Financing Healthy Homes Services

Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services

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These eleven eLearning modules are intended to equip staff in public health agencies, state asthma control programs, state Medicaid agencies, and other housing and health organizations with information about how to build the systems, infrastructure and financing to put home-based asthma services in place in their own states, communities or regions. 

Course Content

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  • Text and media area Welcome to Building Systems to Sustain Home-Base...
  • QuestionnaireIntake Assessment (revised 2021)
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  • ForumNews forum
  • Text and media areaELEARNING PACKAGE:
  • IMS content packageModule 0. Building Systems Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services: An Introduction
  • Text and media areaKEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
  • URLUnlocking the Power of Home-Based Asthma Services: Model Health Benefit Packages
  • FileModule 0 URL Resources
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  • IMS content packageModule 1. Overview of Sustainable Financing
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  • URLMedicaid: A Primer – Key Information on the Nation’s Health Coverage Program for Low-Income People
  • URLPathways to Reimbursement: Understanding and Expanding Medicaid Services in Your State
  • URLAffordable Housing’s Place in Health Care: Opportunities Created by the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Reform
  • URLHealthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services Resource Library
  • URLSustainable Financing for Asthma Education and Home Environmental Trigger Remediation: Lessons Learned from the Field
  • URLAdvancing the Role of Community Health Workers: Engaging State Medicaid Offices to Develop State Plan Amendments Regarding the Preventative Services Rule Change
  • URLMedicaid Coverage of Guidelines-Based Asthma Care Across 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2021-22
  • FileHealth Services Initiatives: Using a CHIP State Plan Option to Address Asthma Among Children in Low-Income Households
  • File EXHALE: A Technical Package to Control Asthma
  • URLCMCS Informational Bulletin: Coverage of Services and Supports to Address Health-Related Social Needs in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (Nov. 2023)
  • URLCMCS Informational Bulletin: Coverage of Services and Supports to Address Health-Related Social Needs in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (Dec. 2024))
  • URLCMCS Informational Bulletin: Rescission of Guidance on Health-Related Social Needs (March 2025)
  • URLCHCS Policy Cheat Sheet: Using In Lieu of Services to Address Health-Related Social Needs: Upshots from the Recent Federal Rule
  • URLAddressing the full costs for delivering asthma home visiting services
  • FileModule 1 URL Resources
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  • IMS content packageModule 2. Making the Business Case
  • Text and media areaKEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
  • URLEPA's Value Proposition Tool
  • URLCDC's Chronic Disease Calculator
  • URLInvesting in Best Practices for Asthma: A Business Case
  • URLHealth Investments That Pay Off: Strategies for Addressing Asthma in Children
  • URLWebMD Insurance Directory
  • URLBoston Asthma Home Visit Collaborative
  • URLAsthma Resource Center for Implementing CDC’s 6|18 Initiative
  • URLThe Medicaid Return on Investment Template
  • URLAsthma Mitigation Project: Final Evaluation Report
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  • IMS content packageModule 3. Adapting Systems for Sustainability
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  • URLHelping Communities and States Spread and Scale Up Integrated, Place-Based Initiatives for Children
  • URLHealthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services Resource Library
  • URLBallotpedia's State Legislative Scorecards
  • URLCommunity Asthma Initiative: Program Replication Manual
  • URLMedicaid Quality Reporting | Georgia Department of Community Health
  • URLEconomic Evidence for US Asthma Self-Management Education and Home-Based Interventions
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  • IMS content packageModule 4. Client Referral and Eligibility
  • Text and media areaKEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
  • URLCase Studies in Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services
  • URLInvesting in Best Practices for Asthma: A Business Case
  • URLHealth Insurance Plan Strategies for Managing Asthma and Reducing Exposure to Environmental Triggers
  • FolderOutreach Flyers
  • FolderEnrollment Tools
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  • IMS content packageModule 5. Developing the Scope of Services
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  • URLAsthma Community Network
  • URLAmerican Lung Association; Courses
  • URLCase Studies in Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services
  • URLMA DPH Asthma Prevention and Control Program | CHW-led Asthma Home Visiting
  • URLAsthma Home-Based Services Toolkit
  • URLBoston Children’s Hospital Community Asthma Initiative Program Replication Manual
  • URLAsthma Home Visits: The Three-Visit Model
  • URLA How-to Guide on the Implementation of the CHAMPS Intervention
  • URLBetter Home Visits for Asthma Lessons Learned from the Seattle–King County Asthma Program
  • URLAsthma Home Environment Checklist
  • URLHome Characteristics and Asthma Triggers: Checklist for Home Visitors
  • URLSeattle-King County Home Environment Checklist
  • URLNEEF's Environmental Intervention Guidelines and Patient Handouts Packet
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  • IMS content packageModule 6. Assembling a Qualified Workforce
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  • URLAsthma Community Network; CHW section
  • URLAsthma Community Network; Community Health Workers Podcast
  • URLAsthma Community Network; Podcast: The Role of CHWs in Asthma Control
  • URLAmerican Lung Association; Courses
  • URLNational Healthy Homes Training Center and Network
