Find keys to success, policy recommendations, and implementation tools for starting a Recovery Coach program in your community. Commonwealth Medicine’s Health Law & Policy experts Katharine London, MS, and Jeremy Tourish, MPH, share research on the impact Recovery Coaches had in the battle against opioid use disorder in six states.

Learn the Third Party Liability integration strategies implemented by MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program, to optimize identification of and access to TPL sources for all Medicaid members and at all points within the Medicaid experience.

Take a look at results from The Massachusetts Medicare Enrollment Support Initiative, coordinated with guidance from our third party liability expert Jenifer Hartman of Health Care Finance Solutions.

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) can improve oral health for Medicaid members and also reduce costs through emergency department (ED) diversion, our Health Law & Policy experts highlight in a report for the Southern New England Practice Transformation Network (SNE-PTN).

On behalf of the Minnesota Department of Health Services, experts from Health Law & Policy within Public and Private Health Solutions conducted a literature search of successful interventions across the country that improve the health of previously incarcerated individuals and five focus groups to gain feedback from professionals who work with previously incarcerated individuals.

By creating stronger connections and nurturing communications with their members, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Community Partners (CPs) improve compliance with care plans and prescriptions, reduce medical costs, and increase member satisfaction. 

Discover the best practices for improving member engagement and understanding in this white paper. 

A study by our pharmacy experts shows the positive impact of dose-limit policies implemented by a state Medicaid program. The team found that a sequential and progressive opioid dose reduction strategy was successful in decreasing the average daily opioid dose among Medicaid members in Massachusetts.

This report for The Connecticut Health Foundation & the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, Inc., compiled by our Health Law & Policy experts, explores how payment reform could support improvements in child health services.

In a commentary piece for Managed Health Care Connect, our Clinical Pharmacy Consultant Stephanie Tran, PharmD, overviews the top five pharmacy trends in managed care she's looking forward to in 2019. 

This issue brief details the potential scope of changes a new rule proposed by the Department of Homeland Security could have on immigrants in Massachusetts, including declining enrollment in enrollment in benefit programs such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).