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Health reform: Q&A with Oregon Health Authority Director Bruce Goldberg, OregonLive.com
"Oregon is clearly in the leading pack of states," says Anne Gauthier of the National Academy for State Health Policy. Oregon is one of the 13 states that ...

A Health Insurance Plan President Gingrich Might Support, Kaiser Health News
The latter proposal raises several important questions, says Alan Weil, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, a nonpartisan ...

Health 411: Medical group imposes fee for administrative costs, LA Times
It's a 'We want to do it a different way' option," explains Alan Weil, executive director of the Washington D.C.-based National Academy for State Health Policy, ...

Obama to let states decide benefit levels under health law, Los Angeles Times
The decision shifts to local officials the decision on what medical insurers must offer consumers starting in 2014. Read more here...

Medical Homes Can Help Control Insurance Costs, Insurance News Net
Work on the medical home initiative has been underway since 2009 when Montana Medicaid received a grant from the National Academy for State Health Policy to ...

Pa. will run its own health insurance exchange, WHYY Newsworks
Taking the reins, Pennsylvania will establish a health insurance exchange to comply with the federal Affordable Care Act... Read more here...

Video: Jansing & Co, MSNBC

Low-income state workers begin to gain access to Children’s Health Insurance Program, Washington Post
Leigha Basini, a program manager at the National Academy for State Health Policy who works with state CHIP directors, said states are enthusiastic about the... Read more here...

Kathleen Dunn Interviews Alan Weil, Wisconsin Public Radio
Years after passing mandatory health coverage in Massachusetts, the state is now looking to tackle rising costs...Listen here...

Conversations on Health Care radio show, Community Health Center, Inc
On today's show, Mark and Margaret discuss developments in healthcare reform and innovation at the state level with Alan Weil, executive director for the National Academy for State Health Policy... Listen here...

Transcript: http://www.chcradio.com/Transcripts/Episode62.pdf

Country Getting Healthier, Policy Experts Told, California Healthline
... healthier," Koh told more than 600 attendees at the National Academy for State Health Policy's 24th Annual State Health Policy Conference this week. ... Read more here..

National health policy conference draws 600 to Kansas City, Kansas Health Institute
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — More than 600 health policy workers from across the country convened here this week for a conference aimed at tackling some of the most pressing issues that states face, particularly in light of the federal health reform law... Read more here...

State officials to focus on Health Reform at KC meeting, Kansas Health Institute
State officials from across the country will gather in Kansas City this week to talk about progress they’re making in implementing the federal health reform law. As Alan Weil — director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, which is hosting the conference — tells KHI's Jim McLean, implementation has been complicated in Kansas and other states where opposition to the law remains high. ... Listen here...

Health Law Puts Governors in Pickle, Wall Street Journal
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, along with a slew of other Republican governors, faces a dilemma: Do they apply for millions of dollars in federal grants by September to begin establishing state-run health insurance exchanges, or let the deadline slide, lose the federal money and risk falling into a federally run exchange? "The politics are fierce," said Alan Weil, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, a think tank tracking health law ... Read more here...

New Online 'Refor(u)m' for State Health Issues, California Healthline
State efforts to enact national health care reform have proceeded at different paces -- a situation made clear in a new online forum designed to help states implement the Affordable Care Act. Read more here...

Trends To Watch For Curbing Health Costs, Kaiser Health News
As President Barack Obama and Capitol Hill lawmakers scramble for ways to cut federal spending, changes to federal health entitlements have been a key negotiating point. Separately, hospitals, physicians and other health care providers are already moving forward with their own efforts to aggressively test a variety of initiatives to rein in costs. Read more here...

Obama, Romney crossed paths on health care, USA Today
When the federal health care overhaul now demonized by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and others was being crafted in 2009, Democrats found a role model: the Massachusetts health care overhaul signed in 2006 by then-governor Mitt Romney. Read more here...
 

