Healthcare Innovation February 18, 2020
Homeless patients enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare and Medicaid “are often underserved by a delivery system that is not designed to address their wide range of complex social and behavioral needs”
Acknowledging that homelessness is both a recognized cause and a result of health problems, three healthcare leaders have proposed the creation of a homelessness-focused special needs plan—a type of Medicare Advantage insurance plan aimed at meeting the unique care needs of specific high-need populations.
Published recently in JAMA Network, the authors of the viewpoint article—led by Sachin Jain, M.D., president and CEO of CareMore Health System, and adjunct professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine—noted there has been a movement over the past...
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