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Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

In addition to a range of metrics related to promoting prevention and reducing utilization related to ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, ICSP measures have included advanced care planning, evidence of physician order for life-sustaining treatment (POLST), effective care transitions, and assessment and management of chronic pain.

Medicaid 101
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Primary Care Case Management in Medicaid: A Strategy for Supporting Primary Care in Rural Areas

NASHP

In addition, it is important to build in measurement at the start and to think of state efforts as iterative — moving to tackle new priorities as performance improves. Health Care Access in Rural Areas: Evidence that Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions in the United States May Increase with the Level Of Rurality.”