Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 27, 2021

On October 20, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (“ CMS ”) Innovation Center (“ Innovation Center ”) published a white paper detailing its vision for the next ten years: a health system that achieves equitable outcomes through high quality, affordable, person-centered care. Strategic Objective 1: Drive Accountable Care.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Lurie Children’s patients and families experienced disjointed scheduling and registration problems and had a limited scope of appointment availability, leading to long delays in care. " Phase three focused on the integration of telehealth and making all these tools available in Spanish.

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NASHP

MAY 17, 2022

How State Medicaid Programs Serve Children and Youth in Foster Care May 17, 2022 / Veronnica Thompson. Children and youth in foster care (CYFC) often benefit from targeted services and supports. Yet, many receive fragmented or limited access to care, contributing to higher rates of unmet health needs. [1]

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

State Medicaid programs, behavioral health authorities, public health, departments of insurance, human and social service agencies, departments of education, departments of corrections, housing, and employment can collaborate to align overlapping efforts, align policies, and braid funding and accountability mechanisms.

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NCQA

OCTOBER 31, 2023

“ It’s a marathon, not a sprint ,” said Liz Fowler, Director at the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), during a recent Fireside Chat with NCQA Executive Vice President Eric Schneider. And then we’re also developing an approach for certification based on quality improvement and patient experience.”

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Home Health Care

APRIL 15, 2024

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced a new proposed model that will undoubtedly affect home health providers, and also allow them the opportunity to get more involved in value-based care initiatives. TEAM would be yet another model furthering that goal, if enacted.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

After the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that poses sizable risk to its Medicare Advantage business, Humana Inc. With that said, we are committed to working productively with CMS to ensure the integrity of the program is maintained.” NYSE: HUM) leaders insisted panic was not necessary.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 20, 2022

Hospitals report the data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which uses that data to create the Overall Hospital Quality Star rating for each hospital. Rating is based on five areas: mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely/effective care.

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Sheppard Health Law

AUGUST 11, 2023

On July 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) for the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”). Notably, within this overall decrease, CMS is also proposing increases for certain forms of direct patient care, including primary care.

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Sheppard Health Law

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center continues to move forward with its “strategic refresh” initiative. Through this shift, CMS aims to examine and enhance payments for specialty care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Value-Based Care and ACOs.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

It includes examples from various states organized by the framework buckets: integrated primary and behavioral health care, crisis continuum of care, in-home and in-community based, and out-of-home and community.

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Home Health Care

JULY 15, 2022

This article is sponsored by Integrated Home Care Services. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Integrated Home Care Services (IHCS) co-founder Paul Pino to learn the top challenges in the home-based care space, and how the IHCS model addresses those challenge s. million lives.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 5, 2022

When Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) invested $1 billion into VillageMD , it was largely viewed as a way for Walgreens to enhance its primary care approach, especially in underserved communities. And then we also made an investment in CareCentrix that really focuses the post-acute care episode of a patient’s journey.”.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2023

What You Shoud Know: – Medicaid prospective payment rate for Michigan’s federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) has not kept pace with the actual costs incurred to provide healthcare, resulting in a substantial reimbursement gap of $97.95 and indirect costs rising by 26.2%.

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to the Congressional Research Service, which analyzed data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) National Health Expenditure Accounts (“NHEA”) on the personal health expenditures for LTSS by payer, in 2021, an estimated $467.4 trillion spent on personal health care. [3] This represents 13.2%

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Home Health Care

MARCH 3, 2022

One thing that has remained constant, though, is the organization’s push towards a value-based health care system. For Signify, the recent completion of its Caravan Health acquisition — an accountable care organization (ACO) manager — is a major move toward driving more participation and success in value-based payment arrangements. “We’re

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HIT Consultant

MAY 19, 2023

Tampa General Hospital Teams Up with Navina Tampa General Hospital (TGH) partners with AI-powered platform Navina to bring its transformative AI the health system’s primary care clinicians. Clinicians using Navina’s platform can quickly assess diagnoses and opportunities to improve care and compliance with quality measures.

