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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

These individuals are often high utilizers of health care services, with some of the costliest services being hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits. A difference-in-differences (DID) approach was used to compare outcomes in two groups: Medicaid beneficiaries assigned to KHH and those who were not.

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Implementation of Combined PCBH and CCBHC Models: Key Considerations

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Use CCBHC grant resources to embed BHCs more effectively in primary care, ensuring a seamless bridge to specialty services when needed. Develop shared documentation and communication practices that support continuity of care without creating duplicative efforts. Dobmeyer, A. C., & Hunter, C.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

“It’s also often the family member or the person helping to manage them.” The Health Resources and Services Administration projects a 50% increase in demand for geriatricians from 2018 to 2030, when the entire baby boom generation will be older than 65. That care coordination will become even more critical as the U.S.