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Cuyahoga County Community Reinvestment Collaborative Plan: Call for proposals
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Cuyahoga County Community Reinvestment Collaborative Plan: Call for proposals

Ohio’s Medicaid Managed Care plans seek to invest in local communities in Cuyahoga County. The Community Reinvestment Collaborative Plan (CRCP) is a partnership with Ohio’s Medicaid Managed Care Plans to invest in solutions that address local needs and social drivers of health to improve population health outcomes in Athens County and Cuyahoga County. Ohio’s Managed...

Doula certification and billing being carefully developed and reviewed by Ohio Medicaid and Board of Nursing
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Doula certification and billing being carefully developed and reviewed by Ohio Medicaid and Board of Nursing

By: Tara Britton, Director of Policy | Natasha Takyi-Micah, Public Policy & External Affairs Associate Progress continues on doula certification and Medicaid coverage. A new doula provider type has been created in the Medicaid system, and later this year doulas will be able to engage with Medicaid managed care organizations to formally become providers in...

Ohio Medicaid returns to routine procedures in March
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Ohio Medicaid returns to routine procedures in March

The Ohio Department of Medicaid is scheduled to return to routine procedures in March. There are pressing decisions to be made regarding what those routine procedures will look like. On January 30, 2024, Health Policy Institute of Ohio (HPIO) sponsored a webinar, “A closer look at Medicaid unwinding in Ohio.” Patrick Beatty, Deputy Director, The...

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Doula certification and Medicaid coverage plan finally in development

By: Brandy Davis, Fellow, Medicaid Policy Tara Britton, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy | Edward D. and Dorothy E. Lynde Fellow The state of Ohio continues to move toward increased access to doula services. Last week, the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) and the Ohio Board of Nursing co-hosted a webinar focused on the...

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5 Things coming from Community Solutions in 2024

We finished 2023 strong, poised to leverage the growing support of our local foundations and funders to continue, deepen, and grow our work. Check out just a few of our plans for 2024.  1. Love our community fact sheets? Get ready for more! Thanks to generous support from The Cleveland Foundation, Community Solutions will build...

Status of Women: High rates of health care coverage in Ohio, maternal health challenges remain
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Status of Women: High rates of health care coverage in Ohio, maternal health challenges remain

In our new release of Status of Women, we see the Ohio health insurance coverage rate is 95%. This is almost entirely thanks to Ohio’s decision to expand Medicaid in 2014 and the Affordable Care Act. Clearly, policy changes like this can make an enormous, positive difference in people’s lives. While overall, access and care...

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Ohio public policy developments we’re grateful for

By: Staff, Public Policy We are excited to share our inaugural blog post on what we are thankful for…the policy edition. We often share updates on health and human services policies, but they aren’t always positive. With this blog, we focused on a few of (but not all) the policy developments that help move Ohio...

How is Ohio managing the Medicaid unwinding process and eligibility? 
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How is Ohio managing the Medicaid unwinding process and eligibility? 

Key Takeaways  The Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee (JMOC) of Ohio’s 135th General Assembly held a meeting at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio on October 19, 2023, where the Medicaid Unwinding process was covered, providing a historical perspective of unwinding.  During the meeting, Thomas Aldridge, Manager, Associate Practice Area Director, and Peter Cheesman, Manager, from Public...

Apply Now for the Ohio Board of Nursing’s Doula Advisory Board  
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Apply Now for the Ohio Board of Nursing’s Doula Advisory Board  

In July 2023, the 135th General Assembly passed House Bill 33, which authorizes the Ohio Board of Nursing to regulate the certification of doulas, through the creation of a doula advisory board.  Doulas are professionals trained to provide non-medical, emotional, and physical support throughout a woman’s pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. The doula advisory board will...

Medicaid Unwinding: plans, challenges, and tools
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Medicaid Unwinding: plans, challenges, and tools

During the Public Health Emergency (PHE), the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) provided states enhanced federal funding if states agreed not to disenroll members from Medicaid. With the end of the public health emergency, also came the end of the enhanced federal funding that FFCRA provided. States are now returning to enrollment as it...