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State Oversight and Innovations in Medicaid-Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Serving Older Adults and People with Disabilities 

NASHP

Illinois described using two dashboards to monitor performance: a population-specific dashboard that includes data on metrics such as care plan completion and care transitions and an internal-performance dashboard to examine differences in care and utilization by race, ethnicity, and region.

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Unlock efficiency and quality of care with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare Care management

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Care management in healthcare involves a complex web of patient information, communication, and manual processes that without integration can hinder the delivery of efficient and coordinated care. Modern care management platforms facilitate seamless collaboration and information sharing among care teams.

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Why Value-Based Care Begins with Quality Education

Home Health Care

The shift to value-based care. Connecting training with outcomes serves patients and staff, but the shift to value-based care means attention to outcomes is imperative as home-based care transitions to rewarding providers for the quality of the care they deliver. This article is sponsored by CareAcademy.

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The Future of Aging Policy: A Snapshot of State Priorities

NASHP

With person-centered care as a key focus of HCBS, Hawaii is working on a community-based palliative care benefit for beneficiaries with serious illnesses through Hawaii ’s QUEST Integration Medicaid 1115 waiver. Embedding Social Determinants of Health to Address the Needs of Older Adults.

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How Effective Patient Communication Boards Improve Safety & HCAHPS Scores

Readiness Rounds

Reassurance to Families and Friends: These boards offer transparency and valuable information to loved ones, enabling them to access essential details about the patient's care plan, progress, or specific instructions, fostering trust and comfort in the quality of care provided.

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

NASHP

Since 2014 (first under its “Dual Demo” demonstration and then later via D-SNP contracts), the state has enabled Medicaid MCOs to participate in value-based purchasing through its Integrated Care System Partnerships (ICSP) model. Enhance federal advance care planning requirements. The state and U.S.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center: Equity and Vision

Sheppard Health Law

CMS found that accountable care models, especially those that include total cost of care approaches, will need payment incentives to support the delivery of integrated, equitable person-centered care.