  • URLCase Studies in Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services
  • FileCommunity Health Workers: Health System Integration, Financing Opportunities, and the Evolving Role of the Community Health Worker in a Post-Health Reform Landscape
  • URLCommunity Health Workers: Delivering Home-Based Asthma Services
  • URLCommunity Health Workers: Key Partners in Improving Children’s Health and Eliminating Inequities
  • URLCommunity Health Worker Impact Estimator Tool: Childhood Asthma
  • FolderMedical Billing Codes
  • URLStatewide Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification
  • URLAsthma Education for the Community Health Worker (CHW)
  • URLBuilding CHW Capacity: Meeting Recordings
  • URLHome Characteristics and Asthma Triggers Checklist and Training for Home Visitors: Making Homes Healthier
  • URLCommunity Health Worker Asthma Training: Remote Visits Guidance
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  • IMS content packageModule 7. Selecting Supplies and Ancillary Services
  • Text and media areaKEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
  • URLasthma & allergy friendly™ Certification Program
  • URLExample Supplies List | Boston Asthma Home Visiting Collaborative
  • FileExample Supplies List | Children's Mercy Kansas City
  • FileExample Supplies List | Multnomah County, Oregon
  • URLReducing Environmental Triggers of Asthma (RETA) in Homes of Minnesota Children
  • URLExample Supplies List | NEAIC
  • URLTenant Protections
  • URLFinancial Help for Home Repairs
  • URLAir Cleaners for Asthma Programs
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  • IMS content packageModule 8. Connecting and Collaborating for Sustainability
  • Text and media areaKEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
  • URLAsthma Community Network
  • URLHealthcare Financing Resource Library
  • FilePartnership Checklist
  • FileAsthma Coalitions List
  • FileExample Partnership Matrix
  • File EXHALE: A Technical Package to Control Asthma
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  • IMS content packageModule 9. Program Evaluation and Reporting
  • Text and media areaKEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
  • URLCDC Program Evaluation Framework
  • URLLogic Model Development Guide
  • URLAdditional Evaluation Resources from CDC
  • URLAdditional Logic Model Resources
  • URLMichigan’s Managing Asthma Through Case Management in Homes (MATCH) Program: Evaluation Outcomes and Sustainability Success
  • FolderExamples of Data Collection Tools to Assess Asthma Control
  • URLAsthma Mitigation Project: Final Evaluation Report (copy)
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  • SCORM packageModule 10. Incorporating Virtual Visits into Home-Based Asthma Services
  • Text and media areaKEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
  • URLStrategies for Continuing Healthy Homes Activities While Social Distancing
  • URLTelehealth & Implications for Asthma Care Coverage in Medicaid
  • URLGHHI's Virtual Healthy Homes Toolkit
  • FileExample Virtual Visit Consent and Release Form Central California Asthma Collaborative)
  • FileVirtual Visit Guide (Central California Asthma Collaborative)
  • FileTemplate Documenting Asthma Telehealth Encounter (University of Missouri, Columbia (MU))
  • URLCommunity Health Worker Asthma Training: Remote Visits Guidance
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  • FileVideo: Building Healthy Indoor Environments with Healthcare
  • URLYouTube Access: Building Healthy Indoor Environments with Healthcare
  • FileSlides: Building Healthy Indoor Environments with Healthcare
  • FileTranscript: Building Healthy Indoor Environments with Healthcare
  • Text and media areaKEY READINGS AND RESOURCES: (copy)
  • URLHealthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services Resource Library
  • URLAsthmaCommunityNetwork: Financing In-Home Asthma Care
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  • URLRacism, Housing, and Asthma: A Conversation (Session Recording)
  • URLRacism, Housing, and Asthma: A Conversation (Session Slides)
  • Text and media areaKEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
  • URLRacism, Housing, and Asthma: A Conversation (Resource List)
  • Text and media areaSELF-STUDY TA RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES:
  • FileAssessing the Landscape: Understanding Home-Based Asthma Services in Your Community
  • FileLandscape Matrix | Financing Opportunities
  • FileExample Partnership Matrix
  • FileFormalizing Partner Relationships: Sample Agreements
  • FilePartnership Checklist
  • FileClient Identification and Eligibility: Sample Report Specifications to Identify Eligible Clients
  • FileFact Sheet Development, Part 1: Making the General Case for Home-Based Asthma Services
  • FileFact Sheet Development, Part 2: Making the Case for a Specific Home-Based Asthma Program or Service
  • FolderPromoting Sustainable Financing: Understanding the Costs of Your Home-Based Asthma Services
  • URLUnlocking the Power of Home-Based Asthma Services: Model Health Benefit Packages
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  • FileMini-Module. Partnering with the Energy Sector
  • FileSlides: Why Partner with Energy Stakeholders and Programs?
  • Text and media areaKEY READINGS AND RESOURCES:
  • URLOccupant Health Benefits of Residential Energy Efficiency
  • URLHome Rx: The Health Benefits of Home Performance – A Review of the Current Evidence
  • URLNational Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP)
  • FolderSelected examples of collaboration
  • URLWeatherization Barriers Toolkit
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  • FileMini-Module. Proactively Preparing for Funding Opportunities
  • FileSlides: Funding Success
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  • URLEPA graphic: Financing In-Home Asthma Care
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  • FileMini-Module. Social Media and Social Networks
  • FileSlides: Social Media and Social Networks
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  • FileGlossary
  • FileURL Resources | All Modules Separate
  • FileURL Resources | All Modules Combined
  • QuestionnaireFollow-up Assessment (revised 2021)
  • CertificateCourse Completion Certificate