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# Health Care

Health care organizations can be great partners for nutrition programs. Learning how to foster ties within the health care sector in your community can help expand your services, reach more people, and achieve better outcomes for everyone involved. 

##  **Guides**

                    - Healthcare Guide to Contracting with CBOs — A deep dive into leading contracting practices to effectively and efficiently address health related social needs
                    - Health Literacy  — Guidance for communication and steps to address health literacy
                    - Health Care Quality Metrics and Measures — Aging and Disability Business Institute guidance on  health care quality and performance standards for health plan contracting
                    - The Roadmap to Community-Integrated Health Care — NCOA resources for pursuing complex sustainability strategies and stronger partnerships with the health care sector

##  **Fact Sheets**

                    - Nutrition Medicare Benefits — Information on eight Medicare-covered preventive services

## **Presentations**

                    - Building Blocks for Participating in a Coordinated Network of Community-Based Organizations — NCOA webinar series that highlights different components to serve as an effective partner in a coordinated network (free registration required to view the video)
                    - Medicaid Opportunities for Evidence-Based Program Sustainability — NCOA webinar series about Medicaid programming and experiences from CBOs on their journeys to Medicaid reimbursement (free registration required to view the video)
                    - Analysis of Home and Community-Based Services Program Impacts — Webinar by LifeCare Alliance (video)
                    - Engaging Champions and Partners  — MOWA presentation on bridging health care and Home and Community-Based Services
                    - Health care Policy and Practice Opportunities for Senior Nutrition Programs                       - Part 1 — The Evolving Health Care Legislation Landscape
                      - Part 2 — Launching an In-Home Medical Nutrition Therapy Program 
                    - Health Care Reform: Are We There Yet?  — Affordable Care Act modifications
                    - Marketing to the Health Care Industry  — Considerations for tuning your value proposition
                    - Role of Social Determinants of Health  — Perspectives from the health care sector
                    - Health Care Landscape: What We Are Doing and Why It Matters  — Meals and Wheels America 2017 plans for all in healthcare integration
                    - Transitional Care Outreach Project  — Presentation from Senior Services Consortium of Ramsey County, Minnesota

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##  **Reports**

                    - Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System — National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report

## **Resources**

                    - How Evidence-Based Program Providers and Accountable Care Organizations Can Work Together on Quality and Performance Improvement — NCOA resource about how these partnerships can be beneficial
                    - Updated Medicare Reimbursement Rule Addresses Health-Related Social Needs and Care Coordination — NCOA resource about a new final regulation that allows for reimbursement for services that address a person’s health-related social needs
                    - Community Care Hubs: Quality, Fidelity, and Compliance Expectations for Service Delivery Partners — NCOA resource about ensuring CCH success
                    - Community Care Hubs: What Evidence-Based Program Providers Need to Know — NCOA resource about how participating in a network eases burdens and enables providers to serve more people
                    - Resources for Developing a Community Care Hub — Aging and Disability Business Institute resource guide
                    - Association of Insurance Coverage of Medically Tailored Meals With Hospitalizations and Health Care Expenditures — Study finding that medically tailored meals are associated with lower health care utilization among patients with complex diet-related diseases

## **Related Topics**

                    - Care Transitions
                    - Medically Tailored Meals
                    - Medicare and Medicaid

*Last modified on 01/17/2024*

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