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Define Your Value, Get Started, Manage Finances January 31, 2017 A Matter of Mindset: CBOs Must Master “Outside-In” Thinking to Partner Up and Deliver Quality, Cost-Efficient Care In this ASA Aging Today article from July-August 2016, Victor Tabbush, health care consultant & Emeritus Professor at UCLA Anderson School ... Read More
Get Started, Understand the Landscape January 31, 2017 Integrating Medical Care and Social Services Can Improve Care Quality for Elders In this ASA Aging Today article from May-June 2016, Terry Fulmer and Nora OBrien-Suric, President and Senior Program Officer at The John A. Har... Read More
Get Started, Understand the Landscape January 31, 2017 Assistant Secretary for Aging Sees Network at a Crossroads-and a Place of New Opportunities In this ASA Aging Today article from March-April 2016, former Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee makes the compelling case that now i... Read More
Understand the Landscape January 25, 2017 Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) and the Care of Older Adults Community-based organizations (CBOs) that provide non-medical services and supports are essential to high quality, patient-centered primary car... Read More
Understand the Landscape January 25, 2017 Performance Evaluation: What is Working in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)? This 2016 report, produced by by Premier Inc., with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), suggests that as accountable care o... Read More
Get Started January 23, 2017 Is My Organization Ready? Assessing CBO Capacity to Partner with Health Care Entities In the era of integrated and accountable care, community-based organizations (CBO) are well-positioned to take advantage of opportunities prese... Read More
Get Started, Understand the Landscape January 13, 2017 Value-Based Purchasing Creates Opportunities for Effective Partnerships  In this ASA Aging Today article from Feb 2016, Bruce Chernoff, President and CEO of the SCAN Foundation, surveys the new and changing value-ba... Read More
Define Your Value, Manage Finances January 13, 2017 Quantifying the Value Proposition: How to Calculate Return on Investment (ROI) Estimating the financial value of the services your community-based organization (CBO) provides, and developing a Return on Investment (ROI) ca... Read More
Define Your Value, Understand the Landscape January 13, 2017 ACL Tip Sheet: Understand the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all health insurance plans to submit data on the proportion of premium revenues spent on clinical servic... Read More
Define Your Value, Understand the Landscape January 13, 2017 ACL Tip Sheet: Medicare Advantage Plan Market Share Analysis The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides monthly data on Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment in the United States, by Cou... Read More
Define Your Value, Understand the Landscape January 13, 2017 ACL Tip Sheet: Medicare Advantage Penetration Analysis Community Based Organizations (CBOs) engaging in contracting with Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) should have a detailed awareness of the pen... Read More
Deliver Measurable Results, Evaluate Contracts January 13, 2017 ACL Tip Sheet: Assessing Health Plans’ NCQA HEDIS Performance This tip sheet form the Administration for Community Living (ACL) provides guidance on how to determine how a specific health plan performed on... Read More
Deliver Measurable Results, Manage Finances January 13, 2017 ACL Tip Sheet: CMS Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT) Program Recognition Process The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires all accredited diabetes self-management training (DSMT) programs to be formally... Read More
Understand the Landscape January 13, 2017 ACL Tip Sheet: Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organizations (QIN-QIO) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) This three-part tip sheet series from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) provides information on the role of the Quality Innovation ... Read More
Understand the Landscape January 6, 2017 Patient-Centered Medical Homes and the Care of Older Adults Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) are a new care delivery model that is uniquely positioned to provide outstanding care for older adults b... Read More
Manage Finances, Understand the Landscape December 27, 2016 ACL TIM Talks Webinar: Increased Reimbursement for Care Coordination and the Potential Impact on Community Based Organizations (CBOs) The Administration for Community Living (ACL), Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP), in collaboration with consultant Tim ... Read More
Define Your Value, Understand the Landscape December 21, 2016 ACL TIM Talks Webinar: Developing Meaningful Partnerships with Hospitals The Administration for Community Living (ACL), Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP), in collaboration with consultant Tim McNe... Read More
Understand the Landscape December 21, 2016 ACL TIM Talks Webinar: Developing Meaningful Partnerships with Physician Practices, Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs), & Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) The Administration for Community Living (ACL), Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP), in collaboration with consultant Tim McNe... Read More
Manage Finances, Understand the Landscape December 21, 2016 ACL TIM Talks Webinar: CMS Proposed 2016 Medicare Rule Changes and the Role of the CBO The Administration for Community Living (ACL), Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP), in collaboration with consultant Tim ... Read More
Get Started, Understand the Landscape December 21, 2016 ACL TIM Talks Webinar: Where Do I begin?: Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and Business Acumen The Administration for Community Living (ACL), Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP), in collaboration with consultant Tim ... Read More
Get Started, Understand the Landscape December 21, 2016 ACL TIM Talks Webinar: Business Acumen Overview and Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement The Administration for Community Living (ACL), Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP), in collaboration with consultant Tim ... Read More
Manage Finances December 20, 2016 ACL TIM Talks Webinar: Becoming a Medicare Provider The Administration for Community Living (ACL), Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP), in collaboration with consultant Tim ... Read More
Build Your Network, Evaluate Contracts December 14, 2016 Sample Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between a Lead Community-Based Organization (CBO) and its Subcontractors Produced by the National Council on Aging (NCOA), this resource is a sample Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Elder Services of the Mer... Read More
Build Your Network, Evaluate Contracts December 14, 2016 Sample State License Business Agreement for Evidence-Based Program Data-Sharing Among CBOs Produced by the National Council on Aging (NCOA), this resource is a sample Business Agreement between Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley, ... Read More
Evaluate Contracts December 14, 2016 Sample Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between a community-based organization (CBO) and a hospital Produced by the National Council on Aging (NCOA), this resource is a sample MOU between a community-based organization (CBO) and a hospital. It... Read More