Beyond Camden: Treating High Utilizers in Rural Pennsylvania?
September 25, 2013 | Feature
A private foundation in Pennsylvania invests in a nonprofit health system’s program to identify and treat high-utilizers.
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Beyond Camden: Health Plans, Hospitals Test the Brenner Model
September 25, 2013 | Feature
The hot spotting initiative in Camden, N.J., identifies high users of the health system, and develops ways to give them appropriate and timely care. Now, three health plans are following suit.
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Hot Spotting
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One doctor in Camden, NJ, Jeffrey Brenner, used data to map “hot spots” of health care high-utilizers—one patient had gone to the hospital 113 times in a year—and found a better, cheaper way to treat these costly patients through collaborative care.
Facilitators and Barriers to Payment Reform
September 25, 2013 | Issue Brief
Most health care in the United States is paid for under the fee-for-service method. This issue brief draws upon the experience of RWJF grantees and other initiatives to identify the most common facilitators and barriers to payment innovation.
Quality Field Notes: Reducing Inappropriate Emergency Department Use
September 24, 2013 | Issue Brief
Hospital emergency departments (EDs) are indispensable to the acute health care system. Yet, 70 percent of ED visits are not emergencies, or could be prevented with effective and timely outpatient care.
Quality Field Notes: Emergency Department Overuse Resource Guide
September 24, 2013 | Issue Brief
This resource guide provides information on campaigns, tools, case studies and other materials for providers and organizations looking for additional information about how to reduce inappropriate emergency department use in their communities.
If the Price is Right, Most Uninsured--Even Young Invincibles--Likely to Consider New Health Insurance Marketplaces
September 20, 2013 | Issue Brief
This brief examines which uninsured adults ages 18 to 64 are most likely to purchase insurance through the exchanges.
Innovations that Address Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Geographic Barriers to Preventive Oral Health Care
September 19, 2013 | Report
Overcoming barriers to access will require innovative use of a well-trained, non-traditional workforce using strategies that re-engage populations with a history of poor access.
Providing Preventive Oral Health Care to Infants and Young Children in Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Early Head Start, and Primary Care Settings
September 19, 2013 | Report
Seven oral health programs that provide preventive oral health care to young children (<5 years old) in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, Early Head Start, and primary care settings are examined here.