Nuts and Bolts
Name of the academy with acronym NASHP
What is National Academy for State Health Policy
This is the name of the payer/healthcare program in California whose beneficiaries must be offered Palliative Care services if they meet certain criteria
What is Medi-Cal / Medicaid
The number of states that include Palliative Care in their cancer control plans?
What is 39
The three states which require hospitals, nursing homes, and LTFs to provide information to patients about Palliative Care
What are Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, and RI
The Foundation which supplied the grant for the NASHP comprehensive review of how states are supporting the delivery of Palliative Care
What is The John A. Hartford Foundation
This is one of the available Palliative Care services for California Medi-Cal patients.
What is Advance Care Planning, consultation, care planning, pain management, mental health services, care coordination
The state that is developing a Palliative Care provider network and is increasing the number of Palliative Care programs within cancer centers.
What is Georgia
This is the only state which requires all hospitals with more than 50 beds to have a Palliative Care program
What is Maryland
The date when NASHP conducted the comprehensive review of state Palliative Care policies/programs
(hint page 3)
What is August/September 2018
This is how Palliative Care providers are reimbursed for the services they provide to California Medi-Cal patients.
(hint page 7)
What is use of existing codes in its physician fee schedule
This is the state whose cancel control plan is focusing on increasing access to Palliative Care by increasing clinician capacity as well as public awareness
What is Massachusetts
The section of state regs where the majority of states DEFINE Palliative Care
What is the state hospice regulation
She is one of the authors of Advancing Palliative Care for Adults with Serious Illness......
Who is Rachel Donlon or Kitty Purington or Natalie Williams
The available delivery setting of Palliative Care for California Medi-Cal patients
What is inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.
The model being used by several states to develop Palliative Care legislation.
(hint page 9)
What is the "American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network"
The state which requires physicians to demonstrate competence in identifying and referring patients to hospice, Palliative Care and pain management services through completion of at least one hour of CME credits
(hint: page 5)
What is Vermont