MAC, Inc. Maryland Living Well Center of Excellence

Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Program Grantee

1 of 2

Prevention and Public Health Fund 2019, effective May 1, 2019

Goals, Strategies, and Activities

The overall purposes of this 3-year sustainability

grant are to:

• Significantly increase the number of older 

adults and older adults with disabilities at 

risk for falls who participate in evidencebased community programs to reduce 

falls and falls risks; and

• Implement innovative funding 

arrangements to support the proposed 

programs, while embedding the 

programs into an integrated, sustainable 

program network. 

MAC, Inc. Maryland Living Well Center of 

Excellence (LWCE) and its partners will: 

• embed the program(s) into an integrated, 

sustainable evidence-based prevention 

program network via centralized, 

coordinated processes;

• increase business acumen with 

healthcare partners and reimbursement 

sources; and

• provide a continuum of care for highest 

risk, most costly individuals.

Proposed Interventions

• Stepping On

• Enhance®Fitness

Partnerships

To achieve the goals of the grant, LWCE will 

collaborate with the following key partners:

• Maryland Department of Health

• Maryland Department of Aging

• Dartmouth Centers for Health & Aging

• Chesapeake Regional Information System 

for Patients (CRISP)

• University of Maryland Medical Center

• Keswick Community Health

• Frederick Regional Health System’s 

Chronic Care Clinic

• Peninsula Regional Medical Center

• Washington County Health Department

• Washington County Commission on Aging

• Upper Shore Aging, Inc

• Queen Anne’s County Department of 

Community Services

• Prince George’s County Area Agency on 

Aging

• Montgomery County Department of 

Health and Human Services
2 of 2

Prevention and Public Health Fund 2019, effective May 1, 2019

• Howard County Office on Aging and 

Independence

• Frederick County Senior Services Division

• Cecil County Department of Community 

Services, Community Wellness Division

• Baltimore City Health Department

• Baltimore County Department of Aging

• Anne Arundel County Department of 

Aging and Disabilities

• Peter Lamy Center for Drug Therapy and 

Aging at the University of MD

Anticipated Results 

The LWCE and its partners propose to achieve the 

following results: 

• Reach 1080 completers out of 1,500 

participants; including 45% low income 

minority older adults, 15% low income 

rural older adults, and 35% of people 

with disabilities;

• Provide 6 Stepping On leader trainings for 

up to 120 leaders;

• Provide 2 Enhance Fitness leader 

trainings for up to 20 leaders

• Increase healthcare partners offering falls 

programs by 50% and/or obtain 3 new 

health care contracts;

• Pilot per member/per month 

reimbursement for falls programs;

• Two provider clinics will receive 

reimbursement for falls programs via 

Medicare/Chronic Care Management;

and

• Demonstrate the value of evidence-based 

programs and long-term supports and 

services in reducing overall healthcare 

costs through a contract with Maryland’s 

health information exchange: 

Chesapeake Regional Information System 

for Patients (CRISP).

Contact:

Leigh Ann Eagle

Project Director

Email: lae2@macinc.org

For more information: 

Administration for Community Living 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Washington, DC 20201

http://www.acl.gov