Coverage
AcademyHealth
Washington, DC
Creating a reinsurance institute to bring together state officials who are working to expand coverage to the uninsured.
$700,000
(1 year)
ID 57671
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
Boston, MA
Baseline survey of health insurance coverage in Massachusetts.
$72,437
(9 months)
ID 58894
Center for American Progress
Washington, DC
Exploring the relationship between health system reform and decisions by businesses to offer health coverage.
$107,040
(1 year)
ID 59310
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization
To support policy analysis, research, evaluation and demonstration projects that will provide public and private decision leaders with usable and timely information on health care policy and financing issues.
Program Sites
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
Causes and consequences of change in local public health spending.
$115,973
(1 year)
ID 56469
Boston University School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Study to examine if specialty hospitals are competitive.
$106,963
(1 year)
ID 56468
Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc.
Boston, MA
Changes in drug utilization after Medicare drug coverage in seniors without prior drug insurance.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59370
Center for Studying Health System Change
Washington, DC
Strategies to reduce health care providers' administrative burdens related to quality performance measurement and reporting.
$94,664
(5 months)
ID 56466
Examining the extent to which increases in health care costs are due to technology.
$109,838
(9 months)
ID 56660
General Hospital Corporation–Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Involving consumers in physician choice: making the data into usable information for chronically ill patients in consumer-directed health plans.
$215,448
(18 months)
ID 56527
University of Maryland Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging
Baltimore, MD
Medicare beneficiary response to coverage gaps versus actuarially equivalent continuous coverage for prescription drugs.
$161,184
(1 year)
ID 57639
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA
Impact of Medicare Modernization Act Part D on Medicare residents in nursing homes.
$221,483
(18 months)
ID 58731
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Washington, DC
Evaluation of Maine's Dirigo Health Plan Reform: a subsidized health insurance program.
$234,530
(16 months)
ID 58012
University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor, MI
Studying how for-profit hospitals impact the provision of nonprofit care.
$104,442
(1 year)
ID 58595
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ann Arbor, MI
Measuring the value of public health systems.
$124,999
(11 months)
ID 56782
University of Minnesota School of
Public Health
Minneapolis, MN
Study on informed choice of drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries.
$106,009
(1 year)
ID 58099
Rand Corporation
Arlington, VA
Regionalization in local public health systems: variation in rationale, implementation and impact on public health preparedness.
$147,324
(1 year)
ID 56470
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica, CA
Effects of health plan concentration on hospital prices, costs, capacity, charity care and outcomes.
$374,127
(2 years)
ID 56110
University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service
Portland, ME
Defensive medicine as a response to medical malpractice liability in the United States.
$264,111
(1 year)
ID 58347
Urban Institute
Washington, DC
Medical spending and the health of the elderly.
$474,314
(18 months)
ID 59057
State of Washington Department of Health
Olympia, WA
Impact of the Washington State Diabetes Collaborative on patient health and economic outcomes.
$349,927
(20 months)
ID 58064
Other Program Activities
AcademyHealth
Washington, DC
Technical assistance and direction for Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization.
$995,116
(1 year)
ID 57071
Communications Support for the Coverage Program Area
To manage strategic communications for the Foundation's Coverage program area to produce high-quality, consistent, timely products and messages that help increase impact.
Communications Projects
Multiple Contractors
Consulting and meeting costs for the Foundation's Coverage program area.
$50,000
(7 months)
ID 57465
Communications support for the Foundation's Coverage program area.
$750,000
(1 year)
ID 59703
Covering Kids and Families
To increase the number of eligible children and adults who are benefiting from federal and state health care coverage programs.
Georgetown University Institute for Health Care Research and Policy
Washington, DC
Meeting for state-level advocates on improving children's health coverage.
$50,000
(3 months)
ID 57795
GMMB Inc.
Washington, DC
Paid advertising for the 2006 Back-to-School Covering Kids and Families Medicaid SCHIP campaign.
$2,100,000
(4 months)
ID 57841
Media outreach and enrollment assistance for the 2006 Back-to-School Covering Kids and Families Medicaid SCHIP campaign.
$175,000
(4 months)
ID 58310
State of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Baton Rouge, LA
Replication of the Covering Kids and Families Process Improvement Collaborative in Louisiana.
$262,920
(1 year)
ID 56544
Social Research Associates
Bristol, RI
Evaluation of Covering Kids and Families: Phase II.
$50,775
(15 months)
ID 59268
Economic and Social Research Institute
Washington, DC
Policy analysis and modeling oversight for key stakeholders interested in coverage for the uninsured.
$82,580
(6 months)
ID 56724
Families USA Foundation Inc.
Washington, DC
Children's health coverage expansion campaign.
$400,000
(1 year)
ID 57208
Health Action 2007 conference bringing together the health consumer advocacy community.
$275,000
(6 months)
ID 58674
Georgetown University, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Washington, DC
Updating the consumer guides for Cover the Uninsured Week.
$61,956
(6 months)
ID 58869
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Supporting state coverage activities.
$150,024
(1 year)
ID 58170
GMMB Inc.
Washington, DC
Advertising for the 2006 Cover the Uninsured Week campaign.
$2,995,030
(4 months)
ID 56420
Health Care for All Inc.
Boston, MA
Ensuring effective engagement of consumers on the issues of coverage and quality in health care reform efforts in Massachusetts.
$350,542
(6 months)
ID 57399
National Academy of Sciences–Institute of Medicine
Washington, DC
Compiling data to enable consumers, employers and public payers to make informed decisions about the purchase and management of health care benefits.
$1,719,220
(18 months)
ID 56822
National Academy of Social Insurance
Washington, DC
Management analysis of approaches for improving access to health care.
$719,260
(18 months)
ID 57084
State of Oregon Department of Administrative Services Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research
Salem, OR
Assessing the social and economic impact of eliminating Medicaid dental benefits.
$49,993
(1 year)
ID 56913
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica, CA
Investigating the effect of consumer-directed health care on the amount, patterns and quality of health care used.
$2,000,000
(43 months)
ID 57576
State Coverage Initiatives
Program to help states develop and implement policies that expand access to health insurance coverage.
AcademyHealth
Washington, DC
Technical assistance and direction for State Coverage Initiatives.
$1,200,000
(1 year)
ID 59513
National Governors Association Center
for Best Practices
Washington, DC
Providing information and assistance to governors to enable them to maintain or increase current levels of health insurance coverage.
$280,000
(2 years)
ID 56804
State Forums Partnership Program
Program to establish a technical assistance center to support the adoption of the New Jersey Policy Forums on Health and Medical Care project in up to eight states.
Texas Health Institute
Austin, TX
Establishing a national users group of state health policy institutes and centers.
$50,000
(8 months)
ID 56415
State Policy Research and Evaluation
Program to fund research and evaluation of state health reform initiatives with the intent to develop an evidence base for future state reform activities and federal initiatives.
University of Minnesota School of
Public Health
Minneapolis, MN
Technical assistance and direction for State Policy Research and Evaluation.
$400,000
(1 year)
ID 58636
University of Texas–Pan American College of Business Administration
Edinburg, TX
Conference on the consequences of uninsurance and the health policy challenges of covering uninsured Hispanics.
$50,000
(7 months)
ID 56229