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RIC Event: Improving Health Equity for Dually Eligible Enrollees in Rural Areas
Click Here to Register Description: Health plans serving rural service areas confront significant health care delivery challenges, including lack of access to health care, provider workforce shortages, food deserts, poor transportation infrastructure, and inconsistent Internet. Health plans serving the more
[...]Published Date: April 19, 2024 -
Health Equity Spotlight: Building an Internal Health Equity Infrastructure
Click Here to View the Spotlight The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office is committed to health equity and addressing disparities in healthcare access and quality for individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.1 Advancing health
[...]Published Date: April 19, 2024 -
Leveraging Health Plan and Community Partnerships to Address Social Determinants of Health
Health care organizations, including health plans, are increasingly focused on the impact that social determinants of health (SDOH) have on the lives of individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. As defined by Healthy People 2030, SDOH “are the conditions
[...]Published Date: March 8, 2024 -
RIC Event: Enrollee Advisory Committees Through a Health Equity Lens
https://youtu.be/XouV1MB7AEE?si=Ga7w9jYdr7nkYEPq Survey: Click here to complete an anonymous survey regarding this event. Podcast: This webinar is also available as a podcast on SoundCloud and iTunes. Description: Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan (D-SNP) Enrollee Advisory Committees (EACs) are tasked with working to improve access to covered
[...]Published Date: February 16, 2024 -
Integrated Care in Action Podcast: Strategies for Advancing Health Equity, Part 1
Date: February 7, 2024 Advancing health equity, defined as “the attainment of the highest level of health for all people, where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their optimal health,” is a Health and Human Services-wide strategic
[...]Published Date: February 7, 2024 -
Addressing Bone Health Across the Life Course for Dually Eligible Women with Disabilities
Click Here to View the Resource Guide Resources for Integrated Care (RIC) has developed a resource guide to help inform providers, care managers, care coordinators, and other clinical staff at health plans and provider organizations about improving bone health for
[...]Published Date: January 25, 2024 -
Disability-Competent Care Webinar Compendium
Click Here to View the DCC Webinar Compendium Disability-competent care (DCC) is a participant-centered model that focuses on providing care and supports for maximum function and addressing the barriers to integrated, accessible care for individuals with disability. DCC responds to
[...]Published Date: December 28, 2023 -
Leveraging Person-Centered Language to Deliver Person-Centered Care: Spotlight on Commonwealth Care Alliance
Click Here to View the Spotlight on Commonwealth Care Alliance Person-centered language is a strategy to improve communication between health plans, providers, and the individuals in their care. By emphasizing that people are experts in their own health and identity
[...]Published Date: October 20, 2023 -
Resource Highlights: Influenza Vaccination
Click Here to Access the Resource Highlights Older adults and adults of any age with chronic conditions, including many people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, face increased risk of experiencing complications, including hospitalization or death, as a result of
[...]Published Date: October 2, 2023 -
RIC Event: Addressing Menopause and Health Across the Life Course for Dually Eligible Women with Disability
https://youtu.be/4VDEqKMObbk?si=XAnUMxJG_DVDv2pf Survey: Click here to complete an anonymous survey regarding this event. Podcast: This webinar is also available as a podcast on SoundCloud and iTunes. Description: In 2021, Resources for Integrated Care produced a webinar titled Supporting the Preventive Health Care Needs of
[...]Published Date: September 26, 2023