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Landlord Engagement for Healthy Housing Evaluation

Sponsoring Program Name
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The 2024 winner of the National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management, the Maine Asthma Prevention and Control Program, commissioned a formative, mixed-methods evaluation to better understand the progress that landlords have been making in Maine to prevent and address environmental hazards within their rental unites, as well as the effective methods to reach and support landlords with these efforts. Maine CDC used this evaluation to improve program efficacy and demonstrate the improved asthma outcomes that the program achieved. This resource documents the evaluation methods and findings.
Resource Category
Program Management/Evaluation
Resource Type
Document (PDF, Word, Excel)
Language
English
Target Audience
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager

Unlocking the Power of Home-Based Asthma Services: Model Health Benefit Packages 

Sponsoring Program Name
Regional Asthma Management & Prevention and National Center for Healthy Housing
Unlocking the Power of Home-Based Asthma Services: Model Health Benefit Packages equips managed care organizations (MCOs) or other healthcare payers with the information they need to improve asthma management among their enrollees by ensuring the provision of asthma home visiting services. This new resource describes the scope, staffing, and services associated with home-based asthma services that identify and address environmental asthma triggers in the home environment. The tool includes tiers of services (e.g., from a very basic set of services to more premium sets of services) to provide a range of options for payers at different levels of readiness to provide home-based asthma services and includes recommendations to support action from a range of critical stakeholders.

 

Resource Category
Asthma Friendly Policies
Resource Type
Document (PDF, Word, Excel)
Target Audience
Other

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.
Resource Category
Asthma Friendly Policies
Resource Type
Document (PDF, Word, Excel)
Language
English
Literacy Level
Above 6th Grade
Target Audience
Asthma Educator
Asthma Program Manager
Other Health Care Provider
Physician

School-Based Asthma, Allergy & Anaphylaxis Management Program (SAMPRO)

Sponsoring Program Name
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
This toolkit assists students with asthma and allergies and their families practice consistent management of their conditions at school.
File Attachment
_SAMPRO Toolkit.pdf (2.1 MB)
Resource Category
School
Resource Type
Document (PDF, Word, Excel)
Target Audience
Adolescent With Asthma
Child With Asthma
Parent/Caregiver
School Personnel

Is It Time for a Patient-Centered Quality Measure of Asthma Control?

Quality measures play a prominent role in the US health care system. They are used to monitor and report performance across health plans, providers, and health systems and are a foundational element of value-based payment.
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Is It Time for a Patient-Centered Quality Measure of Asthma Control.pdf (797.75 KB)
Resource Type
Document (PDF, Word, Excel)

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