Growing numbers of state Medicaid agencies are developing or expanding risk-based managed care programs that cover long-term services and supports for older adults and people with disabilities, individuals with costly and complex health care needs. This study was conducted for the AARP Public...

Working with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and LA Net, we developed a manual on creating and implementing successful practice implementation programs. This guide provides information on how to start and run a program to work with primary care practices on quality improvement,...

Discusses the diverse capacities and vulnerabilities of different groups of Medicare beneficiaries and how well current information strategies address their needs. Notes that policymakers should be aware of this diversity and the need for transitional and targeted education strategies to reach...

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This study evaluated the Medicaid Managed Care Program, an initiative launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 1995 to promote the delivery of high-quality health services for low-income people and those with special health care needs. The overview assesses the perspectives of states,...

Applied research aims to provide answers to "real world" questions. Whether that research is used in the real world to encourage innovation and change, however, has typically not been a major research focus. The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Integrated Delivery Systems...