Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors." " As has been shown many times, lack of access to care is a key hurdle to health equity and chronic disease management. Lastly, a commitment to outcomes measurement and quality improvement is essential.

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NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

Primary care case management (PCCM) programs are one of the oldest types of Medicaid managed care, but over time most states have shifted to use managed care organizations (MCOs) to deliver services to Medicaid participants. ii] Rural areas are highly likely to suffer from shortages of primary care and other providers.

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NASHP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Through Integration and Workforce Development: Lessons from State and Federal Health Officials September 27, 2022 / by Allie Atkeson and Megan D’Alessandro. Topics included integrating oral health across physical and behavioral health sectors, workforce innovations, and opportunities for federal-state collaboration.

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Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

To improve care coordination, close gaps of care, and accelerate both quality and financial agendas, tactics to access, exchange, and analyze datain near real-timefrom disparate and disconnected systems are required. Shortage of primary care professionals, unequal access to care.

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NCQA

JULY 16, 2024

Despite ongoing challenges such as workforce limitations and federal support for staffing, Medicaid programs have made strides in improving access and quality of behavioral health services. Peggy emphasized that without standardized measures, states miss the opportunity for benchmarking, mutual learning and driving quality improvement.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2024

– The strategic collaboration aims to improve health outcomes and primary care access for older adults living independently with multiple chronic conditions. By focusing on early detection and personalized care plans, they aim to empower older adults to live healthier, more independent lives.

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Health Care Leader News

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Fuller Report published earlier this year signalled that Primary Care Networks (PCNs) should ‘evolve’ into Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs). All too often PCN relationships with community trusts, mental health trusts or social care break down because the local team is unresponsive or too busy.

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NCQA

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Innovation Center also released the Making Care Primary (MCP) model and the GUIDE model this year, innovative solutions to achieve multi-payer alignment and focus on populations that have historically been underfunded in health care.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 1, 2024

Internally, we’re really trying to support the PACE community to continue to put in place internal quality improvement activities. This is a model of care that’s known for yielding unprecedented outcomes. We’re very good at delivering care with a high degree of satisfaction.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The “National Forum on Advancing High-Quality, Equitable Care Coordination for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs” centered on two key topics for improving care coordination systems for CYSHCN: integrated care coordination and the care coordination workforce.

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NCQA

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Value-based care is one of four key themes at the summit, and we’re bringing experts from around the country to share their successes in value-based payment models. Value-based care requires integration and alignment—among payers and clinicians, and within the care delivery team.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

In order to achieve the desired levels of quality improvement and labor cost savings, healthcare systems must use new care models that leverage technology and virtual care in all acute care settings. Virtual care elevates bedside care, allowing our valued clinicians to function at the top of their licenses.

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Accountable Care Doctors

AUGUST 31, 2021

These discussion forums generated many promising and innovative solutions including improving healthcare by integrating behavioral health with primary care, pursuing strategies for reducing low-value care and increasing high-value care, and developing better metrics for measuring performance in alternative payment models.

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Accountable Care Doctors

AUGUST 31, 2021

These discussion forums generated many promising and innovative solutions including improving healthcare by integrating behavioral health with primary care, pursuing strategies for reducing low-value care and increasing high-value care, and developing better metrics for measuring performance in alternative payment models.

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Accountable Care Doctors

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The 31 multi-specialty medical groups and integrated health systems that are part of the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), their 85,000 physicians, and hundreds of thousands of staff are at the forefront of the battle for their patients’ lives. Embrace, expand, and pay for telehealth at the same level as in-person visits.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

integrating?CHWs CHWs into evolving health care systems in key areas such as financing, education and training, certification , and state definitions, roles and scope of practice. NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance. PCCM Primary Care Case Management. PH-MCO Physical Health Managed Care Organization.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

Data collection, sharing, and integration across state agencies moves siloed efforts to whole person/whole of government data-informed policy approaches. Quality improvement and evaluation approaches can capitalize on outcome metrics associated with improved access to high quality care.