Not everyone buying into Vermont's single-payer plan, Burlington Free Press
The headline “Green Mountain Dreams” over a David Weigel piece in the online news magazine Slate last week captured how many people view the health reform legislation that Gov. Peter Shumlin will sign into law May 26.. Read more here...
 

States Come Together to Create Health Care Compact, National Journal
States in search of a way to circumvent the health care law are banding together to create their own health care system. Read more here...

Can You Save With a Health Exchange?, FoxBusiness.com
In less than three years, millions of Americans will obtain health insurance, many for the first time, through a health exchange mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Read more here...

Florida, feds fight over health-care law, Orlando Sentinel

If Florida leaders refuse to carry out the new national health-care law, Uncle Sam is prepared to take charge on behalf of the state's consumers. Read more here...

Public sector plans on the hot seat, Employee Benefit News

Rick Scott is pushing for state employee contributions to help fund their retirement ... executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy. Read more here...

State Wrestles With Health Coverage, Wall Street Journal

A Washington state committee wrestling with how much health ... senior program director at the National Academy for State Health Policy. Read more here...

Multi-Share Plans Could Cover Millions Still Uninsured After PPACA Implementation, Health Justice Network

Programs that provide access to local health care can be a major source of coverage for the approximately 20 million people who are expected to remain uninsured even after the health care reform law is fully implemented in 2014, officials who work with the programs said March 2. Read more here...

NASHP Report Explores Enrollment Challenges and Opportunities in Health Reform
“Although states have the lion’s share of responsibility for implementing [the Affordable Care Act, or ACA], there are critical gaps between where states are today and ACA’s enrollment superhighway vision for 2014,” states a report from the National Academy for State Health Policy. Read more here...

AUA HP Brief
In preparation for the start of many state legislative sessions, physician and staff leaders from the 50 state medical societies, as well as a myriad of individuals representing specialty medicine, gathered for the 2011 American Medical Association (AMA) State Legislative Strategy Conference in Florida in early January. Read more here...

Setting up health insurance exchanges, states face big decisions, Stateline

Governors have deep differences over national health care reform, but when it comes to so-called insurance exchanges — a centerpiece of the sprawling new federal law — nearly every state is moving ahead with implementation
 

Vermont's Blueprint for Health, Federal Telemedicine News

To address the health needs in the state, the Blueprint program provides information, tools, and support to help manage an individual’s health and well being plus the program assists primary care clinicians to provide coordinated and patient-centered care. Basically, Blueprint provides a foundation for medical homes that includes community health teams supporting coordinated care linking to a broad range of services.........The Commonwealth Fund and the National Academy for State Health Policy recently published a new report “Leading the Way: State Innovations in Primary and Chronic Care Delivery.” The report studies efforts underway in six states... Read more here..

Health care budgets in critical condition, Stateline

The best scenario for states is that Medicaid rolls will gradually go down as the economy continues to recover and more of the unemployed get back to work, says Alan Weil, director of the National Academy of State Health Policy. ... Read more..

Long Term Care – The sleeping giant is stirring, OK Policy Blog

State policymakers have the resources available to move “quickly and purposefully”. In the first place, practical recommendations were provided five years ago by the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) following a thorough ... Read more...

The Next Battles Over Health Care, Kojo Nnamdi Show

Members of the new Republican House majority say they want to "repeal and replace" last year's sweeping health care legislation. The Obama administration says the roll out will continue. But the future of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will be determined in state legislatures and federal courts across the country. We find out why the next year could dramatically affect the way health legislation is implemented. Listen here...

States At The Heart Of Implementing Health Care Law, NPR

Many Republicans want to repeal the health care law. At the same time, state governments face an obligation to help put the law into effect. Alan Weil, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, tells Renee Montagne what states are facing as they begin to implement the new health care law. Listen here...

Hidden In Plain Sight, Youth Today

It’s flu season, and cases of asthma, diabetes and whooping cough are on the rise. At some point this winter, most children will need to see a doctor. Yet nearly 7.5 million children – one in 10 nationwide – have no health insurance, which means they’re more likely to skip that checkup or do without essential medicine. Read more...