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The Center for Evidence-based Policy is pleased to announce the first-ever Evidence-based Innovation Award! This Award recognizes a team or state official for using evidence to innovate and achieve improvements for their state’s populations. This will be an annual Award focused on state policy and awarded to a state official or state team. Please submit […]
This policy brief explains current federal efforts to expand monitoring of atypical antipsychotics and discusses potential tracking and reporting practices state Medicaid agencies may consider. In 2022, the Federal government announced several reforms aimed at improving the safety and quality of nursing home care. One particular focus has been to ensure appropriate mental health diagnoses […]
A new resource “The Colorado Multi-Payer Collaborative: A Framework for Integration of Whole-Person Care” offers a summary of the work of the Colorado Multi-Payer Collaborative (MPC), supported by the Center for Evidence-based Policy, to develop a Framework for Integration of Whole-Person Care (adapted from the work of Thomas Bodenheimer and colleagues). The Framework was designed […]
The Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions Project (MED) has published a number of reports related to care coordination, including reports focused on care management, comprehensive care, and integrated care. This compendium provides state Medicaid policymakers with a high-level synthesis of these report findings published on the MED Clearinghouse from 2017–2022, with links to the original reports. The […]
The 2021 Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions Project Substance Use Workgroup Tool, Medicaid’s Role in Substance Use Disorder Services, provides an overview of the many ways state Medicaid programs address the substance use disorder (SUD) crisis in this country. The tool aims to show state leaders ways to leverage funding and improve efforts to address SUD by […]
This document summarizes findings from a Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions Project (MED) report on dentist participation in Medicaid titled Nonfinancial Strategies to Increase Dentist Participation in Medicaid.
In this report, Center researchers synthesized evidence from 7 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared the effectiveness of 17P to vaginal progesterone, placebo, or treatment as usual
The Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions Project (MED) completed a report on opioid tapering in 2017.
This resource provides an easy-to-read overview of silver diamine fluoride as a treatment for dental caries.
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