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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

MDPCP practices must implement "data-driven, risk-stratified care management," integrate behavioral health services, screen patients for social needs, convene a patient advisory council, and use health information technology for continuous quality improvement.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. I think it can be tempting to kind of silo it to, oh, that’s just aging and independent services. But, for a majority, it’s a first time event. You go back home.