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Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) Launches March 15, 2023

Briggs Healthcare

SAMHSA provides leadership, supports programs and services, and devotes resources to helping people act on the knowledge that behavioral health is essential to health, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover.

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

NASHP

Well-coordinated care that anticipates and manages the symptoms and stressors of serious illness can help people with these and other complex conditions reduce pain and suffering , avoid receiving treatment that does not align with their wishes , and prevent overutilization of care. Enhance federal advance care planning requirements.

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State Policy Considerations to Support Equitable Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs 

NASHP

The platforms include data from the Ohio Connections for Children with Special Needs system on diagnosed birth defects and congenital anomalies across the state, including breakdowns by race and ethnicity, to help identify risk factors, target prevention strategies, and inform service referral practices. Telehealth.” Medicaid.gov.

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Expanding the Perinatal Workforce through Medicaid Coverage of Doula and Midwifery Services

NASHP

With more than 40 percent of births financed by Medicaid, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed an action plan that corresponds with goals outlined in the White House blueprint. The licensure and certification of midwives is administered by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

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How Tech Transforms Echo & Medical Devices with Clifford Thornton | E. 82

Vie Healthcare

There are then… Of course, we talked about before with the medical device tiers, the regulations. The cost of treating cardiovascular disease: ‘’…shortly after Medicare was instituted, cardiovascular spending in the United States jumped to around 100 billion a year within 10 years. Build a business case for that.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

North Carolina’s comprehensive behavioral health approach included efforts to increase uptake of CoCM through additional training and practice supports and Medicaid rate increases to 120% of Medicare rates for behavioral health providers. An action plan dashboard tracks targets. CMS’s Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive!

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Exposing Healthcare Fraud with Jonathan Tycko| E. 68

Vie Healthcare

And as you know, obviously a huge percentage of healthcare spending is funded through Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, the VA system, and these are all programs that are covered by the False Claims Act. It’s a highly regulated industry. So there’s that instinctual resistance to it. That you have to deal with compliance.