MIG Innovations: Nebraska Ticket to Work Palliative Care Program

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Issue 1 - Number 1: Nebraska Program Profile PDF

Article Publication Date:

4/23/2008

Summary:

Here is a brief profile of an innovative program that combines palliative care with employment services to help people with chronic pain acquire or keep employment. Learn how core teams of nurses, social workers, and pharmacists coordinate healthcare services and provide referrals to employment services. The profile examines the history and development, program goals, funding, and keys to success of the program.

Topics:

Employment Programs; Medicaid

Types/Tools:

Promising practices; Newsletter, periodic publication

Populations:

Physical Disabilities

Sources:

Center for Workers with Disabilities

Programs/Initiatives:

Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG); Ticket to Work

States:

All States/Territories; Nebraska