Payment and Delivery Reform
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Webinar: Road Trip to Behavioral Health Parity – Your Roadside Assistance
/in Policy Webinars Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health /by NASHP StaffVermont Submits Concept Paper to Trump Administration to Import Drugs from Canada
/in Policy Vermont Blogs, Featured News Home Administrative Actions, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Legal Resources, Model Legislation, Newly-Enacted Laws, Prescription Drug Pricing, State Rx Legislative Action /by Trish RileyState Officials Consider Patient Preferences when Evaluating Telehealth Evidence
/in Policy Alaska, California Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health Coverage and Access, Healthy Child Development, Integrated Care for Children, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Population Health, Safety Net Providers and Rural Health /by Johanna ButlerWhen exploring new evidence about the effectiveness of telehealth, state policymakers want to know which interventions consumers prefer and are scalable for a range of populations. In addition to working to ensure that new telehealth tools are evidence-based and effective, officials want to make sure both patients and providers are interested in utilizing them. The […]
Infographic: State Team-Based Care Strategies for Medicaid-Eligible Women
/in Policy District Of Columbia, Minnesota, Montana Featured News Home Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Infant Mortality, Integrated for Pregnant/Parenting Women, Maternal Health and Mortality, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration /by Eddy FernandezFor more information, please click the program titles and read NASHP’s State Medicaid Quality Measurement Activities for Women’s Health. Acknowledgement: Thank you to the officials in Washington, DC, Montana, and Minnesota for reviewing their respective highlighted strategies. This infographic is a publication of the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP). This project is supported […]
What We’ve Learned from Early Adopters of Drug Price Transparency, and What We’ll Learn from the Next Wave
/in Policy California, Maine, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont Blogs, Featured News Home Administrative Actions, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Model Legislation, Newly-Enacted Laws, Prescription Drug Pricing, State Rx Legislative Action /by Jennifer ReckAs prescription drug price increases greatly outpace inflation and new specialty drugs priced in the millions of dollars enter the market, several states have led the way as early adopters of drug price transparency legislation and are taking the first steps to curb costs with the help of transparent drug pricing information. Read NASHP’s new […]
What Are We Learning from State Reporting on Drug Pricing?
/in Policy California, Maine, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont Featured News Home, Reports Administrative Actions, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Legal Resources, Model Legislation, Newly-Enacted Laws, Prescription Drug Pricing, State Rx Legislative Action /by Deborah Chollet, PhD, William Mulhern, JD and Jia Pu, MA, PhD, MathematicaExpanding the Oral Health Workforce to Promote Overall Health: Minnesota Deploys Community Health Workers and Dental Therapists to Advance Equity
/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 CooperExpanding the Oral Health Workforce to Promote Overall Health: Arizona Uses Dental Hygienists to Improve Hospital Patient Safety
/in Policy Arizona Reports Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Health System Costs, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Oral Health, Population Health, Workforce Capacity /by Neva KayeArizona recently made an innovative change in its scope-of-practice rules governing supervision of dental hygienists to enable hospitals to more easily use these providers to help prevent ventilator-assisted pneumonia (VAP) – the leading cause of death from nosocomial infections in critically ill patients. VAP, the second most common nosocomial infection, increases the duration of hospitalizations […]
States Assert their Drug Purchasing Power to Capture Savings for Medicaid
/in Medicaid Managed Care Ohio, Washington, West Virginia Blogs, Featured News Home Administrative Actions, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Model Legislation, Newly-Enacted Laws, Prescription Drug Pricing, Program Design, State Rx Legislative Action /by Johanna ButlerIn the face of rapidly rising prices, state Medicaid programs are asserting their prescription drug purchasing power through more active oversight of the administration of prescription drug benefits. As major drug purchasers, state Medicaid programs have leverage to lower costs without action from state legislatures. Ohio, Washington, and West Virginia have recently deployed a range […]
Meet NASHP’s New Center for Health System Costs Team
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Administrative Actions, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Prescription Drug Pricing, Quality and Measurement, State Rx Legislative Action, Value-Based Purchasing /by Trish RileyThe National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is pleased to announce two staff appointments to its new Center for Health System Costs. Deborah Fournier, JD, will serve as project director and Marilyn Bartlett, CPA, CMA, CFM, will join the team as a senior policy fellow. Fournier served as New Hampshire’s Medicaid director and led […]
For individuals living with complex, often chronic conditions, and their families, palliative care can provide relief from symptoms, improve satisfaction and outcomes, and help address critical mental and spiritual needs during difficult times. Now more than ever, there is growing recognition of the importance of palliative care services for individuals with serious illness, such as advance care planning, pain and symptom management, care coordination, and team-based, multi-disciplinary support. These services can help patients and families cope with the symptoms and stressors of disease, better anticipate and avoid crises, and reduce unnecessary and/or unwanted care. While this model is grounded in evidence that demonstrates improved quality of life, better outcomes, and reduced cost for patients, only a fraction of individuals who could benefit from palliative care receive it. 
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