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Build Your Network, Understand the Landscape October 11, 2018 Aging and Disability Business Institute Selects Participants for Health Information Technology Learning Collaborative We are excited to announce that we have selected ten community-based organizations and networks that will take part in a Health Information Tech... Read More
Build Your Network, Define Your Value September 28, 2018 Preparing Community-Based Organization Leadership Teams to Tackle Health Information Technology (HIT) Challenges From enhanced interactions with older adults and their caregivers to sharing data via health information exchanges, technology is changing how c... Read More
Build Your Network, Evaluate Contracts, Get Started, Understand the Landscape August 13, 2018 Paving the Way Towards Sustainable Healthy Communities Last month, the National Council on Aging’s (NCOA) Center for Healthy Aging brought together state and local agencies, community-based organiza... Read More
Define Your Value, Understand the Landscape July 31, 2018 Ensuring Health Systems Become Age-Friendly   An exciting, long-overdue and much-needed movement is underway to close current gaps and failures in health care for older adults so that i... Read More
Partnership Profile, Success Stories July 19, 2018 Serving Veterans through Collaboration A Veteran-Directed Home & Community-Based Services Program This Aging and Disability Business Institute Success Story provides an overview of the structure and history of the partnership, discusses the ... Read More
Build Your Network, Understand the Landscape July 18, 2018 Minnesota/South Dakota Veteran Directed Home and Community Based Services Program–A long standing partnership   In this new era of value-based care, which places an increasing emphasis on person-centered service delivery and interdisciplinary care ... Read More
Understand the Landscape June 28, 2018 Building Partnerships with Primary Care to Become a Hub for Service Delivery for Older Adults in Our Community This blog entry describes a care model that community-based organizations (CBOs) working as part of the Aging Network can implement when partner... Read More
Build Your Network June 7, 2018 Virginia AAA Enables Veterans to Thrive Independently within Own Homes Independence…it’s something we have all been striving for since childhood. “I can do it by myself.” “I don’t need any help.” We may have spoken ... Read More
Understand the Landscape April 18, 2018 Medicare Advantage Policy Spotlight Two new policy actions open the door for partnerships between Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and community-based organizations (CBOs). These chan... Read More
Success Stories April 13, 2018 Colorado Springs: The Independence Center’s Veteran in Charge Program Innovation in integrated care is happening everywhere. From hospitals to health plans, doctors’ offices to outpatient clinics, traditional healt... Read More
Understand the Landscape April 5, 2018 National Academy of Medicine Explores Integration of Social and Health Services The National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM) Care Culture and Decision-Making Innovation Collaborative (CCDmIC) recently brought together leading e... Read More
Success Stories April 5, 2018 Innovative Thinking that Successfully Meets Payers Needs This Aging and Disability Business Institute resource features the multi-payer approach to health care contracting implemented by Partners in Ca... Read More
Define Your Value, Understand the Landscape March 9, 2018 Returns Worth the Investment Most of us spend our time, money and other resources on \"things\" that we find worthwhile. Whether those \"things\" are material purchases or ... Read More
Understand the Landscape February 22, 2018 Improving Care of Older Adults in Patient-Centered Medical Homes A new article in the Public Policy and Aging Report highlights the important role of social determinants of health, as well as community-based o... Read More
Define Your Value, Evaluate Contracts, Get Started, Understand the Landscape February 15, 2018 Health Care And Community-Based Organizations Have Finally Begun Partnering To Integrate Health And Long-Term Care This blog was originally published by Health Affairs on February 2, 2018. Community-based organizations such as area agencies on aging (AAAs... Read More
Success Stories February 2, 2018 Caring, Cost-Saving and Credibility in the Commonwealth Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries living in the Commonwealth of Virginia are receiving extraordinary (and convenient) care through a partnersh... Read More
Success Stories February 2, 2018 The Power of Three: Collaboration Can Help Stroke Survivors Return to Independence Although stroke-related deaths have decreased substantially in the last few decades, research suggests that acute ischemic stroke hospitalizatio... Read More
Success Stories January 19, 2018 Local CBO Learns to Balance its Mission with Business Acumen The San Francisco Institute on Aging (IOA) began in 1985 as a nonprofit providing multiple services to older adults and is best known for its Fr... Read More
Success Stories January 19, 2018 A Right-Minded Partnership Focuses on Healing in Community This Aging and Disability Business Institute article highlights the enduring relationship between Senior’s Resource Center (SRC) and the Luthera... Read More
Build Your Network, Get Started, Understand the Landscape January 9, 2018 NCOA’s Roadmap to Community Integrated Health Care The National Council on Aging’s (NCOA) Center for Healthy Aging is honored to serve as a partner with n4a’s Aging & Disability Business Ins... Read More
Get Started November 16, 2017 Transportation Undergirds Health Care In any given year, 3.6 million individuals miss or delay medical appointments due to a lack of available and affordable transportation.[i] For i... Read More
Success Stories October 13, 2017 Post-Hospital Respite Program Gives Frail Homeless Elders a Safe Place to Recover This Aging and Disability Business Institute article features the inspiring story of Bay Area Community Services (BACS), a community-based organ... Read More
Understand the Landscape October 12, 2017 Five Key Factors for Successful Health Care & CBO Partnerships The increasing prevalence of value-based arrangements places providers at risk for not only cost, but also quality and outcomes. This movement f... Read More
Get Started September 27, 2017 Business Institute and Collaborative Consulting Launch New Readiness Assessment Tool for CBOs TO ACCESS THE READINESS ASSESSMENT, CLICK HERE   In our work over the past several years, we have experienced first-hand the potential th... Read More
Success Stories September 26, 2017 University Group Fosters Integrated Care Collaborations in New Hampshire University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (IOD) was invited by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) and the Admi... Read More