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Aug 21, 2019

In the Driver’s Seat: Improving and Protecting Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

Despite the necessity and cost effectiveness of NEMT, non-emergency medical transportation, the benefit is under threat on multiple fronts. [ Blog ]

May 22, 2019

Contribute! Celebrating Older Adults Who Make a Difference in Health Innovation

The third pillar of this year's Older Americans Month theme, “Connect, Create, Contribute,” holds particular resonance for us at the Center, where we work to elevate the voices of older adult consumers in health delivery reform advocacy. [ Blog ]

May 16, 2019

Excitement, Caution and Unanswered Questions: A Look at CMS’s New Primary Care Models

At the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, we’ve long been champions of the important role primary care plays in improving health outcomes, lowering health care costs and achieving health equity. [ Blog ]

May 13, 2019

Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation Grants $1.4 Million to State Advocacy Organizations to Address Social Determinants of Health

The Center launches Consumer Voices for Engagement 2.0 (CVI 2.0), funding seven state-based organizations for two years to engage and organize consumers with complex needs to advocate for policies and programs that address social determinants of health. [ Press Release ]

Apr 10, 2019

Eldercare Voices: Embracing Population Health to Improve Care for Older Adults

The emergence of value-based models of care has brought increased attention to improving coordination and quality while reducing unnecessary procedures and increasing attention to quality of life and patient-centered, individualized care. [ Blog ]

Apr 02, 2019

Rubber, Meet Road: Consumer Engagement in Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organization Program

At a meeting of Community Advisory Council members engaged with Orgeon's Coordinated Care Programs (CCOs),many lessons on how the potential of these bodies can be realized through effective implementation. [ Blog ]

Jan 17, 2019

5 Healthcare Predictions That Didn't Come True In 2018 | Fierce Healthcare

Ann Hwang, MD, director of the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation is quoted in a Fierce Healthcare article about a POLITICO Live panel session on innovation she participated in on Jan 16, 2019. [ News Clip ]

Dec 20, 2018

Eldercare Voices: When Person-Centered Services Stop at My Mother's Nursing Home Door

Lori Simon-Rusinowitz, MPH, Ph.D. What can a daughter do when her mother's reality – a nursing home with no person-centered care in sight – presents a stark contrast to her own work devoted to making person-centered services available to a... [ Blog ]

Dec 06, 2018

Director's Corner: What’s Next for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees?

Last Wednesday, the Center was honored to host “The Dual Imperative: What’s Next for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees” in Washington, D.C. to discuss improving care for the 11 million people enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. This pop... [ Blog ]

Nov 29, 2018

Innovation Continues, For Better or Worse, Despite Congressional Gridlock

“Public Expects Gridlock” is the headline to a summary of survey findings about what voters expect out of Washington post-midterm elections. The Democrats control the House, Republicans control the Senate and not much of anything will get d... [ Blog ]

Oct 31, 2018

Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation and Health Care For All Partner to Help Massachusetts Integrate Oral Health for Medicaid Enrollees

The Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation and Health Care For All have been selected to participate in the MassHealth Technical Assistance program to help Massachusetts ACOs and community partners integrate oral health with medical care. [ Press Release ]

Oct 22, 2018

Marrying Patient Activation And Self-Determination For People With Medical And LTSS Needs | Health Affairs Blog

In a Health Affairs blog post, Center research director Marc Cohen, Danielle Skenadore Foster and Erin McGaffigan discuss the importance of patients taking control of their own health and health care - becoming activated. [ News Clip ]

Policy Principles to Guide Health Care’s Role in Social Interventions

This document lays out 10 principles to guide efforts in the health care sphere to address the social and economic determinants of poor health in ways that elevate and support patients and communities -- critical to achieving health justice. [ Publication ]

CCEHI comments on Medicaid Quality Measure – New Medicaid Beneficiaries Using HCBS First

Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation comments on Medicaid Quality Measure – New Medicaid Beneficiaries Using HCBS First. [ Comment Letter ]

CCEHI Comments to CMMI on Direct Provider Contracting

Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation comments to CMMI in response to RFI on direct provider contracting. [ Comment Letter ]

Community Catalyst Comments on a Bipartisan Effort To Increase Health Care Price and Information Transparency to Empower Patients

Community Catalyst comments in response to the stakeholder letter regarding efforts by a bipartisan group of senators lead by Senator Cassidy to increase health care price and information transparency. [ Comment Letter ]

CCEHI Comments on Quality Measures for the PACE Program

Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation Comments on Development, Implementation, and Maintenance of Quality Measures for the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) [ Comment Letter ]

CCEHI Comments in Response to RFI regarding CMMI's New Direction

Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation comments in response to the request for information on the proposed new direction for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation [ Comment Letter ]

Capping Medicaid: How Per Capita Caps Would Affect Long-Term Services & Supports and Home Care jobs

A new report released jointly by the Center and LeadingAge discusses factors that would reduce states’ abilities to provide LTSS in a per capita cap system and the impacts of such a system on the labor force that provides home-based care. [ Publication ]

Special Needs Plans: Focusing on Social Determinants of Health Among Duals

This report jointly produced by the Center and the SNP Alliance examines how two special needs health plans are responding to social determinants of health to improve health outcomes for people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. [ Publication ]

Medicaid ACO Checklist for Advocates

The Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation has created a toolkit to help advocates play a central role in the design, implementation and oversight of Medicaid ACO programs, ito achieve their potential for advancing person-centered care. [ Resource ]

Financial Alignment Demonstrations Update: Summary of Three Briefs on Evaluation Findings, March 2017

This resource provides a summary of three evaluation briefs on the Financial Alignment Demonstrations recently published by the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office. [ Publication ]

CCEHI and Children's Health Initiative Comments on RFI for Pediatric Alternative Payment Model Concepts.

Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation and Children's Health Initiative joint comment letter on the Request for Information (RFI) on Pediatric Alternative Payment Model Concepts. [ Comment Letter ]

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Sign-On Letter

Sign-on letter of organizations strongly urging the Energy and Commerce Committee to reject H.R. 1394, which removes the federal assurance of non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) under Medicaid. [ Comment Letter ]

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