Becker's Healthcare July 30, 2024
Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health Care’s academic core, Wake Forest School of Medicine, completed a multiyear clinical study on dementia care that played an instrumental role in the formation of the CMS GUIDE model.
In early July, CMS launched a program designed to improve the lives of people with dementia and reduce the strain on their unpaid caregivers. The program will test alternative Medicare payments for delivering key services and include care navigators and nonclinical services. The GUIDE program is being launched at 400 organizations across the country.
It was shaped in part by experts who helped provide evidence for the process. This includes a study done by Advocate Health that was submitted to CMS during its information-gathering period.
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