An overview of the managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) national landscape with a focus on our MLTSS best practice framework and the role of LTSS clinical guidelines in that framework.

Experts from our Clinical Pharmacy Services unit and the Center for Health Policy Research set out to identify best-practice guidelines healthcare providers could use when prescribing to patients with substance use disorders to ensure regimens are followed safely and judiciously.  

Optometrists across the country enrolled in the Southern New England Practice Transformation Network have helped 22,765 patients avoid the high costs that come with visits to the Emergency Department when they have eye emergencies.

This poster evaluates the costs associated with the administration of select high-cost infused medications in site of care programs in Massachusetts Medicaid populations. Site of care programs help payers save money on specialty drug spend by shifting utilization on high costs infused medications to less costly sites of administration.

Robert Seifert and a team of researchers examine longitudinal health service utilization for homeless family members before and after entering an emergency shelter. 

The Charitable Trusts Unit within the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office retained our Health Law & Policy team to assess the current provision of community benefits by Elliot Health System and Southern New Hampshire Health System, Inc. and the potential effects on cost, quality and access that could arise from these entities’ proposed transaction to join together into a regional health system.

This presentation shares the results of a prescriber outreach program seeking to evaluate awareness of the dangers of co-prescribing opioids with other powerful stimulants.  

UMass Medical School’s Community Case Management program partners with MassHealth, Massachusetts’ Medicaid program, to support children and adults with complex medical needs. We help individuals and families receive the care they need by identifying, obtaining and maintaining the necessary supports and services.

State and local government agencies and retirement systems need access to clinical expertise when making disability benefit recommendations. Our staff includes multi-specialty physician and psychologist advisors, registered nurses, licensed allied health specialists and vocational rehabilitation professionals, all with experience in the disability determination process.