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Define Your Value June 30, 2017 Constructing a Value Proposition for Your Evidence-Based Programs   Those of us who have invested countless hours and extensive resources into the adoption and implementation of evidence-based programs (E... Read More
Understand the Landscape June 13, 2017 Getting Ready for the Second Wave of the Baby Boom: How CBOs can work with Medicare Advantage plans to serve Trailing-Edge Boomers   As leaders of aging and disability organizations, you are well aware of a fact that many other industries have only recently become awar... Read More
Define Your Value, Get Started May 10, 2017 To Measure or Not to Measure: Tracking Evidence-Based Program Outcomes: You Do Not Need To Reinvent the Wheel *Kate Lorig, Dr. P.H., is the Director of the Stanford Patient Education Research Center and Professor of Medicine in the Stanford School of Med... Read More
Get Started April 26, 2017 The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award: Recognizing Powerful Partnerships Between Community-Based Organizations and the Health Care Sector  While the Hollywood awards season wrapped up a few months ago, the Aging and Disability Business Institute is revving up for its yearly recogni... Read More
Get Started, Understand the Landscape April 20, 2017 GWEPs & Community-Based Programs: Improving the Quality of Care for Older Adults One of my passions is finding new ways to develop a health care workforce that is better prepared to care for older adults. That is why I was de... Read More
Success Stories April 10, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: St.Paul’s Senior Services Part of a six-part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story showcases how St. Paul’s Senior Servi... Read More
Success Stories April 10, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: Silicon Valley Independent Living Center Part of a six-part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story showcases how Silicon Valley Independe... Read More
Success Stories April 10, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles Part of a six-part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story highlights how the Jewish Family Servi... Read More
Success Stories April 10, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: The Camarillo Health Care District Part of a six-part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story highlights how the Camarillo Health C... Read More
Success Stories April 10, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: Institute on Aging Part of a six part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story highlights how The Institute of Aging ... Read More
Success Stories March 31, 2017 The SCAN Foundation Linkage Lab: Bay Area Community Services Part of a six-part series of Linkage Lab case studies developed by The SCAN Foundation, this Success Story showcases the Bay Area Community Serv... Read More
Get Started March 30, 2017 Finding Champions: Five Key Steps to Advance Your Cause June Simmons is President and CEO of Partners in Care Foundation (Partners). Partners is a non-profit organization in California that shapes the... Read More
Uncategorized March 16, 2017 Systems Change: Engaging Partners and Stakeholders to Grow and Sustain Evidence-Based Programs Alexandra Cisneros and Don Smith from the United Way and Area Agency on Aging of Tarrant County  are members of the Evidence-Based Leadership C... Read More
Uncategorized February 28, 2017 Getting the Contract: Reimbursement for Evidence-based Programs *Jennifer Raymond is the Director of the Massachusetts Healthy Living Center of Excellence, which is a partnership between Hebrew SeniorLife, an... Read More
Get Started February 22, 2017 Boosting the Sustainability of Community-Based Organizations Our nation is in a time of change and transition when it comes to how health care services are delivered. Increasingly, health care providers ha... Read More
Get Started February 14, 2017 Culture Change in Aging and Disability CBOs As a leader in the aging and disability networks, you can often see where you need to take your organization to be better prepared to work with ... Read More
Define Your Value February 7, 2017 Virginia Finds Better Ways to Transition Patients From the Hospital to Their Homes *This blog is cross-posted on America\'s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) blog HERE.  As part of its outreach to and collaboration with the health ... Read More
Success Stories January 30, 2017 Build on Your “Wins”: The Eastern Virginia Care Transitions Partnership & VAAACares. Bringing Value to Health Care in Virginia Recent federal and state initiatives have sought to reduce unnecessary readmissions to hospitals and focus on the frequent transitions of care b... Read More
Success Stories January 30, 2017 ADRC Agility: FREED Center for Independent Living and the Sacramento, CA Area Agency on Aging The health care system in the United States is in a state of transition, as innovations and policy shifts disrupt longstanding practices and mo... Read More
Success Stories January 30, 2017 A Promising Collaboration: Care1st Health Plan and Access to Independence (A2i), San Diego, California In the wake of the shift to accountable and value-based care, and in light of the growing number of older adults and individuals with disabiliti... Read More
Success Stories January 30, 2017 Bridging Disability and Aging to Maximize Capacity: The Oklahoma Aging and Disability Alliance, LLC Synergies and collaborations between disability and aging services providers are a natural fit in an integrated health care landscape. Both fiel... Read More
Success Stories January 25, 2017 St. Barnabas Senior Services: Finding Value in Social Service   “[Though] they’re not already part of the health care process, social service agencies must realize they bring value to the table and h... Read More
Success Stories January 25, 2017 The Southern Maine Agency on Aging: a Patient Approach Nets Multiple Contracts The Southern Maine Agency on Aging (SMAA), led by its Chief Executive Officer, Larry Gross, has read the writing on the wall, recognizing that t... Read More
Success Stories December 14, 2016 The Marin Center for Independent Living: Serving Beyond the Safety Net The nonprofit Marin Center for Independent Living (MCIL) in San Rafael, Calif., has for nearly 38 years provided advocacy services to people wi... Read More