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NCQA

JANUARY 25, 2024

For example, primary care providers are playing a larger role in mental health care. We’re also seeing what we call “ workforce extenders” provide behavioral health care. This includes care by unlicensed providers. Technology is also being used to expand behavioral health care capacity through virtual care.

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NCQA

MARCH 22, 2023

DaVita Integrated Kidney Care. As part of our drive to improve health equity , most toolkit resources are available in Spanish. Sources and Inspiration We developed the Roadmap in partnership with Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Fresenius Health Partners—InterWell Health. Healthmap Solutions. Somatus, Inc. “In-the-Field

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NASHP

MARCH 11, 2022

State experience indicating that payment is an effective lever for improving service delivery. State officials viewed their efforts as part of broader efforts to improve behavioral health and better integrate it with primary care. " > Why Use Payment to Improve Delivery of SUD Services.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Solution to misaligned incentives: incentivize holistic care The authors provide clear examples that more holistic and integrated care can produce improved outcomes and reduce cost. The authors also argue for incentivizing integrated practice units (IPUs).

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

It includes examples from various states organized by the framework buckets: integrated primary and behavioral health care, crisis continuum of care, in-home and in-community based, and out-of-home and community.

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Accountable Care Doctors

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

demanding more transparency from insurers and other intermediaries.

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Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Innovation Center models can define success as encouraging lasting transformation and a broader array of quality investments, rather than focusing solely on each individual model’s cost and quality improvements. Strategic Objective 1: Drive Accountable Care. FOOTNOTES. [1] Department of Health and Human Services.

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NASHP

APRIL 17, 2023

Performance measurement is a pillar of state quality improvement and oversight. Other states, such as Colorado, establish advisory committees that provide input on all aspects of a state’s quality improvement program , including measure selection. It is often factored into plan payment, and it supports public reporting.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

In addition, through its new 1115 demonstration extension and “Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform,” the state is phasing in a new integrated primary care payment and reimbursement structure. Commercial insurance carriers will be strongly encouraged to align with these payment policies.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This map highlights state activity to integrate CHWs into evolving health care systems in key areas such as financing, education and training, certification, and state definitions, roles and scope of practice. Idaho reimburses for CHW services through its Medicaid managed care (Primary Care Case Management) program.

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NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

In many states, SHIPs serve as the driving mechanism for engaging health care systems and communities in statewide planning, implementation, and evaluation efforts. Oregon convened over 60 partner organizations as part of its SHIP development process and contracted with CBOs to collect community feedback.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 20, 2022

These coordinated state efforts, often formalized in governor’s task forces, cross-agency workgroups, and legislative commissions, are predicated on an ideological shift away from solely punitive responses and toward integrating treatment into the criminal legal system. Integrate peers into crisis response teams.

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Vie Healthcare

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We have accreditation programs that really work to make sure that that variance in quality is very narrow. We always work to have high quality graduates. And then within all the schools I’ve ever worked, there is strong quality improvement mindsets involved there. Again, I had no ER experience.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 14, 2023

Today, many hospitals are already part of healthcare networks combined with primary care clinics, allied care providers, insurers, and other agencies working together to coordinate and deliver a range of care services within their communities.

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NASHP

JUNE 22, 2022

On the other hand, a health plan may use the guide to implement a high-quality screening and assessment process through primary care providers. Recruit providers to support system improvements. Conduct research on best practices for care coordination. Support quality improvement efforts.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 , recently introduced in the House, builds on existing federal legislation to comprehensively address social and health systems that impact the care of pregnant people throughout the country.

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Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 5, 2023

This requirement would also apply to individualized plans of care for special needs plans. In addition, fully integrated dual eligible special needs plans (“FIDE SNPs”), highly integrated dual eligible special needs plans (“HIDE SNPs”), and applicable integrated plans (“AIPs”) as defined at 42 C.F.R.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 22, 2024

By focusing on integrated care, addressing social determinants, and promoting health equity, the IBH Model has the potential to significantly improve the lives of millions of Americans. Performance-based incentives will further encourage quality improvement throughout the implementation period.

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