Home Health Care

JANUARY 17, 2022

We’re facing another surge in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, plus other health care demands. [00:12:00] In addition to that, the HHVBP demonstration program showed how much could be saved just in reduced hospitalizations via home health care. There’s a continuum of care in terms of need.

Integration 105

Integration Home Care Medicare Medicaid 105

NASHP

MARCH 14, 2022

High-quality palliative care can both improve quality of life and avoid unnecessary and often unwanted treatments for Medicaid enrollees with serious illness. States can support palliative care in a number of ways and across a range of settings (e.g., in hospitals, embedded within enhanced primary care, via home health).

Medicaid 94

Medicaid Rehabilitation Quality Assurance Patient Experience 94

HIT Consultant

APRIL 18, 2022

The EHR is the best way to support the immediate and long-term trajectory of a patient’s health by allowing for more efficient information gathering and information analysis along the continuum of care, including preventive care, through medical incidents, rehabilitation and maintenance. About Maura Cash.

Patient Experience 96

Patient Experience Quality of Care Rehabilitation Regulations 96

NASHP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Value-Added Services Services that are not covered under the state plan but that a managed care plan opts to spend a portion of its administrative funding from its capitation to improve quality of care and/or reduce costs. Note that part of CalAIM is approved through a 1915(b) in-lieu-of services approach.

Medicaid 73

Medicaid Performance improvement Integration Nursing 73

NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The “National Forum on Advancing High-Quality, Equitable Care Coordination for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs” centered on two key topics for improving care coordination systems for CYSHCN: integrated care coordination and the care coordination workforce.

Medicaid 98

Medicaid Integration Quality Improvement Accountability 98

NASHP

JULY 24, 2023

Evidence suggests that vertical integration and growing consolidation in health care leads to higher hospital and provider prices and higher total spending — all while having little to no impact on improving quality of care for patients, reducing utilization, or improving efficiency.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Prevention Quality Improvement Quality of Care 52

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

It includes examples from various states organized by the framework buckets: integrated primary and behavioral health care, crisis continuum of care, in-home and in-community based, and out-of-home and community.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52