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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
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 Partnerships: State Officials and Advocates Working on Health Reform
Affordable Care Act | National Health Care Reform | Partnerships

In March 2011, state officials and consumer advocates from nine southern states came together to discuss health reform implementation and ways to work together. The meeting was convened by NASHP, in collaboration with Community Catalyst, and funded by the Public Welfare Foundation. This paper highlights themes from this meeting,...

Sarabeth Zemel, Program Manager
June 2011
Developing Federally Qualified Health Centers into Community Networks to Improve State Primary Care Delivery Systems
Federally Qualified Health Centers | Health reform | Medicaid

By fostering connections between federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and other private primary care providers, states may be able to connect Medicaid beneficiaries with services needed to help them manage their health and reduce costly visits to hospitals. FQHCs’ mandate to provide a comprehensive scope of primary and...

Mary Takach, Program Director
Jason Buxbaum, Policy Analyst
May 2011
Paving an Enrollment Superhighway: Bridging State Gaps Between 2014 and Today
aca | Affordable Care Act | Enrollment | National Health Care Reform

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides a transformative vision for eligibility and enrollment in public and publicly subsidized health coverage: an enrollment superhighway that is streamlined, modern, seamless, integrated, easy for consumers to use, and connects Medicaid, CHIP and Exchange coverage. This vision contrasts sharply with...

Alice Weiss, Program Director
March 2011
Health Insurance Exchange Basics
Affordable Care Act | Exchanges

State health insurance exchanges are a key feature of the Affordable Care Act. This brief sets forth the major requirements for exchanges as described in the federal law. These requirements fall into four categories: administration and governance, insurance plan oversight, interactions with consumers, and information transfer and...

Alan Weil, Executive Director
Adi Shafir, Policy Analyst
February 2011