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Five States Break Down Interagency Silos to Strengthen their Health and Housing Initiatives
/in Policy Illinois, Louisiana, New York, Oregon, Texas Featured News Home, Reports Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, COVID-19, Health Equity, Housing and Health, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Ariella LevisohnStates Re-think Contact Tracing and Case Investigation Strategies as COVID-19 Cases Rise
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, COVID-19, Health Equity, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Elinor HigginsContact tracing is an essential strategy for curbing the spread of COVID-19. When implemented quickly, isolation of people diagnosed with COVID-19 and identification and quarantine of close contacts can effectively interrupt disease transmission and reduce spread. Faced with rapidly climbing caseloads, testing delays, and increases in community spread, states and localities have had to prioritize high-risk […]
NASHP Selects Emerging Leaders of Color Fellows
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Health Equity, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Trish RileyI am very pleased to announce the inaugural class of NASHP’s Emerging Leaders of Color Fellowship as a small step to achieve our goals of racial equity in state health policy. We were humbled to receive 108 applications for the three available fellowships and moved by the testimony of each fellow as they shared their […]
With Federal Guidance Evolving and Vaccine Supplies Uncertain, States’ COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plans Remain Works in Progress
/in COVID-19 Blogs, Featured News Home COVID-19, Health Equity, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Rebecca Cooper, Ariella Levisohn, Trish Riley and Jill RosenthalAs COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths soar and federal guidance evolves, states are finetuning their vaccine distribution plans as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appears poised to approve a vaccine later this week. The timely, safe, and equitable distribution of the vaccines falls squarely on states and their providers, who are already stretched […]
State Use of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research in Telehealth Policymaking
/in Policy Featured News Home, Reports Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Consumer Affordability, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, COVID-19, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Population Health, Quality and Measurement, Quality and Measurement, Social Determinants of Health, Value-Based Purchasing /by Amanda Attiya, Christina Cousart and Maureen Hensley-QuinnThe adoption and use of telehealth have exploded across states, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for social distancing, and swift federal and state action to enable how telehealth is delivered and covered by insurers. These changes will have a lasting impact on how health care is delivered, affecting payers, medical providers, and patients […]
State Strategies to Support the Health Needs of Children with Special Needs in Schools during COVID-19
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Chronic and Complex Populations, COVID-19, Health Equity, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Eskedar GirmashChildren and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and their families face unique hardships in accessing school-based health services during COVID-19, especially children of color, those experiencing poverty, and those living in rural areas who have limited access to technology and acute socioeconomic needs. States are developing unique strategies to support the health needs […]
Guest Blog: Massachusetts Attorney General Issues Recommendations to Address Health Inequities
/in Policy Massachusetts Blogs, Featured News Home Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, COVID-19, Health Equity, Housing and Health, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Noam Yossefy and Sandra WolitzkyTo showcase what states are doing to address health disparities that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare, the National Academy for State Health Policy is highlighting state initiatives through reports and guest blogs, such as this one by Massachusetts Attorney General Office Health Care Analyst Noam Yossefy and Assistant Attorney General Sandra Wolitzky. A new […]
States Build Infrastructure to Advance Equity in their COVID-19 Responses and Beyond
/in COVID-19, Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Consumer Affordability, COVID-19, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Hospital/Health System Oversight, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Rebecca Cooper and Jill RosenthalAs COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the country and daily case counts exceed 150,000, many states are working to confront long-standing racial and ethnic disparities that the pandemic is laying bare. While states are taking immediate action to address the health and economic consequences of the pandemic and preparing to distribute vaccines, their new […]
Resources for States to Address Health Equity and Disparities
/in Policy Toolkits Accountable Health, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Community Benefit, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Featured Policy Home, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health Health Equity /by NASHP WritersMany states are transforming their health care delivery systems to improve health and control costs. Reducing health disparities — and addressing their social and economic causes — is at the heart of many of these efforts.
Government Eliminates Waiver Requirement for Doctors Prescribing the Addiction Treatment Medication Buprenorphine
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Health Equity, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Jodi Manz and Kitty PuringtonUnder new US Department of Health and Human Services practice guidelines, physicians will no longer have to go through the cumbersome process of obtaining a federal waiver to prescribe the opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment buprenorphine to patients.