Policy Issues

Approaches to Financing Medical Respite Care Programs

Individuals experiencing homelessness are at higher risk for complex health conditions and often have nowhere to heal safely when they are discharged from a hospital impatient admission. Care providers and hospital discharge planners struggle to find safe and appropriate (i.e., non-shelter) referrals for these patients to rest and recuperate. This represents a serious, persistent, and […]

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Capacity-Building for Medical Respite Care Programs in California in Response to COVID-19: Four Case Studies

With the outbreak of COVID-19 in the early months of 2020, and with its waves and surges throughout the year, California communities have quickly responded to the unique needs of people experiencing homelessness in order to provide safe places where they can isolate, quarantine, and protect themselves from infection; await test results; recover from the

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Issue Brief : COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Ensuring Access to Care Through State Medicaid Telehealth Policies

In order to quickly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government allowed temporary flexibilities to many policies related to telehealth services. This issue brief describes the temporary telehealth policies that have been especially successful for Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) health centers, and provides recommended actions at the state/local level for implementing more

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Medicaid & Managed Care Financing Strategies that Support Medical Respite Care Programs

Webinar Slides(PDF) Medicaid & Medicaid Managed Care: Financing Approaches for Medical Respite Care(LINK) NIMRC(LINK)   Medicaid and managed care organizations (MCOs) are increasingly providing financial support for medical respite care programs because they recognize the value of these models of care. This webinar will feature program administrators from two very different medical respite programs who

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*NEW* Comparative Analysis Paper, August 2020, COVID-19 Response in Countries with Single-Payer & Implications for Impoverished Populations

This paper is designed to illustrate how single-payer health systems around the world have more effectively responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and to demonstrate why the U.S. should move towards a single-payer ’Medicare for All’ system of care. Download Document (PDF)

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COVID-19 Issue Brief #5 : COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Medical Respite Care & Alternate Care Sites

This issue brief is intended to provide public health authorities, emergency response systems, and ACS program administrators with an operational framework that will improve the quality of care at ACS programs and promote longer-term stability for vulnerable people. Download Document (PDF)

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