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.
Related Grant Resources
- NASHP Palliative Care State Resource Guide
- NASHP Brief: How States Can Embed Palliative Care in Health Care Reform Initiatives
- NASHP Palliative Care Maps
- NASHP Report: Seven Steps for Building a Community-Based Palliative Care Benefit Within Medicaid
- Project Page: NASHP’s Palliative Care Resource Hub
- Previous Phase: Expanding and Sustaining the Continuum of Care: A Palliative Care Resource Hub for State Policymakers
Grant Details
Organization
National Academy for State Health Policy
Grant Amount
$924,816
Grant Period
36 months
Approval Date
September 2022