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Issue Brief: Telehealth & Implications for Asthma Care Coverage in Medicaid

Sponsoring Program Name: 
American Lung Association
The American Lung Association issue brief, "Telehealth & Implications for Asthma Care Coverage in Medicaid," explores the regulations and policies that govern the use of telehealth in Medicaid programs. Access the issue brief to learn about how those policies have changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the experiences of state asthma programs applying telehealth to care for individuals with asthma, and opportunities for state asthma programs to collaborate with their respective Medicaid partners regarding telehealth and asthma coverage.

The American Lung Association released an issue brief on Telehealth & Implications for Asthma Care Coverage in Medicaid. The issue brief explores the regulations and policies that govern the use of telehealth in Medicaid programs, how those policies have changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the experiences of state asthma programs applying telehealth to care for individuals with asthma, and opportunities for state asthma programs to collaborate with their respective Medicaid partners regarding telehealth and asthma coverage.

We discussed this issue brief, as well as our new data on coverage and barriers to guidelines-based asthma care in state Medicaid programs, on a webcast recorded on July 8, 2021. You can view a recording of that event, as well as find all of our resources for the Asthma Guidelines-Based Care Coverage Project, at Lung.org/asthma-care-coverage.

Contact Name: 
Barbara Kaplan
Contact Email: 
barbara.kaplan@lung.org
Contact Phone: 
202-715-3438
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Face Masks & Asthma: Tips for Providers (Fact Sheet)

Sponsoring Program Name: 
Michigan Dept. of Health & Human Services Asthma Program
This one page fact sheet helps providers respond to requests for mask exemptions from their patients.

The document includes basic information about COVID-19 as well as facts about the safety of masks for people with asthma and other respiratory diseases.

Contact Name: 
Tisa Vorce
Contact Email: 
vorcet@michigan.gov
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Webinar on reimbursement for environmental services for asthma

Sponsoring Program Name: 
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
A half-day event March 31 from 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM ET, the 2021 Asthma Convening will explore best practices and emerging issues in comprehensive asthma programming as well as policy considerations for asthma advocates in 2021 and beyond. This virtual event is an opportunity to learn more about GHHI's National Initiative for Asthma Reimbursement, network with asthma programs operating across the country, and explore opportunities to take your program to the next level.

Join GHHI and our partners for the 2021 Asthma Convening!

A half-day event March 31 from 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM ET, the 2021 Asthma Convening
will explore best practices and emerging issues in comprehensive asthma
programming as well as policy considerations for 2021 and beyond. This virtual
event is an opportunity to learn more about GHHI's National Initiative for
Asthma Reimbursement, network with asthma healthy homes programs operating
across the country, and explore opportunities to take your program to the
next level.

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AGENDA (all times Eastern)

11:30a-12:00pm Executive Welcome + Impact Update
12:00-1:00pm Lessons from the Field
1:00-1:15pm BREAK
1:15-2:15pm Strategies for pursuing healthcare funding
of home-based asthma services 2:15-2:30pm BREAK
2:30-3:15pm Advancing Asthma Healthy Housing Initiatives
in 2021 + Beyond 3:15-3:30pm Closing Remarks

For more information and to register for the 2021 Asthma Convening, visit:
https://tinyurl.com/GHHIAsthma21

 

Contact Name: 
Michael McKnight
Contact Email: 
mmcknight@ghhi.org
Contact Phone: 
2027695763
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