Quality and Program Improvement in Medical Respite Archives - National Health Care for the Homeless Council

Assessing Health Management in Health Centers and Medical Respite Programs

March 13, 2024

Download Webinar Slides (PDF) Webinar Description Individuals experiencing homelessness continue to experience chronic conditions and behavioral health conditions at higher rates than the general population. This requires extensive health management skills on the part of the consumer and appropriate modifications from providers to adjust recommendations and guidance for managing chronic conditions for people experiencing homelessness. […]

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California Recuperative Care Coffee Chat: CalAIM Check-In

December 20, 2023

We are now coming up on two years since the rollout of CalAIM (California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal), the multiyear plan with the goal to improve outcomes for people with the most complex needs, including those experiencing homelessness. With CalAIM, Medi-Cal managed care plans couple clinical care with a range of social services, such

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MRC – Trauma-Informed Care in Medical Respite

November 25, 2023

Trauma-informed care (TIC) is essential for service delivery within medical respite care. This course provides an overview of TIC principles and how they are applied within medical respite programs. This course is approximately 2 hours in length. If you are logged in, all of your progress will be saved if you need to exit the

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MRC – Discharge Planning and Processes

November 25, 2023

Discharge planning is a challenging but important part of the medical respite care process. This course covers recommended best and promising practices for discharging planning and transitions within medical respite care. This course is 60 minutes in length. If you are logged in, all of your progress will be saved if you need to exit

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Medical Respite Programs and Managed Care Organizations: Recommendations for Collaboration and Sustainability

October 25, 2023

Partnering with Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) presents both opportunities and challenges for medical respite care programs. However, the interest in medical respite programs within MCOs is growing! This webinar provides an overview of Managed Care Organizations and their relationship to medical respite care. Participants have the opportunity to learn about state-level coverages, contract considerations,

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Promising Practices: Providing Behavioral Health Care in a Medical Respite Setting

November 2, 2022

Promising Practices Behavioral Health in MRC (PDF) Webinar Slides(PDF) People experiencing homelessness (PEH) served in medical respite care (MRC) programs have complex medical and social needs that are often driven and exacerbated by underlying mental health and substance use (behavioral health) conditions. As MRC programs strive to optimize outcomes and provide whole-person care, they

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Providing Medical Respite for People Experiencing Homelessness during COVID-19

August 11, 2020

A webinar produced by The Center for Health Care Strategies with support from the California Health Care Foundation.

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The Role of Medical Respite Care in COVID-19 Response

April 10, 2020

Coronavirus Resources(LINK) Presentation Slides(PDF) The third webinar in our Town Hall series will center around the role of medical respite/recuperative care in community response to COVID-19. While medical respite programs are uniquely positioned to provide care for people experiencing homelessness when they are sick, programs across the country are working quickly to adjust their practices

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