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Connecticut Governor Sets Health Care Cost and Quality Benchmarks
/in Uncategorized Connecticut Blogs, Featured News Home Cost Containment, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Primary Care/Patient-Centered/Health Home, Quality and Measurement, Value-Based Purchasing /by Chris KukkaLast week, Gov. Ned Lamont signed two executive orders that establish health care cost growth and quality benchmarks and require more transparency of Medicaid costs and quality. The benchmarks are similar to ones Massachusetts implemented, which has helped Bay State consumers avoid more than $5 billion in costs since 2013. “Gov. Lamont’s initiative directly addresses the high costs of health care […]
Idaho Develops a Medicaid Value-Based Payment Model for its FQHCs, Based on Cost and Quality
/in Uncategorized Idaho Blogs, Featured News Home Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost Containment, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Eligibility and Enrollment, Health Coverage and Access, Health IT/Data, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Population Health, Quality and Measurement, Safety Net Providers and Rural Health, Social Determinants of Health, Value-Based Purchasing /by Neva KayeStarting in early 2020, Idaho will launch a new value-based payment model that will compensate federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and other providers based on how much they improve the cost and quality of care delivered to Medicaid enrollees. The agency plans to sign contracts to implement the model in January, with implementation beginning July […]
Meet NASHP’s New Center for Health System Costs Team
/in Uncategorized Blogs, Featured News Home Administrative Actions, Cost Containment, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Prescription Drug Pricing, Quality and Measurement, State Rx Legislative Action, Value-Based Purchasing /by Trish RileyThe National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is pleased to announce two staff appointments to its new Center for Health System Costs. Deborah Fournier, JD, will serve as project director and Marilyn Bartlett, CPA, CMA, CFM, will join the team as a senior policy fellow. Fournier served as New Hampshire’s Medicaid director and led […]
Seven Ways State Policymakers Can Promote Palliative Care
/in Uncategorized Blogs, Featured News Home Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost Containment, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Eligibility and Enrollment, Health Coverage and Access, Medicaid Managed Care, Palliative Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Primary Care/Patient-Centered/Health Home, Quality and Measurement, Workforce Capacity /by Kitty PuringtonA patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who was a frequent emergency room (ER) visitor now has a plan to manage his symptoms and now avoids the ER. A family caring for a parent with Alzheimer’s was considering nursing home placement, but after learning how to address challenging behavioral symptoms now feels equipped to continue […]
NASHP Announces Work Group to Guide its New Center for State Health Care Costs
/in Uncategorized Blogs, Featured News Home Cost Containment, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Quality and Measurement, Value-Based Purchasing /by Trish Riley and Maureen Hensley-QuinnWith support from Arnold Ventures, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is expanding its capacity to help states lower the trajectory of their health care spending through its new Center for State Health Care System Costs. Modeled on the work of its Prescription Drug Pricing Center, this new center will address health system […]
How States Use the National Standards for CYSHCN in their Health Care Systems
/in Uncategorized Charts, Featured News Home, Maps Care Coordination, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Integrated Care for Children, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Population Health, Quality and Measurement, Quality and Measurement /by NASHP StaffStates Feature Strategies to Better Integrate Care for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries
/in Uncategorized Blogs, Featured News Home Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost Containment, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Eligibility and Enrollment, Health Coverage and Access, Long-Term Care, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Population Health, Quality and Measurement /by Kitty PuringtonMany states already leverage Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs ) to better manage care for individuals enrolled in both Medicare and state Medicaid programs. Recent changes to federal regulation, stemming the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, are expected to make D-SNPs more attractive for states seeking to better integrate care for this population. The […]
Massachusetts Takes a Next Step in Health Reform: Addressing Affordability through Value
/in Uncategorized Massachusetts Blogs, Featured News Home Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Cost Containment, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Essential Health Benefits, Health Coverage and Access, Health IT/Data, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health, Primary Care/Patient-Centered/Health Home, Quality and Measurement, Value-Based Purchasing /by Trish RileyStates are incrementalists – enacting laws, amending them, and building on their successes – and that strategy is clearly visible in Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s bold and comprehensive legislative proposal, An Act to Improve Health Care by Investing in VALUE, announced last week. Baker’s proposal calls on payers and providers to increase expenditures on primary […]
Webinar for State Officials Only: Innovations in Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit Management Policies – A Look at Three States
/in Uncategorized Ohio, Washington, West Virginia Webinars Administrative Actions, Cost Containment, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Prescription Drug Pricing, Quality and Measurement, State Rx Legislative Action, Value-Based Purchasing /by NASHP Staff
Rural Health Clinics
/in Uncategorized Reports Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost Containment, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health Coverage and Access, Health IT/Data, Primary Care/Patient-Centered/Health Home, Quality and Measurement, Safety Net Providers and Rural Health /by NASHP StaffDownload this report. Rural health clinics (RHCs) were established through the Rural Health Clinic Services Act of 1977[i] in order to improve access to non-physician practitioners, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, in rural areas that lacked an adequate supply of physicians. Today, there are approximately 4,100 RHCs[ii] in 44 states.[iii] To be eligible […]
Connecticut Governor Sets Health Care Cost and Quality Benchmarks
/in Uncategorized Connecticut Blogs, Featured News Home Cost Containment, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Primary Care/Patient-Centered/Health Home, Quality and Measurement, Value-Based Purchasing /by Chris KukkaLast week, Gov. Ned Lamont signed two executive orders that establish health care cost growth and quality benchmarks and require more transparency of Medicaid costs and quality. The benchmarks are similar to ones Massachusetts implemented, which has helped Bay State consumers avoid more than $5 billion in costs since 2013. “Gov. Lamont’s initiative directly addresses the high costs of health care […]