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Understand the Landscape

The health care landscape is changing; community-based organizations (CBOs) must change with it. Understanding the Landscape provides information on health care industry trends and priorities. If you are looking for information to help you understand how hospitals, health systems and health plans operate, what motivates them and how to speak their language, you are in the right place. Topic areas covered include:

Federal and state policy trends (Medicare, Medicaid, VA, etc.).
Health care system priorities.
Opportunities in Integrated Care (Accountable Care Organizations, patient-centered medical homes, etc.).

Health plans and product lines (Medicare Advantage, commercial, duals plans, etc.)
Long-term services and supports (LTSS) trends.

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New Medicare Enrollees: Opportunities for MA Plans & CBO Partnerships

Approximately 26 million Baby Boomers will age into Medicare through 2030. Many researchers describe two groups within the ...

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Basic to Intermediate to Advanced Report

Medicaid Funding Reform: Impact on Dual Eligible Beneficiaries

This April 2017 analysis, produced by Avalere Health and funded by The SCAN Foundation, finds that recent proposals to ...

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Intermediate to Advanced Report

Improving Care for High-Need, High-Cost Medicare Patients

This April 2017 report, produced by The Bi-Partisan Policy Center, outlines the barriers to the integration of clinical health ...

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Basic to Intermediate Report

Final Report: Western New York (WNY) Integrated Care Collaborative Community-Based Integrated Care Networks

In recent years, policy makers have changed how they think about health care and long-term services and supports. ...

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Intermediate Report

Effective Management of High-Risk Medicare Populations

This 2014 report, produced by Avalere Health and supported by The SCAN Foundation, provides an in-depth look at ...

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Basic to Intermediate Webinar

Taking the Lay of the Land: CBO Market Analysis for Strategic Integrated Care Decision-Making

The world of health and long-term-care delivery is shifting from the fee-for-service model to one of pay-for-performance, where ...

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Intermediate to Advanced Presentation

HRSA’s Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program and Area Agencies on Aging

The Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) supports the development of a health care workforce that improves health outcomes ...

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Intermediate to Advanced Webinar

Addressing CBO Technology Challenges: Using HITECH Act Matching Funds to Facilitate Communication across Medical and Non-medical Medicaid Providers

In the brave new world of integrated medical and social services, one of the biggest obstacles to creating ...

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Basic to Intermediate to Advanced

Partnering with Primary Care to Improve Access and Care Coordination

As primary care practices, operations, and structures undergo transitions throughout the health care environment, new models now exist ...

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Basic to Intermediate

The Role of CBOs in Promoting Health and Well-Being: Reimbursement Opportunities for Evidence-Based Programs

Community-based organizations (CBOs) are poised to step up and be real partners to the health care system, saving ...

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