Medicaid / Medicare

Homelessness & Public Health: How Can We Close the Gap?

Podcast

Mar 24, 2021

Natalie Matthews & Teresa Mota for ABT ASSOCIATES

Challenges in areas ranging from education to the environment, gender to governance, health to housing don’t exist in a vacuum. Each month, Abt experts from two disciplines explore ideas for tackling these challenges in our monthly podcast, The Intersect.

CLPHA Housing Is Summit 2020: How Hospitals are Investing in Housing

Video

Jun 12, 2020

CLPHA

June 4-5, 2020, Hosted Virtually via Zoom

CLPHA Data Sharing Template for PHAs and Health Organizations

Disclaimer: This template is provided for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact your attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular issue or question. Use of this template, including its exhibits and attachments, does not create a relationship or any responsibilities between CLPHA and the user.

Research

Aug 5, 2019

CLPHA developed a general data sharing template that public housing authorities (PHAs) and their health partners can customize to suit their data sharing and collaboration needs. Please feel free to comment to share any uses/modifications your organization made to implement into a partnership.

CLPHA Data Sharing Template for PHAs and Health Organizations

Research

Aug 5, 2019

CLPHA developed a general data sharing template that public housing authorities (PHAs) and their health partners can customize to suit their data sharing and collaboration needs. Please feel free to comment to share any uses/modifications your organization made to implement into a partnership.

Trump Administration Seeks to Redefine Formula for Calculating Poverty

News Article

May 7, 2019

Annie Karni for The New York Times

The Trump administration is proposing regulatory changes that could result in cuts in federal aid to millions of low-income Americans.

Addressing Social Determinants of Maternal and Child health through Medicaid Managed Care

Publication

Apr 25, 2019

Daniel Young for The Network for Public Health Law

Research shows that clinical care is only one factor that impacts population health and that a collection of other factors – including the natural and built environment where people live, education economic stability, food, and community and social context – grouped under the term social determinant

Better Care for People Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid

Publication

Apr 24, 2019

Seema Verma for Health Affairs

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and states spend over $300 billion per year on the care of dually eligible individuals, yet still do not achieve acceptable health outcomes.

Physician Acceptance of New Medicaid Patients: What Matters and What Doesn't

Publication

Apr 10, 2019

Kayla Holgash and Martha Heberlein for Health Affairs

A key challenge for states in ensuring access to care for the 85.3 million Medicaid beneficiaries is having a sufficient number of providers.

Housing is Healthcare: Anthem and Indy's Blue Triangle Housing Program

Publication

Apr 1, 2019

CSH

The Housing and Medicaid Services Pilot Program in Indianapolis, also known as the Blue Triangle Housing Program, is a collaboration that includes Anthem, the City of Indianapolis, a non-profit housing organization, and a community mental health center (CMHC).

Ask and Code: Documenting Homelessness Throughout the Health Care System

Policy Brief

Oct 1, 2016

National Health Care for the Homeless Council

Emerging health care financing models require much more sophisticated actuarial calculations than previous payment arrangements, often taking into account risk factors such as homelessness.