- 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
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- 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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Long Term Services and Supports and Chronic Care Coordination: Policy Advances Enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enacts a variety of initiatives aimed at enhancing long term services and supports (LTSS) and coordination of primary and chronic care for older persons and adults with disabilities. Many of these establish delivery systems demonstrations and Medicaid options that states could adopt to implement state reforms. This NASHP report, supported by THE SCAN Foundation, analyzes the Act’s provisions addressing: 1) National voluntary long term care insurance; 2) Medicaid options and incentives for financing LTSS expansions; 3) Other LTSS provisions; 4) Primary and chronic care coordination; and 5) Nursing home reforms.April 2010» -
Money Follows the Person Toolbox
The Toolbox synthesizes information available from multiple sources about nursing home transition and Money Follows the Person initiatives. It is intended to help states prepare for the MFP Demonstration program created by the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA). It summarizes the state of the field in MFP design components such as identifying consumers, planning and implementing transitions from an institution, financing MFP, and evaluating programs and progress. Published in conjunction with the Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University.August 2006 -
Building Nursing Home Transition into a Balanced Long Term Care System: The Washington Model
This brief summarizes one aspect of the state of Washington’s mature and balanced long-term care system – a successful effort to identify and assist nursing home residents to relocate to community settings.November 2003
