Advancing CDC’s 6|18 Initiative

post A Marriage between Medicaid and Public Health: A Q&A on Partnering for Prevention Public Health: “Why can’t Medicaid pay for our stuff, haven’t they seen that it is evidence-based and will save...

June 2019

post Five Things to Know About CDC’s 6|18 Initiative As the US health care system undergoes dynamic change, increased alignment between health care quality and payment is providing...

October 2018

post 6|18 Initiative a Win-Win for Medicaid and Public Health: A Conversation with North Carolina on Tobacco Cessation CDC’s 6|18 Initiative is bringing together state Medicaid and public health partners to improve health and control health care...

July 2018

post Why Adopt CDC’s 6|18 Prevention Strategies in Medicaid? Georgia incorporated asthma self-management education into Medicaid health plans’ performance improvement projects. Massachusetts holds its Medicaid accountable care organizations...

June 2018

post Helping Smokers Quit: Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships To quit smoking is not easy, and health policies that support those motivated to quit can help tilt the...

May 2017

post Medicaid-Public Health Partnerships: Untapped Potential to Improve Health Care and Reduce Costs Among the good news trends for U.S. health care over the last year is the flourishing cross-sector and cross-agency...

March 2017