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Physician venture investor talks telehealth, digital therapeutics, Medicaid tech

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Norden is particularly passionate about funding companies focused on the Medicaid population – a traditionally tricky and often ignored area. You are passionate about funding companies focused on the Medicaid population – a traditionally tricky and often ignored area. What's happening in this area of digital health?

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Virginia Advances Maternal Health Equity Policy

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This focus also led the state to view maternity care through a holistic lens, including policy interventions that address social and health systems that serve people who are pregnant and their families. Culturally appropriate educational campaigns to destigmatize maternal health are another prominent component of the plan.

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Improving Oral Health Access through Managed Care Quality Initiatives in Pennsylvania

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Improving Oral Health Access through Managed Care Quality Initiatives in Pennsylvania By Allie Atkeson. States are engaged in a variety of efforts to improve oral health access as part of improving overall health outcomes for Medicaid members. Note, Medicaid members’ new PH-MCO plans will begin September 1 st , 2022).

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

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State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. Target Populations That Could Benefit from Palliative Care Services Use data to identify Medicaid enrollees with serious illness.

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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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Through coordinated efforts to track progress and advance programs and initiatives to improve quality of life in the region, Live Well San Diego was able to drive a 12 percent reduction in the percentage of deaths associated with preventable health threats between 2007 and 2019 among San Diego County residents.

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Accenture Report Reveals Staggering Health Inequities and the Role of US Healthcare Ecosystem in Addressing Them 

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These biases erode quality of care and access for underrepresented patients, in turn leading to a lack of trust in, and even fear of, the healthcare system as well as lowering participation by POC in their healthcare journey. Uneven quality and experience: Stark differences in the quality of care exist between races.

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As The Year End Looms, Home Care-Related Policy Proposals Heat Up In Washington DC 

Home Health Care

They also suggested funding for community health centers and extensions for public health programs in Medicare and Medicaid. Additionally, a bipartisan group of 41 senators recently sent a letter to Senate leadership, warning that further cuts will reduce the quality of care.

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