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A State Policymaker's Guide to Federal Health Reform This series explores the most pressing health policy issues states are currently addressing and identifies what support they may need to implement federal health reform. | Issue and policy briefs | 11/18/2009 |
This policy brief presents the results of a follow-up study on the effects of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 on Medicare home health service use and beneficiary outcomes, building on the results of a previously published study. In this study, the authors... | Issue and policy briefs | 11/17/2009 |
Progress Enrolling Children in Medicaid/CHIP Issue brief identifies potential for enrolling more children under public programs. Published In: Quick Strike Series | Issue and policy briefs | 11/12/2009 |
Public Health Insurance Plan This brief lays out who could enroll, who could receive subsidies and the anticipated impact on health insurance premiums, in addition to exploring the arguments for and against a public plan. Published In: Health Affairs/RWJF Policy Brief Series | Issue and policy briefs | 11/12/2009 |
The Secrets of Massachusetts' Success Less than two years after state health reform was enacted, 97 percent of residents had health coverage - the highest proportion in America. This report finds that outreach and enrollment strategies were instrumental to that success. | Issue and policy briefs, Reports | 11/11/2009 |
Safe Routes to School State Network Project: 2007-2009 Final Report Building momentum and policy change through the Safe Routes to School National Partnership. | Issue and policy briefs, Reports | 11/10/2009 |
Health System Reform and Antitrust Law This policy brief addresses antitrust considerations that arise in health system transformation aimed at producing greater clinical integration and greater levels of information about the quality and cost of care. | Issue and policy briefs | 11/04/2009 |
Fair Process in Physician Performance Rating Systems Programs to rate, grade, rank or tier physicians based on quality or other measures are becoming more commonplace as the demand for greater transparency and accountability in the nation's health care system intensifies. Once they are in a network or practicing... | Issue and policy briefs | 11/03/2009 |
Geographic Variation and Health Care Cost Growth As policymakers consider measures to contain health care costs, this brief examines what is driving that spiral and the policy levers that might control it, such as the approval process required for new facilities. | Issue and policy briefs | 11/02/2009 |
Researchers from the Urban Institute look at the opportunities and challenges of accountable-care organizations, and conclude they will not be game changers in the short run. Published In: Quick Strike Series | Issue and policy briefs | 10/29/2009 |