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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.

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Healthcare Strategy with Cole Lyons | E.109

Vie Healthcare

One thing I had been educated in is process improvement for hospitals, but not for ambulatory care systems. And so when I started seeing a lot of the work being done there and how we could improve things, I got really excited in that. Cole (20:57): So there’s other people who provide Medicare courses.

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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. Lack of Access to Specialists Associated with Mortality and Preventable Hospitalizations of Rural Medicare Beneficiaries.” Laditka JN, Laditka SB, Probst JC.