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The Relentless School Nurse: When Policy Harms Children – A School Nurse’s Call to Action

The Relentless School Nurse

At CMS , alterations to Medicaid are being implemented behind closed doors. The result is devastating: millions of children and families are being pushed further into crisis, with less access to care and fewer safety nets to catch them when they fall. Medicaid is not just a budget itemits a lifeline. What Can We Do?

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What Care Coordination Is and How To Implement It

Relias

Integrated care focuses on the whole person by coordinating physical and behavioral health care along with substance use treatment. There are different models for how integrated care is delivered, but care coordination makes all the difference. What is care coordination?

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Caring for Medically Complex Children Takes a Village

Nurse.com

These children account for one-third of total healthcare spending and 40% of Medicaid’s total spending on kids,” according to a Children’s Hospital Association news release. Another nurse and I were the daytime care coordinators,” Whitfield said. Children’s hospitals in the U.S. This accounted for a 2.6%

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Title V and Maternal Mortality: Federal Funding to Save Lives

Relias

Implementing evidence-based practices and quality improvement initiatives to improve the delivery and coordination of maternal health care services. Expanding access to home visits, care coordination, and case management programs for high-risk peripartum individuals.