Medicaid Managed Care Policies Affecting Safety-Net Providers and the People They Serve – Volume III: Finance
This report is the third of three in a series that uses findings from a literature review and an all-state survey conducted by NASHP in the fall of 2000 to examine Medicaid managed care policies related to safety-net providers and the people they serve. This third report examines state Medicaid managed care policies regarding aspects of financing of particular concern to safety-net providers.
Medicaid Managed Care Policies Affecting Safety-Net Providers and the People They Serve – Volume I: Eligibility and Access Policies
This report is the first of three in a series that uses findings from a literature review and an all-state survey conducted by NASHP in the fall of 2000 to examine Medicaid managed care policies related to safety-net providers and the people they serve. This first report examines state Medicaid policies regarding the inclusion of safety-net providers in Medicaid managed care and access for people served by these providers.
Charting SCHIP: Report of the Second National Survey of the State Children's Health Insurace Program
Charting SCHIP II: An Analysis of the Third Comprehensive Survey of State Children’s Health Insurance Programs is the second report published in a series that examine the policies and strategies that states use to manage their CHIP programs. These reports draw on information NASHP has collected through surveys conducted since 1998. Charting CHIP II represents data collected from a survey of states’ CHIP programs as of July 2000.
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What Parents Say: Why Eligible Children Lose SCHIP
Based on six focus groups in three states, this paper details parent perceptions of the SCHIP program and includes a summary of feedback on why some families have not continued to enroll their children in the program. Part of a larger, seven-state study, the report pays special attention to issues of retention, disenrollment, and re-enrollment.
State-based Mandatory Reporting of Medical Errors: An Analysis of the Legal and Policy Issues
This report explores data issues associated with mandatory reporting systems, potential interactions between mandatory reporting and malpractice litigation, the potential uses of publicly available mandatory reporting system data, and arguments for and against protections for such data.
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Patient Safety and Medical Errors: A Road Map for State Action
This report provides state executive and legislative branch officials with a framework for considering how they might coordinate with government and private stakeholders to address medical errors and patient safety in their states. The report outlines mechanisms to estimate the number of medical errors that occur and actions that states can take to improve patient safety in their various roles as purchasers, providers, regulators, educators, conveners, and policymakers.
Current State Programs Addressing Medical Errors: An Analysis of Mandatory Reporting and Other Initiatives
Based on interviews with state and hospital officials, professional boards, providers, consumer representatives, and purchasers, this report places mandatory reporting within the context of current state and federal hospital oversight activity. It provides detailed information about how eight state-based mandatory hospital reporting programs came into existence, how these programs are operated, the associated legal issues, and other state-base initiatives aimed at improving patient safety.
How States are Responding to Medical Errors: An Analysis of Recent State Legislative Proposals
This report summarizes state legislation proposed or enacted in 2000 to address concerns over medical errors and patient safety issues. It includes summaries of 45 pieces of separate legislation.
State Reporting of Medical Errors and Adverse Events: Results of a 50-State Survey
This report describes results of a state survey of legislative and regulatory requirements for reporting medical errors and adverse events in hospital settings. The paper addresses the following: which states require mandatory reporting systems, what type of data is reported, how states use the data, who has access to the data, and the type of technical assistance states need to improve their systems.
