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States Use Appendix K Waivers to Support Home- and Community-Based Services in Response to COVID-19
/in COVID-19 Charts, Featured News Home, Maps Care Coordination, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, COVID-19, Health Equity, Long-Term Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Salom TeshaleState Levers to Support Dental Care in COVID-19’s Public Health and Economic Emergency
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Child Oral Health, CHIP, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, COVID-19, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Integrated Care for Children, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Oral Health, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Allie AtkesonCOVID-19 has greatly impacted dental care and oral health access in the United States. From closed offices to an increased need for personal protective equipment (PPE), states and providers are both facing challenges to connect patients to dental care. With reduced tax revenue and looming budget crises, states are also facing difficult budget decisions – […]
NASHP Resource Hub: State Strategies to Address Palliative Care
/in Policy Reports, Toolkits Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Community Health Workers, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Featured Policy Home, Health Coverage and Access, Health System Costs, Long-Term Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Palliative Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health, Workforce Capacity Chronic and Complex Populations /by Kitty Purington, Wendy Fox-Grage and Salom TeshalePalliative care helps individuals with serious illness better manage the symptoms and stressors of disease. These services are interdisciplinary, person- and family-centered, and can help people at any stage of a serious illness.
States are uniquely positioned to influence how Americans think about access, and experience palliative care.
Toolkit: Upstream Health Priorities for Governors
/in Policy Toolkits Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Chronic and Complex Populations, Community Health Workers, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Eligibility and Enrollment, Featured Policy Home, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Healthy Child Development, Housing and Health, Long-Term Care, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Palliative Care, Population Health, Quality and Measurement, Social Determinants of Health, Value-Based Purchasing, Workforce Capacity /by NASHP WritersGovernors can control costs, advance their priorities, and enhance lives by improving the social and economic conditions that make up 80 percent of the factors affecting their residents’ health. Governors are uniquely positioned to maximize state resources to address the conditions affecting health by leading cross-agency and public-private collaborations, leveraging siloed state resources, and advancing evidence-based health policy approaches.
Serving Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs in Medicaid Managed Care: Targeted Contract Language
/in Policy Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Featured Policy Home, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Quality and Measurement /by Kate Honsberger, Anna Matilde “Tilly” Tanga and Karen VanLandeghemHow the President’s Proposed FFY 2021 Budget Would Impact Critical State Health Programs
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, CHIP, CHIP, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Eligibility and Enrollment, Health Coverage and Access, Health System Costs, HIV/AIDS, Housing and Health, Maternal Health and Mortality, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Population Health, Safety Net Providers and Rural Health /by NASHP StaffThe President’s budget request for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021 proposes a 10 percent reduction in the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) budget. A signature piece of the budget features the President’s Health Reform Vision, which includes $844 billion in cuts over 10 years to implement the Administration’s efforts to provide “better care […]
How Governors Addressed Health Care in their 2020 State of the State Addresses
/in Policy Charts Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Healthy Child Development, Infant Mortality, Integrated for Pregnant/Parenting Women, Maternal Health and Mortality, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Population Health, Prescription Drug Pricing, Social Determinants of Health, State Insurance Marketplaces, State Rx Legislative Action, Work Requirements /by Sarah Lanford and Anita CardwellNASHP Joins Lewin Group to Provide Integrated Care for Kids Model Support
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Care Coordination, CHIP, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Integrated Care for Children, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Karen VanLandeghemThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded the Lewin Group and its partners, which includes the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), a seven-year contract to support implementation and monitoring for CMS’ Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model. Launched in January 2020, this model is part of CMS’s strategy to fight the opioid […]
CMS Requests Input to Better Coordinate Care for Children with Complex Conditions from Out-of-State Providers
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, CHIP, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, EPSDT, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Integrated Care for Children, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Kate HonsbergerThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a request for information (RFI) for input from states, providers, health systems, and families to better coordinate care from out-of-state providers for children with complex health conditions enrolled in Medicaid. The deadline to submit comments is March 23, 2020. States have long addressed issues of […]
Virginia Advances Integrated Care for Pregnant and Parenting Women with Substance Use Disorder
/in Policy Virginia Blogs, Featured News Home Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health Coverage and Access, Infant Mortality, Integrated for Pregnant/Parenting Women, Maternal Health and Mortality, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Population Health /by Melissa Caminiti and Ashley HarrellTo tackle the opioid epidemic, which has been the leading cause of unnatural deaths since 2013, Virginia recently developed an integrated physical and behavioral health continuum of care, which spans multiple treatment settings and includes case management and peer recovery support. The initiative, combined with increased access to naloxone and other efforts, has helped reduce […]
States Use Appendix K Waivers to Support Home- and Community-Based Services in Response to COVID-19
/in COVID-19 Charts, Featured News Home, Maps Care Coordination, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, COVID-19, Health Equity, Long-Term Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Salom Teshale