10 Priorities for Health Reform Implementation

Soon after the passage of Health Reform legislation, NASHP’s executive committee identified 10 aspects of federal health reform that states must get right if they are to be successful in implementation. The 10 areas below include NASHP resources that helped lay the groundwork leading up to health reform implementation and can help states as they consider reform-related policy decisions.

1. Be Strategic with Insurance Exchange
2. Regulate the Commercial Health Insurance Market Effectively
3. Simplify and Integrate Eligibility Systems
4. Expand Provider and Health System Capacity
5. Attend to Benefit Design
6. Focus on the Dually Eligible
7. Use Your Data
8. Pursue Population Health Goals
9. Engage the Public in Policy Development and Implementation
10. Demand Quality and Efficiency from the Health Care System

Full text of the State Policymakers’ Priorities for Successful Implementation of Health Reform issue brief is available here.