Building State Policies to Improve Care for People with Serious Illness

Grant Summary

In order to improve the care of older adults, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) seeks to strengthen state public policies for people with serious illness by engaging state leaders to develop palliative care benefit policies, tracking progress related to state policies, developing and disseminating resources for states and working on state palliative care benefit design. As a result, NASHP aims to support 10 states in advancing legislation, payment and regulations for people with serious illness; engage policymakers from all 50 states in activities to increase access to palliative care; launch the State Palliative Care Cost Calculator to estimate potential savings associated with implementation of a Medicaid palliative care benefit; and provide state Medicaid agencies with data identifying the population to be covered under a palliative care benefit.

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Grant Details

Organization

National Academy for State Health Policy

Grant Amount

$924,816

Grant Period

36 months

Approval Date

September 2022

Priority Area

Serious Illness & End of Life

Status

Renewed

Primary Contact

Wendy Fox-Grage
wfgrage@nashp.org

Program Officer

Scott Bane

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