid eligibility, acute injury, and certain known chronic comorbidities associated with risk of falling.
Introduction The convergence of several forces is creating an opportunity to dramatically improve care for older adults in the emergency department (ED), which in turn has the potential to create benefits in the US health care system for everyone. These forces include demographic changes, a shift toward value-based health care, and the emergence of individual… Read more »
This article describes some challenges of care transitions, reviews best practice strategies, provides an example of systems-based improvements at a health care system in Wisconsin, and outlines some lessons learned.
This brief, made possible with support from the West Health Policy Center, highlights promising community-based nutrition practices for older adults used by Medicaid health plans, including: (1) investing in staff with nutrition expertise; (2) using assessment data to target nutrition-related interventions; (3) replicating best practices from other member populations; and (4) leveraging community-based resources.
