January 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health studied Elder Health, a for-profit managed-care provider in Baltimore, Md., that serves individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (i.e., dually eligible).
March 1, 2003
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Program Result
Between 1997 and 2001 Investigators at the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical Center, Hanover, N.H, conducted two research projects that examined how the increasing availability of health care technology and specialist physicians influence the delivery of health care and health outcomes.
December 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center refined and evaluated the Community Resource Connection, an administrative system that identified health care needs among elderly patients and linked them to appropriate services.
January 1, 2002
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Program Result
Sierra Health Services designed and evaluated for replicability a model of care to improve the identification of high-risk members and better integrate case management into the primary care setting.
July 1, 2002
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Program Result
A consortium of four nonprofit provider organizations worked to design a community-based program at low-income housing sites in Baltimore that would provide medical and social services to elderly residents who were not yet frail.
September 1, 2000
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Program Result
Oxford Health Plans, Inc., created its service credit banking program, called Partners In Caring, to assist Medicare members with nonmedical needs by recruiting and training community volunteers.
September 1, 2000
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Program Result
Sentara Health System established a service credit banking program that recruited volunteers to provide supportive community-based services for enrollees of both its Medicare managed care plan and a project aimed at nursing-home-eligible patients.
September 1, 2000
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Program Result
CareAmerica Health Plans, a for-profit health insurer in Southern California, launched its CareXchange SCB (Service Credit Banking) program in Glendale, Calif.
September 1, 2000
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Program Result
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound created SerVE, a service credit banking program aimed at attracting individuals who might not typically volunteer but who saw a tangible benefit in the opportunity to build credits.
November 1, 2000
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Program Result
From 1991 to 1996, researchers at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center compared outcomes among elderly patients in two types of health care settings.
