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Palliative Care in Medicaid — Costing Out the Benefit: Actuarial Analysis of Medicaid Experience

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Palliative Care in Medicaid. Costing Out the Benefit: Actuarial Analysis of Medicaid Experience October 6, 2022/ by Elrycc Berkman, ASA, MAAA; Tim Doyle, FSA, MAAA; and Ryan Brancati. Medicaid members with disabilities and those receiving long-term services and supports (LTSS) have a higher prevalence of serious illness.

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Expanded Federal Investment in Home and Community-Based Services: State Approaches to Serve Children and Youth

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1] Under the American Rescue Plan Act, the federal government expanded funding to states’ Medicaid HCBS programs, including a one-year, 10-percentage-point increase in federal Medicaid matching funds for HCBS. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

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Still, access to these approaches is more rare than not and is heavily influenced by inequities. States such as Texas, Wyoming , and New Jersey are adopting Medicaid reimbursement of collaborative care services and are addressing capacity to transition to CoCM. Yet, serious gaps exist in treatment for co-occurring disorders (COD).

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Optimizing Postpartum Coverage Extension

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More than half of pregnancy-related deaths occur in the first year after birth, with 33 percent of pregnancy-related deaths occurring between one week and one year postpartum. times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than White women. There are stark disparities in maternal mortality, with Black women 3.3

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Public Health Modernization Toolkit: Key Commitments, Priorities, and Strategies to Advance Collaboration between Public Health and Health Systems

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Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems grant program, the CDC will award more than $4 billion to states, localities, and national partners over five years to strengthen public health systems with a focus on workforce, strengthening foundational capabilities, and data modernization. Through the CDC’s Strengthening U.S.