Medicare Support & Services At Home (SASH) Program Evaluation: First Annual Report

The report was released in December 2014 by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy. The report is about the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) Support and Services at Home (SASH) care coordination program, which launched in Vermont in July 2011. The report describes implementation challenges and early impacts of the SASH program. The program is intended to improve health and decrease health care expenditures among elderly residents of affordable housing developments by connecting residents with community-based services . . .