- ACA Implementation & State Health Reform
- Coverage and Access
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- Acute Care
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- Safety Net Providers
- Quality, Cost, and Health System Performance
- ACOs
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- Health Care Workforce
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- Managed Care
- Medical Homes & Health Homes
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- Specific Populations
- Adolescents
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- Children
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- Dual Eligibles
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Keeping Children's Coverage Strong in the Context of the Affordable Care Act: Perspectives from State Children's Health Insurance Leaders
With passage of the Affordable Care Act, the stakes for children’s coverage perhaps have never been higher. Children potentially have much to gain in coverage for themselves and for their parents. However, they also have much to lose in shifting attention, and in unintended consequences of reforms focused on adults. To examine the options for keeping children’s coverage strong in future, NASHP initiated discussions with CHIP program directors. This brief highlights themes from those discussions, focusing on key considerations for children’s coverage that NASHP and most CHIP directors believe policymakers should take into account in making decisions that may affect children’s coverage.
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Toward Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Populations: Issues for Policymakers’ Consideration in Integrating a Safety Net into Health Care Reform Implementation
A 2011 Commonwealth Fund poll found that 98 percent of responding national health care opinion leaders believe that traditional safety net providers will still fulfill critical roles after implementation of the ACA. With the support of The Commonwealth Fund, NASHP formed the National Workgroup on Integrating a Safety Net into Health Care Reform Implementation to inform national and state policy development in addressing the roles of safety net providers in implementation of the ACA. This brief describes 10 overarching issues that the National Workgroup identified as ones that policymakers concerned with the safety net will need to consider in order to achieve health care reform goals, particularly for vulnerable populations.
January 2012» -
Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Through Health Care Reform: State Experience
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) provides an opportunity for states to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. As states roll out health care reform implementation, they can use disparities data to inform their actions. This issue brief was prepared by NASHP for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). It provides examples of how states can integrate health equity into health care reform and insurance exchange implementation.
August 2011» -
What a Difference a Dollar Makes: Affordability Lessons From Children's Coverage Programs
States are responsible for on the ground implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including expanding coverage options through Exchanges and other health insurance programs. This brief examines the affordability of current children's coverage options and coverage under ACA. It also draws on lessons from the Children's Health Insurance Program, which can serve as a model for states as they implement affordability provisions in ACA.
April 2011» -
Building Partnerships: State Officials and Advocates Working Side by Side on Health Care Reform
Supported by the Public Welfare Foundation
Wednesday, May 11, 20113:00 pm - 4:00 pmESTImplementation of good health policy, particularly in achieving state goals for health care reform, takes collaboration between consumers and state officials in a way that values differing views, builds trust, and harnesses the strengths and resources of all partners. The sheer number and scale of the tasks that must be accomplished in reform means the resources of each state's people and institutions must be brought into the work. With support from the Public Welfare Foundation, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) and Community Catalyst have been working to support state officials and the advocate community in eleven southern states engaged in the Southern Health Partners Initiative as they seek to implement health care reform in their states. This webinar will discuss strategies to enhance states’ ability to work together effectively with consumer advocates in promoting systems improvements.
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State Policymakers’ Priorities for Successful Implementation of Health Reform
As states assess the challenges and opportunities presented by federal health reform legislation, there is a natural tendency to focus on the most immediate issues, but it is equally important that states begin planning for the many aspects of implementation that occur in later years. This State Health Policy Briefing identifies and describes ten aspects of federal health reform that states must get right if they are to be successful in implementation. States that pursue the ten critical elements identified in this brief will have the greatest chance of achieving the goals embodied in the federal health reform law.May 2010» -
Building on Success to Effectively Integrate Current Children’s Coverage with National Health Reform: Ideas from State CHIP Programs
This State Health Policy Briefing was developed by the National Academy for State Policy (NASHP) with state Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP) directors as well as other state officials working toward covering all children. The brief discusses key considerations for policy makers and stakeholders working on national health reform to sustain gains and support further improvement efforts for children’s coverage now underway through both CHIP and Medicaid. This briefing highlights CHIP successes and lessons learned in covering children that national health reform should build on and integrate so it is successful for children as well as adults. Additionally, this briefing includes options for assuring a smooth transition for the 14.1 million children and pregnant women expected to be covered by CHIP during 2013, but who may be moved either to exchange plans or Medicaid under proposals pending in Congress.August 2009 -
Rising Health Care Costs: State Health Cost Containment Approaches
The rapid growth of health care spending is of deep concern to payers, purchasers, providers, the public, and policymakers. This paper focuses on lessons learned from cost containment efforts designed to address the supply of services (Certificate of Need programs), the pricing of services (hospital rate setting), and the demand for services (managed care). It also explores state efforts to control the price and business of health insurance.July 2002 -
Engaging the Safety Net in Health Care Reform
Wednesday, May 9, 20123:00 pm - 4:00 pmEDTThis webinar summarizes the deliberations and results of NASHP’s National Workgroup on Integrating a Safety Net into Health Care Reform Implementation. Over the course of nearly a year, this group of state and federal officials, national experts and associations, and safety net systems worked to identify issues and develop policy options, focusing on integrated delivery systems, workforce, and financing. The webinar includes reactions from both state and safety net system perspectives. The National Workgroup and this webinar were made possible by a grant from The Commonwealth Fund.
Alan Weil, Executive Director, NASHP moderated the webinar and was joined by:
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Keeping All the Plates Spinning: Coordinating State Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Tuesday, July 19, 20113:00 pm - 4:30 pmEDTModerator: Alan Weil, Executive Director, National Academy for State Health Policy
Presenters: Sonya Schwartz, Program Director and Chris Cantrell, Policy Analyst, National Academy for State Health PolicyPanelists:
Pam Silberman, President & CEO, North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Joe Flores, Legislative Fiscal Analyst, Virginia Senate Finance Committee
Greg Allen, Director Financial Planning and Policy, New York State Department of HealthWebinar Contact:ccantrell@nashp.org
