Chronic and Complex Populations
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National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
/in Policy Reports Care Coordination, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, CHIP, Chronic and Complex Populations, Integrated Care for Children, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration /by NASHP StaffNASHP Releases National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Care Coordination, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Chronic and Complex Populations, Healthy Child Development, Integrated Care for Children, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health /by NASHP StaffThe National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) has released a new set of standards to help states provide high-quality care coordination for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). Care coordination is an important strategy to improve the quality of health care and reduce costs, and state officials are increasingly using it […]
Stand by Me: Supporting Long-Term Services and Supports Workers
/in Policy Oregon, Tennessee Chronic and Complex Populations, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Long-Term Care, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, State Resources, The RAISE Family Caregiver Resource and Dissemination Center, Workforce Capacity /by Wendy Fox-GrageDirect care workers play a critical role in the success of states’ long-term services and supports (LTSS) systems, but faced with COVID-19, low wages, and few advancement opportunities, states struggle to retain this workforce. Recently, state leaders came together virtually at National Academy for State Health Policy’s annual conference to share strategies to improve recruitment […]
How States Can Frame the Message and Gather Support
/in Framing the Message and Gathering Support Chronic and Complex Populations, Framing the Message, Palliative Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration /by NASHP StaffSustainability and Value: State Reimbursement Strategies
/in Reimbursement Strategies Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Palliative Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Reimbursement Strategies /by NASHP StaffNASHP Resource Hub: State Strategies to Build and Support 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.
Infographic: The Value of Building a State Palliative Care Benefit
/in Reimbursement Strategies Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Palliative Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Reimbursement Strategies /by Salom TeshaleStates Are Increasing their Use of Medicaid Managed Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
/in Policy Care Coordination, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Eligibility and Enrollment, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Population Health /by Olivia Randi and Kate HonsbergerA new, 50-state analysis of Medicaid managed care programs by the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) shows that in the past three years, state Medicaid managed care (MMC) programs have: Enrolled more children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN); Provided more services to them through managed care; and Launched more specialized […]
State Roles in Preventing and Improving Foster Care Placements for Children with Medical Complexity
/in Policy Featured News Home, Reports Care Coordination, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Chronic and Complex Populations, Integrated Care for Children, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration /by Catherine HessPatient-Centered Outcome Research Institute Informs States’ Use of Telehealth
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, COVID-19, Population Health, Quality and Measurement, Quality and Measurement /by Amanda Attiya, Christina Cousart and Maureen Hensley-QuinnIn response to COVID-19, states have made swift and unprecedented changes to enable the use of telehealth to meet the public’s need to safely access care remotely. Now, policymakers face the challenge of analyzing whether to sustain these changes as they weigh cost, privacy, and security considerations and effectiveness of remote care delivery. As officials […]
NASHP Resource Hub: State Strategies to Build and Support 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.