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Seven Steps for Building a Community-Based Palliative Care Benefit Within Medicaid

NASHP

licensed hospice providers), with quality assurance provisions and any licensing updates necessary to ensure team competencies for non-hospice care. Additional measures can help states track the quality of care being delivered, and its impact on members receiving the service.

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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. The state began implementation of palliative care legislation with an analysis of state Medicaid claims and encounter data.