resource Trauma-Informed Screening, Assessment, and Treatment for Children and Youth in Child Welfare Many children and youth in the foster care system have experienced trauma. Within this population, there is significant overlap...

November 2013

resource The Balancing Act: Integrating Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations into a Managed Care Environment Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are rapidly gaining a foothold across the country as a way to improve health care...

November 2013

resource Implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s Hospital Presumptive Eligibility Option: Considerations for States Beginning January 1, 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) gives qualified hospitals the opportunity to determine presumptive eligibility (PE)...

November 2013

resource The Balancing Act: Integrating Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations into a Managed Care Environment Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are rapidly gaining a foothold across the country as a way to improve health care...

November 2013

resource Strategies to Reduce Costs and Improve Care for High-Utilizing Medicaid Patients: Reflections on Pioneering Programs Across the country, Medicaid stakeholders are exploring new ways to address the needs of the program’s highest-utilizing patients. Super-utilizers...

October 2013

resource Innovative Complex Care Management Programs: Common Themes from the Super-Utilizer Summit Across the country, robust “super-utilizer” programs providing intensive outpatient care management to high-need, high-cost patients are taking root. The...

October 2013

resource The Use and Financing of Non-Pharmacologic Evidence-Based Practices: Alternatives to Psychotropic Medications Evidence-based interventions integrate clinical expertise; family and youth involvement; and solid research evidence into the process of choosing an...

September 2013

resource Family and Youth Peer Support Literature Review Family and youth peer support (FYPS) is an essential component in serving youth and families through a Care Management...

September 2013

resource Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Charity Care Programs Charity care programs have long played a critical role in the health care safety net – providing access to...

September 2013

resource Developing Health Homes to Effectively Serve Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees The service needs of Medicare-Medicaid enrollees (also known as “dual eligibles”) make them particularly well suited for inclusion in...

September 2013

resource Uniform Assessment Practices in Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs State Medicaid agencies are increasingly shifting away from fragmented, fee-for-service delivery systems toward more coordinated, cost-effective managed long-term services...

August 2013

resource Quality of Care Measures for the Use of Psychotropic Medication Among Children in Foster Care The process of developing oversight and monitoring mechanisms for psychotropic medication use among children in foster care begins with...

July 2013