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Medicaid Agencies Cultivate Partnerships and Deploy Data to Bolster COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
/in COVID-19 State Action Center Blogs, Featured News Home COVID-19, Eligibility and Enrollment, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Health IT/Data, Medicaid Managed Care, Population Health, Program Design, Quality and Measurement, Social Determinants of Health, Special Populations and Services, Vaccines /by Christina CousartCOVID-19 vaccine distribution has accelerated across states as the Biden Administration updates its vaccine goal to 200 million doses by April 23, 2021 and many states are opening eligibility to all adults by early April. The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently spoke with several state Medicaid officials to learn more about how […]
Implications for States if SCOTUS Overturns or Upends the ACA
/in Policy CHIP, Consumer Affordability, Eligibility and Enrollment, Essential Health Benefits, Health Coverage and Access, Health IT/Data, Health System Costs, Medicaid Expansion, State Insurance Marketplaces /by Anita Cardwell and Christina CousartThe Supreme Court decision in the California vs. Texas case challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could impact all or just a few of its policies and programs with far-reaching consequences for states. This NASHP slide deck describes the ACA’s major provisions, state implementation of the act, and potential implications if the ACA is overturned […]
You Can’t Unring a Bell – Implications for States if the Supreme Court Upends the Affordable Care Act
/in Policy Blogs, Featured News Home CHIP, Consumer Affordability, Eligibility and Enrollment, Essential Health Benefits, Health Coverage and Access, Health IT/Data, Health System Costs, Medicaid Expansion, State Insurance Marketplaces /by Trish RileyFor more than a decade, states have been at work implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Today, to varying degrees, its provisions are hardwired into all states. If the ACA fails to survive the objections raised in the US Supreme Court case California vs. Texas, states will face significant challenges and new costs.
States Need Federal Guidance to Plan for When the Public Health Emergency Ends
/in Policy Blogs Health Coverage and Access, Health IT/Data, State Insurance Marketplaces, Workforce Capacity /by Anita CardwellWhile the federal COVID-19 public health emergency – which allows for a range of state and federal policy flexibilities in programs such as Medicaid – was recently extended, considering the significant number of pandemic-related policies that states have implemented, officials need to begin preparing now for the eventual end of the emergency. Currently, there is […]
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Telehealth Affinity Group Use of Telehealth for Post-Hospitalization Care
/in Policy Consumer Affordability, Health Coverage and Access, Health IT/Data, Health System Costs /by NASHP StaffFederal Rule Change Allowing Providers to Share Data Poised to Improve Substance Use Disorder Treatment
/in Policy Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Chronic and Complex Populations, Health Coverage and Access, Health IT/Data /by Eliza MetteStates Raise Concerns about Moving Critical COVID-19 Reporting Data from CDC to HHS
/in COVID-19 State Action Center Blogs, Featured News Home COVID-19, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Health IT/Data, Population Health, Quality and Measurement, Social Determinants of Health /by Trish Riley and Jill RosenthalThe recent decision to shift daily data reported by hospital administrators about their capacity and hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) TeleTracking system has sparked concerns among state officials who are on the pandemic’s frontline, and infectious […]
New Jersey’s Project ECHO Builds Provider Capacity to Support Maternal and Child Health during COVID-19
/in Policy New Jersey Blogs, Featured News Home COVID-19, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Health IT/Data, Infant Mortality, Integrated for Pregnant/Parenting Women, Maternal Health and Mortality, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, Workforce Capacity /by Eddy FernandezConfronted with a pandemic that impacts the health of women and children – ranging from pregnancy and delivery to access to substance abuse treatment – a consortium of New Jersey state and health care experts launched a Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) initiative to share COVID-19 expertise between specialists and primary care to […]
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.
States Establish New Telehealth Policies to Safeguard Well-Child Care and Immunizations
/in COVID-19 State Action Center Blogs, Featured News Home Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, COVID-19, EPSDT, Health Coverage and Access, Health IT/Data, Healthy Child Development, Immunization, Lead Screening and Treatment, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Population Health, Workforce Capacity /by Rebecca CooperThe COVID-19 pandemic has reduced access to children’s preventive care across the country, with some providers reporting a 70 to 80 percent decrease in well-child visits, and far fewer children receiving vital in-person services, such as immunizations. Some primary care practices also have limited their services or shut down to comply with mandatory social distancing […]
Medicaid Agencies Cultivate Partnerships and Deploy Data to Bolster COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
/in COVID-19 State Action Center Blogs, Featured News Home COVID-19, Eligibility and Enrollment, Health Coverage and Access, Health Equity, Health IT/Data, Medicaid Managed Care, Population Health, Program Design, Quality and Measurement, Social Determinants of Health, Special Populations and Services, Vaccines /by Christina CousartCOVID-19 vaccine distribution has accelerated across states as the Biden Administration updates its vaccine goal to 200 million doses by April 23, 2021 and many states are opening eligibility to all adults by early April. The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently spoke with several state Medicaid officials to learn more about how […]