Payment and Delivery Reform
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State Legislative Action to Lower Pharmaceutical Costs
/in Prescription Drug Pricing Maps Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Legislative Tracker, Prescription Drug Pricing, State Rx Legislative Action Prescription Drug Pricing /by NASHP StaffNASHP 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 Natalie Williams, Kitty Purington and Rachel DonlonPalliative 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.
CMS Proposes Rule to Support Value-Based Purchasing for Drugs
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Administrative Actions, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Prescription Drug Pricing, State Employee Health Plans, Value-Based Purchasing /by Jennifer ReckThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new rule with provisions designed to advance value-based purchasing (VBP) arrangements with drug manufacturers. Comments about the proposal are due July 20, 2020.
Toolkit: National Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
/in Policy Toolkits Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Care Coordination, 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, Eligibility and Enrollment, EPSDT, Featured Policy Home, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Health IT/Data, Healthy Child Development, Integrated Care for Children, Integrated for Pregnant/Parenting Women, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health, Quality and Measurement, Social Determinants of Health /by NASHP StaffThe National Standards for Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) define the core components of a comprehensive, coordinated, and family-centered system of care for CYSHCN.
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.
Questions Remain as States Look to Evidence-Based Research to Inform Adoption of Telehealth
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Quality and Measurement /by Christina Cousart and Maureen Hensley-QuinnIn response to the COVID-19 epidemic, health systems are increasing their use of virtual tools and telehealth at unprecedented speed and insurers are expanding coverage for the services. These tools have great potential to help consumers access services that may be difficult to do so in-person and help physicians manage patients’ care remotely. As the […]
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 VanLandeghemAHRQ Launches Initiative to Improve Heart Health in States with High Rates of Heart Disease and Stroke
/in Policy Blogs Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Population Health, Primary Care/Patient-Centered/Health Home, Quality and Measurement /by NASHP StaffThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) has announced the launch of a new initiative that will invest up to $18 million over three years to help primary care practices prevent heart disease and stroke. Through this new funding opportunity, the agency is expanding its commitment to ensuring that primary care practices have the support […]
State Delivery System and Payment Reform Map
/in Policy Maps Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Primary Care/Patient-Centered/Health Home, Quality and Measurement, Value-Based Purchasing Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform /by NASHP