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Home Health Care

MAY 5, 2022

Another major component of the company’s value-based mission was its acquisition of Caravan Health, an accountable care organization (ACO) manager. I’m very pleased with the positive reaction from our clients who are excited about the prospect of Signify Health providing a total cost of care model,” he said.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This substandard access to quality care can lead to poor health outcomes.[6]. have a special health care need, and an estimated 44 percent of CYSHCN are enrolled in Medicaid.[7] public health, Medicaid, mental health) and other stakeholders (e.g., Nearly 20 percent of children in the U.S.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

In addition to expanding Medicaid, North Carolina’s FY2024 budget allocates over $835 million for mental health and substance abuse investments under Medicaid. They focus on crucial areas such as managed care contracting, achieving coverage parity, and enhancing workforce capacity to improve both quality and access to care.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 5, 2022

Policymakers are recognizing the need for payers to increase coverage and reimbursement for integrated behavioral health services, which entails primary care and behavioral health collaboration, to achieve better clinical and cost outcomes along with a healthier workforce.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The information on this map comes from a 50-state survey of a variety of stakeholders, ranging from Medicaid officials to Community Health Workers, on their states’ approaches?to?integrating?CHWs integrating?CHWs ACO Accountable Care Organizations. CBCM Community Based Care Management Program. Acronym Guide.

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NASHP

APRIL 24, 2023

States play an essential role in providing and overseeing behavioral health care, and many states have longstanding strategies to increase access to high quality, behavioral health interventions. But the system remains fragmented and strained under the twin crises of mental illness and escalating overdose deaths.

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NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

State leaders play a critical role in convening key internal and external partners, implementing engagement and input processes that foster shared ownership and accountability toward goals at the state and community levels.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

A strong VBC network will often need a sizable technology investment to revise traditionally siloed capabilities, the ability to cater to a spectrum of stakeholders, including accountable care organizations (ACOs), bundled payment programs, full and partial capitation, and the Medicare Shared Savings Program with upside and downside risk.

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Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

health care financing regime of volume-based payment didn’t fare well as millions of patients postponed or cancelled procedures and visits for fear of contracting the virus in the halls, offices and clinics of hospitals and doctor’s offices. Informing integrated communication, decisions, and processes. In other words, the U.S.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 15, 2021

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are again touting the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model as one of the agency’s most successful programs ever. CMMI was created through the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Officials from the U.S. Doing so would allow patients to utilize appropriate home-based services.

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NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

There are a number of strategies state health officials can use as they build sustainable access to palliative care services in their Medicaid programs. Target Populations That Could Benefit from Palliative Care Services Use data to identify Medicaid enrollees with serious illness.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 29, 2023

Since the start of his career as a primary care, internal medicine physician, Dr. Richard Feifer has sat at the intersection of geriatrics, population health and value-based payment models. The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model has long been a passion of his.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Recent increases in federal funding for opioid and SUD-related activities, along with existing grants, Medicaid payments, and legal settlements, are augmenting state SUD budgets. State Medicaid programs cover SUD treatment and supportive services for Medicaid beneficiaries using multiple Medicaid authorities.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This map highlights state activity to integrate CHWs into evolving health care systems in key areas such as financing, education and training, certification, and state definitions, roles and scope of practice. Medicaid Reimbursement. Medicaid Reimbursement.

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NASHP

JULY 22, 2022

1] Under the American Rescue Plan Act, the federal government expanded funding to states’ Medicaid HCBS programs, including a one-year, 10-percentage-point increase in federal Medicaid matching funds for HCBS. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 29, 2021

State Medicaid agencies recognize that meeting beneficiaries’ social needs (e.g., The 1915(i) option was created by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) and modified by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. Under a 1915(i) SPA, states must allow all Medicaid beneficiaries who qualify for the services to access the services.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

checking accounts. States are seeking to better understand the extent, location, and cause of health care workforce shortages and strategies that address immediate concerns in addition to longer-term solutions to recruit and retain a workforce that can meet the diverse and evolving needs of the U.S. trillion) currently sitting in U.S.

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NASHP

JUNE 22, 2022

Care Coordination Workforce. Care Transitions. public health, Medicaid, mental health) and other stakeholders (e.g., health plans, providers, families of CYSHCN) in using, adapting, and implementing the National Care Coordination Standards for CYSHCN to develop or improve care coordination systems.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This approach requires significant coordination among policymakers from across state systems – behavioral health, Medicaid, courts, and corrections – to share resources, align policies, and develop clear protocols for programming. Integrate peers into crisis response teams. Community Services and Prevention (Intercept 0).

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2021

We’re looking forward to hearing about the acceleration of technology-driven performance and accountability in healthcare. This could include continuous glucose monitoring devices that are integrated with mobile apps and better pulse oximetry and cardiac rhythm detection built into wearables.

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