NASHP Palliative Care: A State Resource Guide
The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) has released a new resource guide for state officials, "Palliative Care: A State Resource Guide."
The palliative care model is grounded in evidence that demonstrates improved quality of life, better outcomes and reduced costs, but only a fraction of individuals who could benefit from palliative care receive it.
This resource guide - consisting of three briefs that can be read as stand-alone resources as well as part of the overarching document - offers state officials tools and examples to increase access to palliative care in their state:
Connecting Patients to Palliative Care
- Texas: Helping Patients, Caregivers, and the Public Understand Palliative Care
- New Jersey: Facilities Connect Patients to Services
- Florida and Oregon: Connecting Patients to Services via Primary Care Providers
- Arizona: Connecting Patients to Services via Their Case Manager
Supporting a Palliative Care Workforce
- Colorado: Establishing Regulatory Standards and Supporting Providers
- Texas: Using Data to Assess Workforce Needs
- Tennessee: Webinars for Ongoing Learning and Mentorship to Support New Providers
- California: Establishing Standards for MCOs and Providers with Aligned Efforts to Support Implementation
- Georgia, New York, and Vermont: Leveraging Continuing Education Requirements to Build Palliative Care Skills among Non-specialists
- California: Medicaid Managed Care
- California: Medicare Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans
- Washington: EPSDT benefit
- Hawaii: Medicaid State Plan Benefit
- Massachusetts: State Funded Program
Go to the NASHP resource guide.
Go to NASHP's Palliative Care Resource Center.
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