2016.01.14
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
Of the estimated 40 million adults in the United States who provided informal caregiver support to a disabled family member or friend in 2013, about…
2016.11.04
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
About 61% of informal caregivers overestimate the functional abilities of their care recipient with dementia. They thought the person had more functional ability to complete daily tasks…
2015.02.06
articlenews
About 62% of family caregivers for a person with Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia pay for dementia-related care out of pocket. Of these, 42%…
2016.08.05
schizophreniadownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This brochure for caregivers discusses the symptoms of schizophrenia and the potential signs of relapse. It also discusses the importance of working closely with the…
2016.08.05
major-depressive-disorderdownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This brochure discusses the role caregivers play in helping people with MDD. It explains how MDD can impact their loved one’s life and the importance…
2016.02.29
schizophrenia stigmaarticleresearch-summary
The following is a summary of Caqueo-Urízar A, Miranda-Castillo C, Giraldez SL, Maturana SL, Perez MR, Tapia FM. An updated review on burden on caregivers…
2017.01.13
care-coordination-optimizationarticleperspective
The Houston Methodist Hospital’s (HMH) Behavioral Health Transitional Care Program, a Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) 1115 Waiver program, is relying on the Coleman…
2015.04.10
schizophreniaarticleresearch-summary
The following is a summary of Gater A, Rofail D, Tolley C, Marshall C, Abetz-Webb L, Zarit SH, Galani Berardo C. “Sometimes it’s difficult to…
2016.10.13
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
The degree of closeness between a caregiver and person with dementia is related to the cost of informal care, and closer relationships predicted lower costs.…
2015.01.20
articlenews
Demand for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Family Caregiver Program was three times higher than the VHA’s expectations. In 2011 when the program began, the…
2016.10.13
health-care-policy-legislationarticlenews
Health care delivery system reform is needed in the United States to support family caregivers and their care recipients to better account for the roles…
2016.12.21
articlenews
Annual out-of-pocket expenditures by family caregivers of adults with disabilities average $6,954. Families spend an average of $1,722 for the care recipient’s medical expenses, in…
2015.06.19
major-depressive-disordervideopresentation
During this recorded presentation, Rajnish Mago, MD, discussed the impact of Major Depressive Disorder on patients, caregivers, payers, and employers. Key points included: The prevalence…
2016.05.06
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
Informal caregivers—family and friends—who help older adults with health care activities are more likely to experience emotional, physical, and financial difficulties than informal caregivers who…
2016.07.26
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
Nebraska’s first State Plan For Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias calls for the state to promote and guide informal and unpaid caregivers to free training…
2016.08.05
major-depressive-disorder wellnessdownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This tool is designed to help patients focus on their MDD. Patients can use it as practical support for wellness, as a daily guide, and…
2016.02.04
care-coordination-optimization health-care-policy-legislationarticlenews
A new California law requires hospitals to involve family caregivers in the hospitalization and discharge processes. In early December 2015, the California Department of Public…
2015.11.04
stigmaarticlenews
In October 2015, Home Instead Senior Care franchisees began offering Home Instead’s newly launched Alzheimer’s Friendly Business program to commercial businesses in their service areas…
2016.09.14
videocommunity-voices
In these videos, meet a group of individuals who either live with mental health issues, or care for someone who does. They share helpful personal…
2016.09.14
videocommunity-voices
In these videos, meet a group of individuals who either live with mental health issues, or care for someone who does. They share helpful personal…
2016.09.14
videocommunity-voices
In these videos, meet a group of individuals who either live with mental health issues, or care for someone who does. They share helpful personal…
2016.09.14
videocommunity-voices
In these videos, meet a group of individuals who either live with mental health issues, or care for someone who does. They share helpful personal…
2016.09.14
videocommunity-voices
In these videos, meet a group of individuals who either live with mental health issues, or care for someone who does. They share helpful personal…
2015.02.06
articleperspective
This is a new concept for me – “Next Friend Risk.” What is it? The assumed “burden” on friends and family – financial, emotional, time, and more…
2015.10.08
e-health-technologyarticlenews
Researchers with the University of California San Francisco’s Memory and Aging Center and the University of Nebraska Medical Center are testing a caregiver support model…
2016.04.01
major-depressive-disorderarticleresearch-summary
The following is a summary of DeMers S, Dinsio K, Carlson W. Psychiatric care of the older adult: an overview for primary care. Med Clin…
2016.08.05
