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Oklahoma's Web Portal: Fostering Care Coordination Between Primary Care and Community Service Providers

This is the second in the series of Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) III Innovation Briefs. This new brief focuses on the web-based referral and tracking system ("web portal") that Oklahoma has built into its pre-existing Preventive Service Reminder System. The state designed this web portal to improve care...

Larry Hinkle, Research Assistant
Carrie Hanlon, Program Manager
February 2012
Sustaining Support for Exchange Directors: Models, Options, and Lessons
Sarabeth Zemel, Program Manager
Christina Miller, Policy Analyst
January 2012
Toward Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Populations: Issues for Policymakers’ Consideration in Integrating a Safety Net into Health Care Reform Implementation
Community Health Centers | Delivery System Reform | Health Care Workforce | Overall Approach | Safety Net Providers

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...

Laura Grossmann
Katharine Witgert, Program Manager
January 2012
Building Medical Homes: Lessons from Eight States with Emerging Programs

States are seeking to strengthen primary care through the medical home model to achieve better outcomes and lower costs. The eight states profiled in this report—Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia—are at different stages in the development and implementation of medical home programs....

Neva Kaye, Managing Director, Health System Performance
Jason Buxbaum, Policy Analyst
December 2011
CHIP Dental Coverage: An Examination of State Oral Health Benefit Changes as a Result of CHIPRA

Oral health remains a serious concern for the health and well being of children, especially those who are low-income. However, with the passage of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), all children enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will have a base level of...

Jennifer Dolatshahi, Research Assistant
Leigha Basini, Program Manager
December 2011