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Medicaid Reimbursement for Community Health Worker Services: Model State Plan Amendment & Other Guidance
Community health workers, promotores, and community health representatives have historically relied on a patchwork of grants for funding, but more than half of state Medicaid programs have now implemented some form of CHW/P/CHR coverage and payment policy. This toolkit provides model language for state Medicaid leaders and CHW/P/CHR advocates to use as they develop State Plan Amendments and accompanying guidance documents to establish coverage and payment for CHW/P/CHR services. More
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How Health Insurers Can Partner with Grocery Stores to Improve SNAP and WIC Enrollment
Some payers are pursuing strategies beyond traditional health care systems by focusing on public benefit programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). However, there is an intuitive but underutilized partner for payers seeking to increase SNAP and WIC uptake among their members: grocery stores. More
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The Commonwealth Fund 2024 Women’s Health and Reproductive Care Scorecard: Milbank State Leadership Network Post-Briefing Fact Sheet
In this briefing, authors of the Commonwealth Fund’s Women’s Health Scorecard provided key findings and state policymakers from Arkansas, Mississippi and New Jersey offered discussed state strategies to increase reproductive health care access and improve maternal health outcomes. More
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Supporting Federally Qualified Health Center Participation in Value-Based Payment to Improve Quality and Achieve Savings
The authors offer guidelines on designing successful value-based payment contracts for FQHCs and recommend action steps for CMS, state Medicaid agencies, and FQHCs that will enable more of these safety-net providers to participate in value-based care — and realize savings as well as improved quality for patients. More
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Proposed Medicare Fee Schedule Brings Important New Tools to Primary Care: Has CMS Nailed It?
“Chris, if you have a hammer, everything looks like nail.” So said the general surgeon in the HMO where I was working 30 years ago, as… More
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Higher Quality Medicaid Data Needed to Address Disparities in Preventable Hospitalizations
Hospitalizations are stressful and costly health events, but they can often be prevented if patients have access to timely, high-quality outpatient… More
Blog Post
New Payment Models for Medicaid Coverage of Opioid Addiction Treatment in Correctional Facilities
Substance use–related deaths among individuals in jail and prison have increased over time and people recently released from incarceration are at… More
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Measuring the Performance and Quality of Opioid Addiction Treatment in Correctional Facilities
Congress, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and some state Medicaid authorities are proposing or are in the process of… More
Blog Post
Medicaid Coverage and Service Standards Would Boost Quality of Opioid Use Disorder Care in State Prisons and County Jails
As state and federal policymakers debate whether and how to change Medicaid’s role in covering services in state and county prisons and jails, a new report has recommended a set of services and standards for opioid use disorder care in these settings that could advance access to high-quality care and improve health outcomes. More
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Assessing the Impact of Medicaid Telehealth Policy Change on Equitable Access to Telehealth Services in North Carolina
Policy Points Telehealth offer rates and use in North Carolina Medicaid varied by race and ethnicity during the first two years of the COVID-19… More