schizophrenia wellnessdownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This tool is designed to help patients recognize and manage symptoms of schizophrenia. Patients can use it as practical support for wellness, as a daily…
2016.05.25
care-coordination-optimization wellnessarticleperspective
Earlier this month, my colleague Athena Mandros discussed the relationship between education level and the management of chronic conditions – and the importance of consumer…
2015.06.18
e-health-technology quality-standards-performance-measuresarticlenews
A survey of health care organization executives found that many of these organizations want online tools for patient portals that improve patient engagement, about 70%…
2015.06.01
schizophreniaarticleresearch-summary
The following is a summary of Kreyenbuhl J, Bosel HR, Dixon LB. Disengagement from mental health treatment among individuals with schizophrenia and strategies for facilitating…
2016.09.07
e-health-technologyarticlenews
HealthPrize Technologies announced a collaboration with Walgreens through which the HealthPrize Action Engine® patient engagement and medication adherence platform will be offered through the drugstore…
2016.07.14
care-coordination-optimization e-health-technology quality-standards-performance-measuresarticleperspective
Yesterday, I looked at consumer engagement from the provider organization perspective – the elements of consumer engagement and how to make it happen (see Is Consumer…
2016.07.14
care-coordination-optimization quality-standards-performance-measuresarticleperspective
A continuing theme in the move to pay-for-value is the importance of consumer engagement – for participation in the management of both conditions and consumer…
2014.12.17
videopresentation
During this recorded presentation, Rebecca Roma, MD, a Psychiatrist who serves as Medical Director of the Community Treatment Team at Mercy Behavioral Health in Pittsburgh,…
2016.05.25
care-coordination-optimizationvideoarchived-virtual-forum
Patient engagement is an important issue in mental illness. Studies have reported that 18-67% of patients with mental illness failed to attend their first outpatient…
2015.11.02
care-coordination-optimizationarticleperspective
“Will people miss you if you are gone?” – Seth Godin In a recent LinkedIn interview, "Marketing Legend Seth Godin on the Future of Branded…
2016.08.04
schizophreniadownloadable-resourceresource
This brochure for caregivers discusses the symptoms of schizophrenia and the potential signs of relapse. It also discusses the importance of working closely with the…
2016.08.04
major-depressive-disorderdownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This brochure discusses the role caregivers play in helping people with MDD. It explains how MDD can impact their loved one’s life and the importance…
2016.10.21
stigmaarticleresearch-summary
The following is a summary of Dockery L, Jeffery D, Schauman O, et al. The stigma- and non-stigma related treatment barriers. Psychiatry Research. 2015;228: 612-619,…
2016.10.13
quality-standards-performance-measuresarticlenews
States should monitor and track three key indicators to evaluate the effectiveness and adequacy of their family caregiver support services. The indicators are the demographics…
2016.08.05
schizophreniadownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This brochure describes schizophrenia in an easy-to-understand manner. It also informs patients of the importance of working with their treatment teams, and overall wellness including…
2016.08.05
schizophreniadownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This resource discusses the importance of patients working with their treatment teams, families, and friends to help manage their schizophrenia. It introduces patients to potential…
2016.08.05
schizophreniadownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This tip sheet discusses the importance of medication adherence for patients with schizophrenia and offers tips and considerations to help them take their medication as…
2014.10.27
This tip sheet discusses the importance of medication adherence for patients with schizophrenia and offers tips and considerations to help them take their medication as…
2016.08.05
schizophreniadownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This resource explains the basics of what constitutes schizophrenia relapse and how patients may recognize a relapse. Information and tips to help patients understand how…
2016.08.04
schizophreniadownloadable-resourceresource
This tool is designed to help patients recognize and manage symptoms of schizophrenia. Patients can use it as practical support for wellness, as a daily…
2016.08.04
schizophreniadownloadable-resourceresource
This tip sheet discusses the importance of medication adherence for patients with schizophrenia and offers tips and considerations to help them take their medication…
2016.08.04
schizophreniadownloadable-resourceresource
This resource explains the basics of what constitutes schizophrenia relapse and how patients may recognize a relapse. Information and tips to help patients understand how…
2016.08.04
schizophreniadownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This resource discusses the importance of patients working with their treatment teams, families, and friends to help manage their schizophrenia. It introduces patients to potential…
2016.08.04
schizophreniadownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This brochure describes schizophrenia in an easy-to-understand manner. It also informs patients of the importance of working with their treatment teams, and overall wellness including…
