May 2024 – In Grand Rounds 47, Drs. Epstein-Lubow and Lees-Haggerty, along with Tonya Saffer, Director of the Division of Healthcare Payment Models with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), share the GUIDE Model. GUIDE is a CMS payment model that tests whether dementia care programs can improve quality of life for people living with dementia and their caregivers.
Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD
Team Lead, Engaging Partners Team
Distinguished Medical Scholar, EDC
Associate Professor, Brown University
Kristin Lees-Haggerty, PhD
Project Director
Natl. Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment
Education Development Center
Tonya Saffer, MPH
Director
Division of Healthcare Payment Models
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Learning Objectives
- Review the historical context of the CMS GUIDE Model and its potential for transforming the delivery, quality and outcomes of dementia care in the United States.
- Learn the requirements for participating health systems regarding care delivery and outcomes reporting.
- Understand how the GUIDE Model requirements align with evidence-based comprehensive dementia care, including new opportunities and challenges for pragmatic evaluation of dementia service delivery related to GUIDE-participating health systems.