Provision of Home-Based Primary Care to Individuals With Intellectual and/or Developmental Disability Is Associated With a Lower Hospitalization Rate Than a Traditional Primary Care Model.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine if providing home-based primary care (HBPC) to individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) was associated with a lower hospitalization rate than a control group receiving traditional primary care.

Design And Intervention: Individuals with IDD living in supported residential settings in Ohio were offered HBPC. Individuals electing HBPC made up the intervention group.

A Platform and Clinical Model to Enable Medicare's Chronic Care Management Program.

In 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a new benefit called chronic care management (CCM). A recent CMS-commissioned study of the program showed that CCM is effective in increasing advance care planning and decreasing overall costs. Despite positive effects on care planning, utilization, and cost, the CCM program remains underutilized.