2016.08.04
major-depressive-disorderdownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This tool is designed to help patients focus on their Major Depressive Disorder. Patients can use it as practical support for wellness, as a daily…
2016.08.05
major-depressive-disorderdownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This tip sheet discusses the importance of medication adherence for patients with MDD and offers tips and considerations to help them take their medication as…
2016.08.04
major-depressive-disorderdownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
For patients with MDD, this tool explains how this disorder can affect their lives, as well as medical conditions that can make symptoms worse. It…
2016.08.04
major-depressive-disorderdownloadable-resourceframeworks patients-caregivers
This resource is designed for patients to help explain the importance of sharing health information with their doctors concerning MDD, as well as comorbid medical…
2016.02.05
care-coordination-optimization health-care-policy-legislation payer-financing-modelsarticlenews
On December 29, 2015, the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) released a budget discussion document about its plans for state fiscal year…
2016.07.14
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
In 2014, about 15% of working age adults age 22 and older with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) who receive public supports were working in…
2016.12.02
“For people with serious mental illness (SMI), there is no recovery without engagement, and in my opinion, employment is one of the biggest drivers to…
2015.10.21
care-coordination-optimization payer-financing-modelsarticleperspective
Recently we had a reader ask – how are supported employment services funded and delivered? Supported employment provides services and supports to individuals with disabilities…
2016.12.02
care-coordination-optimizationarticleperspective
An evidence-based supported employment intervention called Individual Placement & Support (IPS) provides 15% of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) in the U.S. assistance to…
2015.02.01
articlenews
The Arizona Department of Health Services and Division of Behavioral Health has recently awarded a two-year contract to Arizona State University (ASU) to coordinate a…
2015.10.08
payer-financing-modelsarticlenews
The Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) has updated its service model for Medicaid mental health peer recovery specialists. The…
2015.05.21
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
On April 10, 2015, the University of Iowa announced its Center for Child Health Improvement and Innovation and its National Resource Center for Family Centered…
2015.08.28
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
Consumer access to health care services and adherence to treatment for chronic conditions improved among patients of primary care patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) operated by…
2016.12.01
care-coordination-optimization substance-abusearticlenews
Adults receiving addiction treatment who also participated in peer support groups reported that the peer support helped them develop behaviors that increased the likelihood of…
2015.10.08
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
Studies of outcomes for homeless individuals with mental illness who received permanent supportive housing (PSH) indicate that the participants experienced more days housed relative to…
2016.10.13
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
The City of Seattle, Washington is planning to open a new homelessness Navigation Center, and expand access to permanent supportive housing based on the “Housing…
2016.08.04
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
On July 1, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to launch a “housing first” bond fund that counties can use to create permanent housing…
2016.04.06
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
On February 9, 2016, the City of Boise and the Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA), members of the Roundtable on Housing and Homelessness, launched…
2017.01.13
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
On December 13, 2016, the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners approved plans to launch two new behavioral health initiatives: mobile crisis teams and a supportive…
2017.01.11
health-care-policy-legislationarticlenews
On December 1, 2016, a Nebraska legislative task force recommended that the state add services to reduce gaps in the current array of Medicaid and…
2016.10.17
“Before you treat the mental health of individuals who are homeless, a variety of basic issues common to the homeless must be addressed first: getting…
2016.07.20
payer-financing-modelsarticlenews
On June 21, 2016, the San Diego Board of Supervisors approved implementation of a new plan for homeless services. The plan, called Project One For…
2016.06.13
care-coordination-optimization payer-financing-modelsarticleperspective
The data on the effects of poverty on health status and life expectancy is striking – a point made by my colleague Monica E Oss…
2017.01.13
quality-standards-performance-measuresarticlenews
The level of customer service provided by Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) affects the overall member experience of care received from the MCO’s network of…
2017.01.26
