This issue of Health Policy & Population Health News highlights efforts to improve managed care for Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries, CDC’s new Nursing Home Public Health Response Network, and much more.
“Every dollar in healthcare matters to beneficiaries, providers, and insurers. We’re proud to partner with federal and state agencies on such important work,” said Abt’s Susan Longley describing a new CMS project that supports Medicaid and CHIP managed care program expansion. The goal is to improve costs and quality of care.
In collaboration with Rios Partners, we’re helping CMS modernize their data analytics with Tableau visualizations and enhanced automation. The result will be a suite of new or enhanced tools to address key business questions and help decision makers meet target outcomes.
Employment is a key determinant of health and well-being. What approaches help people with substance use disorder (SUD) meet their employment goals? In a report for OPRE, and together with MDRC, Abt documented five programs that combine employment services with SUD treatment and recovery.
In support of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Abt and experts from Brandeis University, Harvard Medical School, Kaiser Permanente and Seattle Children’s Hospital discussed new research and lessons from the field of youth substance use prevention.
Our work with CDC to establish the new Nursing Home Public Health Response Network will allow stakeholders to quickly inform and implement infection prevention and control protocolsto protect residents, their families, and staff from emerging diseases.
The public health system in the United States must anticipate that, because of the Dobbs decision, the number of pregnant people at risk of poor outcomes will increase. Read how existing federal programs, including HRSA’s AIM, can help improve access to the full range of family planning and maternal healthcare.
A warm welcome to Clint Eisenhower! Clint is an executive leader with more than two decades of experience in state and federal government agencies and a veteran of health analytics and enterprise solutions for program integrity at CMS. He heads Abt’s digital solutions for CMS and state Medicaid programs.
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