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Cathedral Square outlines SASH expansion and pilots, cites Medicare savings and eviction prevention
Summary
Kim Fitzgerald and Liz Genge described SASH—s origins at Cathedral Square, program scale, and new pilots including SASH for All in Brattleboro and embedded mental-health clinicians; third-party evaluation showed Medicare savings averaging about $1,400 per participant.
Kim Fitzgerald, chief executive officer of Cathedral Square, and Liz Genge, director of SASH, briefed the Health Care Committee on the program—s 15-year history, current scale and new pilots that extend supportive services beyond congregate older-adult housing.
Fitzgerald said SASH began as a resident-driven pilot in 2009 at Cathedral Square—s Heidenberg property and expanded after that initial demonstration showed reduced emergency-department use. The program pairs a SASH coordinator and a wellness nurse for panels of roughly 70 to 100 people; the pilot levels were about 40 hours of coordinator time and 10 hours of wellness nursing per panel. The program later joined the Blueprint and received Medicare funding through the multi-payer advanced primary care demonstration, and it now…
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