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Collaborating with Health Centers to Leverage HIT for System Improvement
Early in 2010, NASHP hosted a webinar that brought together individuals from Massachusetts, Oregon, and Tennessee with experience in collaborating with health centers around Health Information Technology (HIT) activities to discuss ways in which state agencies and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are working together to use HIT and health information exchange (HIE) funding opportunities from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to achieve mutual goals for health system improvements. This briefing draws from and builds on this webinar to offer an overview of opportunities, explore these states’ experiences, and provide concluding observations. This brief was developed through a National Cooperative Agreement (NCA) sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC).April 2010» -
Electronic Release of Clinical Laboratory Results: A Review of State and Federal Policy
State and national initiatives to promote health information exchange (HIE) are gaining momentum in the wake of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which provides over $40 billion to promote health information technology. States face particular challenges in promoting HIE for clinical laboratory results. This paper is intended to provide policymakers with useful background on: • Policy issues related to sharing lab results with providers and patients; • The pertinent laws and how they are interpreted by various states; • How the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) laws relate to each other; and • Opportunities for reviewing, reinterpreting, and updating laws to fit with new electronic health information infrastructures and policies.January 2010 -
Express Lane Eligibility and Beyond: How Automated Enrollment Can Help Eligible Children Receive Medicaid and CHIP
As states work to insure more children in challenging economic times, a new report funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) explores how states can identify and enroll eligible but uninsured children by borrowing automated strategies that have proven effective in helping eligible people receive other public and private benefits. Authored by Urban Institute researcher Stan Dorn in collaboration with the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), the report details how auto-enrollment strategies have the potential to identify, enroll and retain large numbers of eligible children while reducing state administrative costs. The report explains how the recently enacted Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) makes these strategies substantially easier for states to implement while establishing powerful new financial incentives for states to reach the greatest possible number of eligible children.April 2009 -
Using HIT to Transform Health Care: Summary of a Discussion Among State Policy Makers
States are finding health information technology (HIT) an essential tool in any plan that seeks to improve the efficiency, affordability, safety, and quality of their health care systems. This State Health Policy Briefing is intended to help state policy makers determine what role they will play in HIT development, how their state will use HIT, and how they will address critical barriers to success. It is based on a day-long preconference seminar conducted by NASHP and during which state policy makers exchanged information and experience and learned from leading states and experts. Three major challenges faced by states seeking to implement and use HIT effectively are discussed:May 2008 -
A State Guide to Online Enrollment for Medicaid and SCHIP
This paper is designed as a resource for states considering, designing, and/or implementing online enrollment systems for their Medicaid and SCHIP programs. It explores the advantages, disadvantages, and implementation issues of these online systems.January 2003»
