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The Medicare program has released the list of 10 drugs covered under Medicare's Part D price negotiations.News Article updated on 08/31/2023
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Virginia Rapid Start Collaborative
Virginia Rapid Start launched with HIV care providers across the state with goals to initiate ART for clients within 14 days of HIV diagnosis and to improve access to, and retention in, high-quality HIV care and support services. Through Virginia Rapid Start, providers initiated ART medications within an average of four days of HIV diagnosis, as compared with the statewide average of 28 days. Virginia Rapid Start clients had higher rates of viral suppression compared to both the RWHAP Part B overall and Virginia overall. The success of Virginia Rapid Start led VDH to expand the program to the entire Virginia RWHAP Part B.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/18/2024
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Konprann Doub Elijibilite: Yon Gid pou Moun ki Gen Asirans Medicare ak Medicaid
Doub elijibilite Medicare-Medicaid la kapab yon sijè konplèks ki gen anpil niyans. Zouti sa a se pou ede moun ki enfekte ak VIH konprann fondman elijibilite ak pwoteksyon asirans lan, avantaj inik ki genyen lè moun doubman elijib pou toulede pwogram yo, ansanm ak kijan Pwogram Ryan White VIH/SIDA (RWHAP) a kapab sipòte kliyan ki doubman elijib yo.
Zouti sa a abòde:
Resource updated 01/10/2024
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Comprender la Doble Elegibilidad: Una guía para personas con VIH sobre la cobertura de Medicare y Medicaid
La doble elegibilidad para Medicare-Medicaid puede ser un asunto complejo con muchas particularidades. Este recurso fue preparado con la intención de ayudar a las personas con VIH a entender los aspectos básicos relativos a la elegibilidad y la cobertura, los beneficios particulares de ser doblemente elegible para ambos programas, y cómo el Programa Ryan White contra el VIH/SIDA (RWHAP, por sus siglas en inglés) puede apoyar a los usuarios con doble elegibilidad.
Este recurso cubre los siguientes aspectos:
Resource updated 01/10/2024
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Huntridge Rapid Start Initiative
The Huntridge Family Clinic launched the Rapid Start Initiative to provide same-day ART treatment and comprehensive case management to clients with a new diagnosis of HIV. Over 90% of clients received ART on the same day as diagnosis, and 78% of clients were retained in care within the first year of starting treatment.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/08/2024
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Positive Care Center Rapid Access
Positive Care Center implemented the Rapid Access program in 2018, providing clients with ART on the same day as HIV diagnosis. Pharmacists, embedded within Positive Care Center’s care team, help clients with their treatment plans and adherence strategies. Over 90% of clients served through Rapid Access in 2021 received ART on the same day as diagnosis, and 82% of clients were retained in care at six months.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/12/2024
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Clínica Bienestar
Clínica Bienestar (Spanish for “Wellness Clinic”) was developed to provide comprehensive, integrated HIV primary care services to Spanish-speaking and bilingual people of Puerto Rican ancestry, with HIV who inject drugs. Clínica Bienestar is a multilevel, multipronged intervention combining evidence-based practices in behavioral health and HIV medical care with a transnational approach to care. Clínica Bienestar positively impacted retention in HIV medical care and viral suppression.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 05/07/2024
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Tool for People with HIV: Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibility
You asked, we listened: New resource for people with HIV on Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibility now available.News Article updated on 01/22/2024 -
Glossary of HIV and Opioid Use Disorder Service Systems Terms
Terms describing key concepts and components of the HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD) care and treatment systems.Resource updated 09/19/2023
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JumpstART
JumpstART launched in 2016 as part of New York State’s Ending the Epidemic initiative, changing the service delivery model of eight sexual health clinics to include an initial prescription of ART after an HIV diagnosis and prior to linkage to the community provider. Between November 2016 and September 2018, 60% of JumpstART clients received ART on the same day as diagnosis. JumpstART clients were also more likely to reach viral suppression within three months compared to non-JumpstART clients.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 12/15/2023
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Best Practices Highlight: New York City Medical Home Model
A New York City HIV medical home model has documented significant improvements in care re-engagement and viral suppression.Blog updated 08/23/2023
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Bottom-Up Project
The Bottom-Up Project is a multi-organizational initiative focused on leveraging health information exchange data and peer navigation. Using real-time clinical data, in combination with linkage to HIV care and social services, the Bottom-Up Project locates and reengages people with HIV who are not currently in medical care and are not virally suppressed. Through this collaboration, over half of patients on the lost-to-follow-up list were found and invited to enroll in the linkage to care/reengagement program.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/03/2024
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A Guide to Support Individuals with HIV/Hepatitis C in Substance Use Service Settings
Guide on how to coordinate HIV/HCV treatment with substance use treatment and recovery.Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Interrupting Stigma: A Conceptual Map Depicting Stigma Pathways & Intervening Strategies at the Intersection of HIV and Opioid Use Disorder
Tool for addressing stigma in relation to systems-level policies and practices that can improve individual level interventions.Resource updated 09/19/2023
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Understanding Dual Eligibility: A Guide for People with HIV About Medicare and Medicaid Coverage
Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibility can be a complex topic with many nuances.
This tool is intended to help people with HIV understand the basics of eligibility and coverage, the unique benefits of being dually eligible for both programs, as well as how the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) can support dually eligible clients.
This tool covers:
Resource updated 01/12/2024
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Buprenorphine Curriculum Introduction
Design of curriculum to provide physicians with the information they need to educate their clinic staff and other stakeholders about integrating medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with buprenorphine into HIV primary care.
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Module 1: Do We Have a Problem? Examining Opioid Use and HIV
Module to assess provider community's awareness and perspectives on opioid use risks among clients as a decision point on whether to undertake integration of buprenorphine use within the HIV clinic. Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.
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Module 2: Key Terms and Definitions
Review of the terminology of addiction, opioid use, and MAT, in order to enhance staff understanding of how buprenorphine treatment fits into the larger treatment picture and improve their health literacy on the subject. Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.
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Module 3: What are Opioids? What is MAT?
Overview of addiction and medication-assisted addiction treatment, including buprenorphine and methadone. Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.
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Module 4: Which Medications Are Used and How Do They Work?
Review of opioid addiction treatment, specifically buprenorphine, and its variance from methadone and naltrexone opioid addiction treatment options. Chapter in the curriculum, Integration of Buprenorphine into HIV Primary Care Settings.
Curriculum updated on 08/01/2012