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State Principles for Financing Substance Use Care, Treatment, and Support Services
Strengthening substance use disorder (SUD) treatment systems requires strategic state investments to increase access to evidence-based SUD services and address inequities. This includes accounting for the different needs of people with SUD along a continuum of care —... more
September 2023
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Making Integration Work: Key Elements for Effective Partnerships between Physical and Behavioral Health Organizations in Medicaid
Medicaid enrollees with behavioral health conditions — mental illnesses and/or substance use disorders — often have higher rates of chronic physical conditions, poor social outcomes such as homelessness and unemployment, and early mortality. Medicaid expenditures fo... more
February 2020
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Advancing Oral Health Equity: A Chat with Health Care for All
Achieving health equity is a growing priority among health care stakeholders. However, until recently, many efforts to achieve equity have been focused on increasing access rather than addressing specific inequities. This is particularly true in oral health, where major... more
July 2016
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Advancing Oral Health Equity for Medicaid Populations
Substantial oral health-related disparities exist across the United States based on race, ethnicity, geography, income, and insurance status, among others. Medicaid ̶ given its size and diversity of enrollees ̶ has significant opportunities to... more
September 2022
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Pediatric Oral Health Action Plan for New Jersey’s Children Ages 0-6
An interdisciplinary, multi-organizational group of New Jersey stakeholders, led by the New Jersey Head Start-State Collaboration Project, conducted a Pediatric Oral Health Forum in 2007 to determine the state of early childhood oral health in the state. This work ident... more
July 2009
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Moving Toward Value-Based Payment in Oral Health Care
The health care system is increasingly moving away from volume-driven fee-for-service payments and toward value-based payment (VBP) arrangements to improve quality, enhance both the patient and providers’ experience of care, and reduce costs. VBP models have primarily... more
February 2021
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Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care Through Medicaid Managed Care
People with behavioral health conditions ― including mental illness and substance use disorders ― often face difficulty accessing appropriate care, which can lead to underdiagnosis, as well as delayed or even a complete lack of treatment. In Medicaid, this populati... more
November 2021
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Tailored Approaches for Medicaid Physical-Behavioral Health Integration in Washington State: Lessons for States
Earlier this year, Washington State finished a phased, regional process to transition from three fragmented Medicaid systems for physical health, mental health, and substance use disorder services into one integrated system. This transition was desig... more
September 2020
