Policy Action Strategic Priority Team
Activity & Progress
The long-term mission of the Policy Action Strategic Priority Team is to identify emerging and pressing policy issues around colorectal cancer screening and promote opportunities where the NCCRT can advance and influence local or federal change.
Recent Highlights
Blue Star Conversation – Demystifying Colorectal Cancer Screening Quality Measures: A Conversation with NCQA’s Mary Barton
The interactive program provided a discussion of what it means to be a measure steward, reviewed recent changes to the HEDIS CRC screening measure and implementation timeline, and discussed the process for updating measures.
A Promising Practices Guide for State Medicaid Agencies
This guide establishes nine practices that have shown sufficient promise to merit consideration by other state Medicaid agencies who wish to enhance their screening efforts for this important population.
How to Pay for Screening Navigation Toolkit – January 10, 2017
This webinar introduced the NCCRT and the Colorado School of Public Health’s new toolkit: Paying for Colorectal Cancer Screening Patient Navigation Toolkit.
Colorectal Cancer Initiatives In Medicaid Agencies – A National Review
The NCCRT Policy Action Task Group conducted a state by state assessment of CRC control activity among Medicaid programs.
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