quality-standards-performance-measuresarticleperspective
Here is something I’ve long believed: consumer experience in heath care matters more than anyone suspects. Over the past five years, we’ve written about the…
2015.05.06
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
Among people with chronic pain who received specialty care at an academic multidisciplinary pain center, care coordination was linked to greater satisfaction with health care…
2016.10.25
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
On September 6, 2016, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) announced that 60% of its medical spending in the state was…
2016.08.08
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
During 2017, Michigan plans to launch an all-payer patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiative as part of its state innovation model (SIM) grant. Physician practices participating…
2016.07.14
payer-financing-modelsarticleperspective
New York has recently modified some existing Medicaid policies and created new initiatives to provide essential health care services to their most vulnerable residents. Beginning…
2017.01.06
quality-standards-performance-measuresarticleperspective
This is a fact based overview of customer-oriented continuous quality improvement (CQI) for Behavioral Health (BH) organizations. Purpose CQI has been increasingly recommended as a…
2015.11.23
schizophreniaarticlenews
Individuals who received a comprehensive, team-based intervention for two years following an initial hospitalization for psychosis had greater improvement in functional and clinical outcomes compared…
2017.01.11
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
To reduce hospital emergency room use, high-need health care consumers need interventions that focus on increasing consumer-centered communication and enable easier access to help managing…
2016.12.27
care-coordination-optimization quality-standards-performance-measuresarticleperspective
A study by Niharika Khanna, et al, published in the January-February 2016 edition of Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, reinforced that patient-centered…
2016.12.27
care-coordination-optimization quality-standards-performance-measuresarticleperspective
Finding the best predictor of patients’ health care utilization and costs is becoming more important as reimbursement continues to move toward value-based designs. In order…
2016.02.04
e-health-technologyarticleperspective
Much like consumers are taking to technology to do their banking, their shopping, and their vacation planning – they are taking to using technology to…
2016.07.14
care-coordination-optimization payer-financing-modelsarticleperspective
Self-directed care affords consumers receiving Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS), or their representatives, the right to manage their services based on their needs and…
2016.07.12
In the 1980’s the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was in need of a solution to help prevent individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) from cycling…
2015.06.18
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
Mental health consumers who attended consumer-run peer mental health recovery support organizations (CROs) were more likely to attend and to participate in CROs that offered…
2017.01.26
care-coordination-optimization health-care-policy-legislationarticlenews
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking action to harmonize federal program requirements for Medicaid personal care services (PCS) requirements across programs.…
2016.06.21
payer-financing-modelsarticlenews
On June 9, 2016, the Wisconsin Department of Human Services (DHS) informed the state legislature that it was withdrawing its proposal to implement a Medicaid managed care approach…
2015.07.15
payer-financing-modelsarticleperspective
It’s no secret that states are trying to move away from providing Medicaid care in institutional settings, to home- and community-based services (HCBS), in order…
2016.06.22
care-coordination-optimization e-health-technology quality-standards-performance-measuresarticleperspective
Poor patient engagement is a well-known obstacle in the pursuit of better health care outcomes – an obstacle with mounting costs in our value-based market.…
2015.11.16
e-health-technologyarticleperspective
Technology choices in health and human services appear endless – or at least overwhelming. There are over 165,000 health care apps, each with a different…
2016.03.16
care-coordination-optimizationarticlenews
People diagnosed with mental health disorders entered and stayed in treatment longer when consumer engagement utilized multiple intervention strategies. When consumer engagement had a single…
2016.06.06
care-coordination-optimizationarticleperspective
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve focused on the relationship between health and social conditions – when individuals can’t meet their daily needs, their…
2016.12.02
e-health-technologyarticleperspective
How do you encourage patients with substance abuse issues to engage in their care? A new clinical trial has explored the outcomes of a patient…
2017.03.06
audiocommunity-voices
Patient-centered care focuses on the needs, values, and preferences of the patient with the goal of improving wellbeing; good communication skills are essential for success.…
2017.03.06
stigmaaudiocommunity-voices
Individuals with mental illness often have complex medical, mental, and social needs that must be met in order to achieve wellbeing. During part two of…
