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Success Stories February 21, 2023 Creating Regional Networks to Promote Health and Well-Being: A Case Study on Evidence-Based Programs in New England Many Area Agencies on Aging partner with a wide range of local community-based organizations to make evidence-based programs that are accessible to... Read More
Success Stories February 7, 2023 Building Collaborative Contracts with Health Care: Direction Home Akron Canton and Medical Mutual of Ohio Each year, The John A. Hartford Foundation and USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute honor exemplary models of effective contracting pa... Read More
Build Your Network, Understand the Landscape July 19, 2022 AAAs and CBOs Address Social Needs Through Contracts with Health Care Read two new infographics that explore how Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and other community-based organizations (CBOs) address the social determin... Read More
Partnership Profile June 30, 2022 What’s in a Name? Part III                                                                                         For the final post in this series, we take a look at the ... Read More
Partnership Profile June 21, 2022 What’s in a Name? Part II                                                                                     For the second post in our blog series, we will look at what ... Read More
Partnership Profile June 7, 2022 What’s in a Name? – Rebranding to Create a Welcoming and Accessible Area Agency on Aging                                                                                     For more than 45 years, Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley... Read More
Success Stories March 31, 2022 Partnering with Medicare Advantage Plans on Evidence-Based Approaches to Improve Health Outcomes A new case study shares the successes of AgeSpan, an Area Agency on Aging in northeastern Massachusetts, that improved health outcomes for older ad... Read More
Success Stories March 1, 2022 Pilot Programs Test Business Cases for Providing Benefits Assistance While Contracting with Health Care Entities The Aging and Disability Business Institute worked with two Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) to participate in a pilot testing the business case for p... Read More
Partnership Profile, Success Stories January 20, 2022 Meeting Clients Where They Are, and Providing Intensive Services Read about DayBreak Adult Care Centers\'s pilot program providing intensive services in this piece in Generations Today, part of an ongoing collabo... Read More
Partnership Profile, Success Stories January 19, 2022 Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley and North Shore and My Care Family Accountable Care Organization Our latest publication, Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley and North Shore and My Care Family Accountable Care Organization, highlights a partn... Read More
Partnership Profile, Success Stories November 19, 2021 Housing Plus: Hebrew SeniorLife’s Embedded Prevention Pilot Reaps Rewards Read about Hebrew SeniorLife\'s program integrating healthcare with housing in this piece in Generations Today, part of an ongoing collaboration be... Read More
Success Stories November 9, 2021 Success Stories: AAAs Take a Person-Centered Approach to Health Care with Washington State Health Home Model A new Success Story, AAAs Take a Person-Centered Approach to Health Care with Washington State Health Home Model, from the Aging and Disability Bus... Read More
Partnership Profile October 18, 2021 Partnership Profile: Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley and North Shore and My Care Family Accountable Care Organization The Business Institute’s latest publication, Partnership Profile: Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley and North Shore and My Care Family Account... Read More
Partnership Profile, Success Stories September 23, 2021 Unique Tucson Effort to Bolster Direct Care Workforce Read about the unique effort in Tucson to bolster the direct care workforce in this piece in Generations Today, part of an ongoing collaboration be... Read More
Success Stories September 23, 2021 Success Stories: How Your CBO Can Leverage its Home-Delivered Meals Program to Work with Medicare Advantage Plans This Success Story, published in partnership with Meals on Wheels America, highlights how Meals on Wheels of Albuquerque leveraged a relationship w... Read More
Success Stories September 9, 2021 Success Stories: How Pima Council on Aging Used Process Mapping to Improve Services Aging and disability community-based organizations (CBOs) that are pursuing and/or engaging in health care contracting work must operate efficientl... Read More
Understand the Landscape April 20, 2021 Supporting Vaccination: The Role of AAAs in COVID-19 Community Resilience The COVID-19 crisis has had far-reaching effects on nearly every dimension of how we live and work in our communities. While federal, state and loc... Read More
Get Started February 23, 2021 Lessons Learned from the Trailblazers Learning Collaborative: Steps to Getting Started on Health Care Contracting The Aging and Disability Business Institute’s Trailblazers Learning Collaborative (TLC) brought together advanced aging and disability community-ba... Read More
Get Started February 9, 2021 The Role of Strategic Thinking in Preparing for Health Care Contracting Aging and disability community-based organizations (CBOs) can find tremendous opportunities to address the social determinants of health (SDOH) thr... Read More
Understand the Landscape December 7, 2020 Build vs. Buy: Addressing Health Care Questions in Your Value Proposition Over the last several years there has been a drive toward the integration of health care and social services, including long-term services and su... Read More
Understand the Landscape December 7, 2020 Changes to Medicare Advantage Reinforce the Role of CBOs in Supplemental Benefits A final rule published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) earlier this year has implications for aging and disability comm... Read More
Success Stories June 19, 2020 Past Recipients of The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award Each year, The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award recognizes the successes of community-based organizations (CBOs) that are pa... Read More
Partnership Profile, Success Stories January 14, 2020 Navigating Obstacles in Cross-Sector Partnership Development: The Camarillo Health Care District Story In this Partnership Profile, learn how the Camarillo Health Care District, one of the two runners-up for The John A. Hartford Foundation 2019 Busin... Read More
Build Your Network, Get Started, Understand the Landscape October 2, 2019 Building a Foundation for Health Care and Community-Based Organizations Partnerships In recent years, the impact of the social determinants of health on an individual’s health and well-being has moved to the forefront of attention f... Read More
Build Your Network, Define Your Value, Get Started September 20, 2019 Tools to Accelerate Cross-Sector Partnership Development Cross-sector partnerships can be a powerful way to improve health care for older adults and people living with disabilities—and they demonstrate... Read More