- 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
- Nursing Homes
- Oral Health
- Preventive Care
- 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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Building a Consumer-Oriented Health Insurance Exchange: Key Issues
As states develop insurance exchanges, their decisions have profound implications for consumers. This report covers three main areas where consumers intersect with the exchange. First are ways consumers participate in exchange governance, such as directly serving on exchange governing boards. Second is consumer input into exchange policy and implementation decisions, and the various avenues states are using to gather this input, such as workgroups, town hall meeting participation, and surveys. Third is the early planning for the consumer-serving functions of the exchange, such as navigator programs and the web portal.
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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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On the Spot in Illinois: Working toward Reaching and Enrolling All Children and Adolescents
Published in October 2008, this State Health Policy Briefing looks at key aspects of the outreach effort undertaken by Illinois to reach and enroll uninsured children and adolescents in its All Kids program. Although the state employed a breadth of strategies to reach and enroll the state’s uninsured children and youth, administrators believe that a key component of the program’s success was the simplicity of it being available to all uninsured children and adolescentsOctober 2008 -
SCHIP and Adolescents: An Overview and Opportunities for States
Over the past decade, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has made great strides in increasing health care coverage among youth under age 19. However, this overall success masks an important disparity – adolescents are more likely to be uninsured than younger children. As state policy makers and program administrators seek to build on their successes to reach more of those eligible for SCHIP, special attention should be paid to adolescents. SCHIP coverage can not only improve teens’ health, but can reduce the burdens of chronic disease in adulthood.May 2008 -
Seven Steps Toward State Success in Covering Children Continuously
In March 2006, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) convened a small invitational symposium on child health coverage. This brief summarizes key suggestions which emerged during the symposium discussion about lessons learned over the past decade of state efforts to increase rates of child health coverage. Participants in the symposium reviewed and discussed recent progress and remaining barriers for states in reducing numbers of uninsured children and youth. Participants also generated and discussed ideas about restructuring child health coverage to move closer to a goal of covering all children and youth continuously.October 2006 -
Beyond the Basics: Enrollment and Retention of Hispanic Children in SCHIP
This paper examines effective outreach strategies aimed at the Hispanic community, cultural barriers to enrollment and retention/covering undocumented children, and cultural competence in an increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse population. The material is based on a March 2002 meeting of SCHIP directors and representatives from community, health, and Hispanic advocacy organizations in 11 states. While the symposium and this paper focus on the narrow issue of increasing Hispanic enrollment in SCHIP, many of the themes identified here apply equally to Medicaid and may also be relevant to other minority populations and other state programs.July 2002 -
Parent Partnerships to Support Early Child Health and Development
Presented by the National Academy for State Health Policy, with the support of The Commonwealth Fund in partnership with Family Voices and Voices for America's Children
Wednesday, May 12, 20102:00 pm - 3:30 pmThe National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is partnering with Family Voices to host a webinar on building and supporting parent partnerships with states to support programs and services for young children. This webinar is part of NASHP’s Assuring Better Child Health and Development program sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund. Participants will learn about a three-part framework for building parent partnerships, why each level of engagement is critical to efforts to improve care coordination and services for young children, and how states engaged in these initiatives can incorporate parent partnerships into their work. Two states will describe examples of parent partnership in action. Parent Partnership Webinar AgendaEDTWebinar Contact:lhinkle@nashp.org
