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Three State Snapshots of Pediatric Palliative Care: California, Massachusetts, and Vermont

NASHP

Palliative care can provide relief from symptoms, improve satisfaction and outcomes, and help address critical needs during difficult times. State Medicaid and Title V Maternal and Child Health Service Block Grant programs are working to address this issue. What Is Pediatric Palliative Care? Additionally, 49.8

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A Practical Approach to CMS 2025 Age-Friendly Measures

Readiness Rounds

How Can We Improve Quality and Patient Outcomes? What Are the Steps for Integration into Quality Improvement? How Can We Improve Data Management and Staff Training? One of the most transformative changes ahead is the CMS 2025 Age-Friendly Measures, introduced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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UConn Health squares away CMS audit trail and more with digital health platform

Healthcare It News

Such early intervention prevents potential complications from escalating and avoids unnecessary ED visits and readmissions, while helping patients feel reassured and confident in the care they receive, Moss said. Care teams are alerted immediately and can intervene quickly when a patient is concerned or isn’t progressing as expected.

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How Home Health Agencies Can Adapt To TEAM and HHVBP Models

Home Health Care

The expanded HHVBP model builds on the success of the original model, which improved total performance scores among home health agencies by an average of 4.6%, according to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This expanded model builds upon the original model’s success.

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Clinical IT leaders on meeting CMS' mandate for patient data access

Healthcare It News

Making health data more accessible to patients – not to mention doctors and health plans – is a priority for all hospitals and health systems today, as the final Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interoperability Rule mandates patient access. Enterprise Taxonomy: Patient Access Quality Care Quality Improvement Care

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State Community Health Worker Models

NASHP

The information on this map comes from a 50-state survey of a variety of stakeholders, ranging from Medicaid officials to Community Health Workers, on their states’ approaches?to?integrating?CHWs CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MHP Medicaid Health Plans. NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance.

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State Medicaid Strategies to Provide Access to Contraceptive Care

NASHP

States provide access to contraception under their Medicaid programs in various ways. Contraception , also known as birth control, is the use of drugs, barriers, or surgery to prevent pregnancy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , a wide range of contraceptives are available. What is contraception?