Success Stories

Get inspired by these successful collaborations between community-based organizations (CBOs) and health care partners! Learn more about best practices in contracting with health care and explore how these innovative partnerships are improving the well-being of older adults and people with disabilities.

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Success Stories July 18, 2023 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
Success Stories June 7, 2023 Building Collaborative Contracts with Health Care: Mid-America Regional Council and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City’s Response to the Challenges of COVID-19 The latest publication from the Aging and Disability Business Institute, Building Collaborative Contracts with Health Care: Mid-America Regional Co... Read More
Success Stories May 16, 2023 Building Collaborative Contracts with Health Care: Maryland Living Well Center of Excellence, a Division of MAC Inc. Area Agency on Aging and TidalHealth This publication highlights the success of The John A. Hartford Foundation 2022 Business Innovation Award runner up, the Maryland Living Well Cente... Read More
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
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, 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
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
Partnership Profile, Success Stories August 13, 2019 How Partners in Care Foundation Leverages a Large-Scale CBO Network to Improve Health Outcomes for One of California’s Largest Health Plans In this Success Story, learn how the Partners in Care Foundation (PICF) found success in partnering with California\'s health care sector and pione... Read More
Partnership Profile, Success Stories February 28, 2019 How the Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio Balances Cross-Sector Relationship Development with Smart Business Decision-Making In this Success Story learn how Council on Aging (COA) of Southwestern Ohio creates mutually-beneficial partnerships based on sound business de... Read More
Partnership Profile, Success Stories February 28, 2019 How the Boulder County Area Agency on Aging Is Building Demand for Cross-Sector Partnerships in Their Community In this Success Story, Boulder County Area Agency on Aging (BCAAA) shares their long-term commitment to building up their service infrastructur... Read More
Partnership Profile, Success Stories January 24, 2019 How Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley Replicates Its Cross-Sector Partnership Successes In this Success Story learn how Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley (ESMV) created innovative change through their mission focused culture of se... Read More
Partnership Profile, Success Stories January 24, 2019 How CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions Uses Data to Activate Services Faster and Deliver Value in Health Care Partnerships In this Success Story learn how CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions (CICOA), an Indiana-based Area Agency on Aging, improved health outcomes and in... Read More
Success Stories October 25, 2018 Making the Case For Health- Related Services as a Key Component of Health Care Contracting with health care organizations requires Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and other community-based organizations (CBOs) to move from s... 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
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
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
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