CAPC Paper: How States Can Leverage Existing Medicaid Services to Better Meet Palliative Needs in the Community
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) has published a paper, "How States Can Leverage Existing Medicaid Services to Better Meet Palliative Needs in the Community."
The paper details information on approaches and opportunities for states to better deliver primary palliative care within home- and community-based services (HCBS) and health homes under existing authorities, benefits, and program staff.
The authors consider how care delivery can be further improved with selected regulatory changes and/or additional subregulatory guidance. The paper highlights 1) the universal elements of patient eligibility and the most relevant options for clinicians and services within HCBS waiver parameters, 2) care team and assessment considerations, 3) the extent to which existing Health Home parameters could overlap with primary palliative care, 4) assessment and care team clarifications, 5) patient population considerations and 6) other promising programs.
This is a companion piece to an earlier National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) paper highlighting how states are embedding specialty palliative care within existing models and Medicaid authorities.
Read the CAPC paper.
Read the NASHP paper.
Go to CAPC's website.
Learn more about JAHF's co-support of CAPC.
