Stateside
May 22, 2009
In this Issue
• Welcome to State Coverage Initiatives St@teside E-newsletter
• SCI Annual Meeting Registration Open, Travel Scholarships Available
• SCI Distributes Issue Briefs on Federalism and State Lessons on Capitol Hill
• How Can We Help You?
• Report Projects up to 66 Million Americans Could be Uninsured by 2019 Unless Health Reform is Enacted
• Recent State Updates
• New York: Providers, Foundations and the New York Department of Health Targeting High-Cost Medicaid Patients
• SCI Selects Teams for Vermont Site Visit
• David Blumenthal on How to Spur Adoption of Health Information Technology
• Electronic Health Records and the States: Spotlight on Maryland and New Mexico
• GAO Tracks States Use of Stimulus Funds
• Health Reform News from Capitol Hill
• Congress Approves Obama’s 3.4 Trillion Budget Resolution, Creates a Reconciliation Process for Health Care
• CMS Moves to Rescind Three Medicaid Regulations
• Reports of Interest
• Registration Now Open: State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting
• AcademyHealth Updates
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SCI Annual Meeting Registration Open, Travel Scholarships Available

Registration for SCI’s Annual Meeting is open!  The meeting will take place July 30-July 31, 2009 at the Albuquerque Marriott in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  There is no registration fee for this or any SCI meeting.  We will be offering a number of travel scholarships to states officials without access to travel funds. 

This year has been particularly challenging for states. While the debate on national health reform has certainly escalated in Washington, DC, we recognize there still is great uncertainty about what the final outcome of that debate will be. States must still continue to focus on their own challenges, which we realize are many.  SCI’s annual meeting will inform state officials about what is happening on the ground in other states, and also how some federal reforms that have already been enacted may affect state activities.

Our agenda will include a number of exciting sessions and speakers on both federal and state health reform topics.  Planned sessions include updates from states that have passed or are implementing new health reform initiatives, an update on health reform in Massachusetts and Vermont, research and evaluation of state reforms, connectors and insurance regulations, medical homes and payment reform, tools for using data to enhance transparency and accountability, policy reform in Medicaid and CHIP, and the ARRA stimulus package. 

To apply for a travel scholarship, visit the SCI 2009 Annual Meeting page and complete the online scholarship request form no later than June 15, 2009.  If you have any questions related to scholarships, please contact Colin McGlynn, SCI’s program coordinator, directly at colin.mcglynn@academyhealth.org or (202) 292-6731. 

The meeting is open to state officials only.  For continuously updated information on the meeting agenda and to register, visit the SCI 2009 Annual Meeting page on the SCI website.  Upon receiving your online registration, we will send you a confirmation email. 

We hope you will be able to join us in Albuquerque!


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