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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.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

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. California provided an example of billing codes associated with specified palliative care services in its December 2017 guidance.

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Virginia Advances Maternal Health Equity Policy

NASHP

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.