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

NASHP

Arizona’s End of Life and Advanced Care Planning benefit is referenced in its MCO contracts and further described in state regulations. Federal Medicaid managed care regulation requires that MCOs provide enrollees with information about advance directives. pain management, cognitive impairment, physical/vocational/speech therapy).”.

Medicaid 101
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How Tech Transforms Echo & Medical Devices with Clifford Thornton | E. 82

Vie Healthcare

There are then… Of course, we talked about before with the medical device tiers, the regulations. You got to take that into account.’’ So managers, they need to work around all these kinds of things and take it into account.’’ You got to take that into account. Build a business case for that.

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Expanding the Perinatal Workforce through Medicaid Coverage of Doula and Midwifery Services

NASHP

With more than 40 percent of births financed by Medicaid, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed an action plan that corresponds with goals outlined in the White House blueprint. The licensure and certification of midwives is administered by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

North Carolina’s comprehensive behavioral health approach included efforts to increase uptake of CoCM through additional training and practice supports and Medicaid rate increases to 120% of Medicare rates for behavioral health providers. An action plan dashboard tracks targets. CMS’s Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive!

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Exposing Healthcare Fraud with Jonathan Tycko| E. 68

Vie Healthcare

And as you know, obviously a huge percentage of healthcare spending is funded through Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, the VA system, and these are all programs that are covered by the False Claims Act. It’s a highly regulated industry. So there’s that instinctual resistance to it. That you have to deal with compliance.