Webinar: Merging and Integration of Medicaid Data with Non-Medicare Data Sources
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
3-4 p.m. (ET)
From 3 to 4 p.m. (ET) Wednesday, June 12, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program will host a national webinar for state Medicaid agencies interested in learning about data merging and linkage of Medicaid data with other non-Medicare data sources. During this webinar, presenters will provide an overview of approaches, strategies, and methods for merging Medicaid data with other data sets. A speaker from West Virginia will describe that state’s experience with integrating mortality data with Medicaid eligibility data, including strategies used to achieve high match rates. The webinar’s second speaker, representing Washington State, will share real-life analytic use case examples and lessons learned in that state’s data integration efforts.
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. 
