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Lessons for Advancing and Sustaining State Community Health Worker Partnerships

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Medicaid reimbursement for CHW services has been added to the state plan, and some of Rhode Island’s Accountable Care Entities also employ CHWs in managed care settings. The CHWs were an integral part of the vaccine equity team and helped NMDOH develop a Community Resource Center and a set of flipcharts about vaccination.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

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It is increasingly clear that any program’s ability to improve care value is critically reliant on targeting the right patients — not too many, not too few, but the right ones.” — Diane E. The state began implementation of palliative care legislation with an analysis of state Medicaid claims and encounter data.

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

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Lack of Access to Specialists Associated with Mortality and Preventable Hospitalizations of Rural Medicare Beneficiaries.” 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.” iv] Johnston, K. Wen, and K.