- ACA Implementation & State Health Reform
- Coverage and Access
- Federal/State Issues
- Medicaid and CHIP
- Population and Public Health
- Providers and Services
- Acute Care
- Assisted Living
- Behavioral Health
- Case Management
- Child Development Services
- Chronic Care Management
- Community Health Centers
- Developmental Screening
- Early Childhood Services
- Emergency Care
- EPSDT
- Family Planning
- Federally Qualified Health Centers
- Home & Community Based Services
- Hospitals
- Long Term Services & Supports
- Medical Homes & Health Homes
- Mental Health
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- Oral Health
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- Primary Care
- Safety Net Providers
- Quality, Cost, and Health System Performance
- ACOs
- Adverse Event Reporting
- Care Transitions
- Comparative Effectiveness
- Cost Sharing
- Delivery System Reform
- Fraud and Abuse
- Health Care Workforce
- Health Information Technology
- Managed Care
- Medical Homes & Health Homes
- Medical Malpractice
- Patient Safety
- Payment Reform
- Performance Measurement
- Provider Payment Policy
- Quality Oversight
- Specific Populations
- Adolescents
- Childless Adults
- Children
- Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Dual Eligibles
- Elders
- Families
- Low Income People
- Parents
- People with Chronic Conditions
- People with Developmental Disabilities
- Transitional Youth
- Vulnerable Populations
- Young Adults
- Youth
- Youth in Foster Care System
- Youth in Juvenile Justice System
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Flesh Or Bones? Early Experience of State Limited Benefit Health Insurance Laws
As one means of reducing health insurance premiums, since 1990 about half of the states have enacted laws waiving mandated benefits for health insurance plans sold to small groups and/or individuals. This study reviewed the laws and early experience in eight states where plans have been on the market in 1990 and 1991.
August 1992» -
Designing Maine’s DirigoChoice™ Benefit Plan – Striving to Improve Health at an Affordable Price
Maine’s Dirigo Health Reform Act of 2003 seeks to address health care costs, quality, and access. In order to address access, the Act authorizes the creation of a voluntary market-based health plan to help small businesses, the self-employed, and individuals afford health coverage. This issue brief addresses benefit design of the health plan, DirigoChoice™.December 2004»
