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Using Medicaid to Advance Community‐Based Childhood Asthma Interventions: A Review of Innovative Medicaid Programs in Massachusetts and Opportunities for Expansion under Medicaid Nationwide

Year:
2013
State:
MA
Website Link:
Publicly Available:
Yes
Billing and Reimbursement:
Certification:
Evidence Generation:
Documentation of how CHWs can work within care teams, ROI and bundled payment successes/challenges, White papers
Policy:
Sustainable Financing:​
Workforce Development:
Chronic Disease

Summary

This report reviews community asthma interventions; describes new initiatives underway in Massachusetts to promote community‐based asthma prevention for children; and discusses opportunities for state Medicaid programs to incorporate these interventions into Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs nationwide.