NASHP

AUGUST 15, 2022

As highlighted in a 2020 Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services informational bulletin , Pennsylvania Medicaid has improved oral health access and quality of care by requiring MCOs to hire a dental director and execute performance improvement projects (PIPs) for pediatric preventative dental care. Fluoride varnish.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Review Prevention Quality Improvement 52

NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

In many states, SHIPs serve as the driving mechanism for engaging health care systems and communities in statewide planning, implementation, and evaluation efforts. New York requires that nonprofit hospital community benefit plans address and report investments in community health interventions tied to the state’s Prevention Agenda 2019–2024.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Accountability Public Health services Population Health 52

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. The state began implementation of palliative care legislation with an analysis of state Medicaid claims and encounter data.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52

HIT Consultant

MARCH 24, 2023

These biases erode quality of care and access for underrepresented patients, in turn leading to a lack of trust in, and even fear of, the healthcare system as well as lowering participation by POC in their healthcare journey. Uneven quality and experience: Stark differences in the quality of care exist between races.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Life Sciences Accountability Quality of Care 52

NASHP

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Virginia reflects a growing call by states and federal agencies including the C enters for Disease Control and Prevention, to focus on racism as a public health emergency, creating opportunities for state policy makers to highlight a root cause of health inequities faced by people of color.

Medicaid 62

Medicaid Clinical Practice Primary Care Quality Improvement 62