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About Carrie Hanlon
Carrie Hanlon is project director at the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), where she analyzes state policies designed to improve population health and advance health and racial equity, particularly for pregnant or parenting individuals and young children. She leads research and provides technical assistance to states. Focus areas include Medicaid payment, care delivery, and performance measurement strategies to promote access to high-quality perinatal care, consider social determinants of health, and align systems to promote whole person care, including oral health. Prior to joining NASHP in 2007, Carrie was a planning and research associate at the Maine Quality Forum, a division of Maine’s Dirigo Health Agency devoted to health care quality improvement. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Elmira College, Carrie holds a master’s degree in public policy from the George Washington University.
Entries by Carrie Hanlon
How States Address Social Determinants of Oral Health in Dental and Medical Medicaid Managed Care Contracts
November 2, 2020 in Medicaid Managed Care Blogs, Featured News Home Child Oral Health, CHIP, CHIP, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Essential Health Benefits, Health Coverage and Access, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Oral Health, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, Special Populations and Services /by Ariella Levisohn, Allie Atkeson and Carrie HanlonInequities in oral health and health outcomes are driven by upstream factors, including diet, education, transportation, and access to care. A growing number of states are working to improve the oral and physical health of Medicaid enrollees and reduce costs by addressing these social determinants of health in their managed care contracts.
State Strategies to Address the Black Maternal Health Crisis
October 12, 2020 in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Eligibility and Enrollment, Eligibility and Enrollment, Essential Health Benefits, Health Coverage and Access, Infant Mortality, Integrated for Pregnant/Parenting Women, Maternal Health and Mortality, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care /by Taylor Platt, Eddy Fernandez and Carrie HanlonThe inequities laid bare by COVID-19 underscore the importance of states’ efforts to develop policies and interventions to address all health disparities. Systemic racism, a driver of these inequities, also fuels disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality – Black women are four-times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than White women. States are on […]
States Use Race and Ethnicity Data to Identify Disparities and Inform their COVID-19 Responses
April 13, 2020 in COVID-19 State Action Center Blogs, Featured News Home Accountable Health, COVID-19, Health Equity, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Carrie Hanlon and Elinor HigginsThe COVID-19 pandemic is shining a light on well-established racial disparities in health care access and quality, and in social and economic factors affecting health status and outcomes. The racial inequities exposed by case identification and death rates data give states opportunities to improve their responses and interventions. As state and local data becomes available, […]
States Increase Access to Oral Health Services and Support Overall Health
November 25, 2019 in Policy Arizona, Minnesota Blogs, Featured News Home Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Community Health Workers, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Oral Health, Population Health, Workforce Capacity /by Carrie Hanlon and Neva KayeState officials continue to develop new approaches to increase access to oral health services, and many of their innovations were highlighted at National Academy for State Health Policy’s 2019 conference. There are ongoing initiatives, such as deploying community health workers in Minnesota, a New Hampshire Medicaid and Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program pay-for-prevention, bundled […]
Expanding the Oral Health Workforce to Promote Overall Health: Minnesota Deploys Community Health Workers and Dental Therapists to Advance Equity
November 25, 2019 in Policy Minnesota Reports Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Community Health Workers, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Oral Health, Population Health, Workforce Capacity /by Carrie Hanlon and Rebecca CooperSign Up for Our Weekly Newsletter
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