Advancing CDC’s 6|18 Initiative

resource Utah: A Business Case for an Asthma Home Visiting Program Features Utah's Medicaid and public health partnership and its efforts to expand Medicaid coverage of the state's asthma home...

December 2020

resource Michigan: Improving Access to Asthma Control Benefits in Medicaid Outlines Michigan's efforts in improving access and adherence to asthma medications and devices as well as promote the use...

December 2020

resource Minnesota: Improving Access to Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Benefits Outlines how Minnesota leveraged the 6|18 Initiative to ensure uniform implementation of expanded tobacco cessation benefits required by a 2015...

October 2020

resource Nebraska: Encouraging Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in the Outpatient Setting Highlights how Nebraska’s Medicaid and public health team shared prescribing information between the agencies to determine how to best...

July 2020

post Sustaining a Successful Cross-Agency Partnership: A Q&A with Wyoming’s Department of Health Increased alignment between health care quality and payment is supporting new ways for Medicaid and public health agencies to...

May 2020

resource Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Controlling High Blood Pressure Showcases CNMI’s efforts in reducing high blood pressure through patient adherence to anti-hypertensive medication and improving access to self-monitoring...

January 2020

resource Maryland: Aligning Implementation of the National Diabetes Prevention Program Across Payers and Health Systems Highlights Maryland’s Medicaid and public health partnership to decrease diabetes incidence among Marylanders by aligning National Diabetes Prevention Program implementation...

December 2019

post A Marriage between Medicaid and Public Health: A Q&A on Partnering for Prevention Like anyone in a happy marriage knows, it is invaluable to see the world through your partner’s lens. As...

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? With a focus on improving health outcomes and controlling costs, state Medicaid agencies are using financing and contracting mechanisms...

June 2018

resource Colorado: Increasing Use of Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Benefits Outlines efforts by the Colorado Departments of Public Health and Environment and Health Care Policy and Financing to improve...

June 2018