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Future Of Wound Care: Home Health Providers Step Up To Meet Rising Demand

Home Health Care

Amedisys, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, provides home health care, hospice, palliative care and high-acuity care services across 38 states. Delivering care in patient homes eliminates barriers that hinder proper healing by ensuring accessibility.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

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. California provided an example of billing codes associated with specified palliative care services in its December 2017 guidance.

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

NASHP

Interviewees shared a range of perspectives, including those of local health departments, the state’s sheriff’s association, the state medical society, community health centers, hospital and primary care associations, funders, a CBO, aging and assisted living partners, consumer advocacy groups, and legislators.

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HEDIS® Public Comment Period Is Now Open

NCQA

HEDIS measures do not constitute clinical practice guidelines and should not be used to determine insurance or coverage. Proposed New HEDIS Measures Follow-Up After Acute Care Visits for Asthma. An important part of developing and updating HEDIS is hearing from the public.

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Virginia Advances Maternal Health Equity Policy

NASHP

State policy recommendations include: Investing in a doula Medicaid benefit, Requiring provider cultural humility trainings, Ensuring health systems are connected to community programs, Mandating maternal mortality specific education for primary care providers, Investing in home community health workers and home visiting services, and.

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Moving Toward Better Asthma Care and Outcomes: What Will It Take?

NCQA

Many asthma exacerbations could be avoided with appropriate preventive care and medication regimens that align with clinical guidelines for asthma control—especially if clinicians also provide education and support for patients that focuses on social factors and living conditions. “As Patient-centeredness.