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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

States that use existing billing codes may want to provide guidance to providers and explain how to use these codes to better track uptake of these services and support best clinical practices. California provided an example of billing codes associated with specified palliative care services in its December 2017 guidance.

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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

NASHP

Interviewees shared a range of perspectives, including those of local health departments, the state’s sheriff’s association, the state medical society, community health centers, hospital and primary care associations, funders, a CBO, aging and assisted living partners, consumer advocacy groups, and legislators.