AcademyHealth Stateside - 04/17/2008  (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
 Registration Now Open for SCI’s Summer Workshop for State Officials
 Update on Implementation of Coverage Expansions
 CMS Testifies At Least Nine States Will Meet Revised SCHIP Eligibility Guidelines
 New Report on Future SCHIP Funding
 CHAT – A Structured Method to Think about Benefit Design
 States Chosen to Participate in Health Care Quality Improvement Institute
 Registration Now Open: State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting
 State Health Initiatives Featured at AcademyHealth’s 25th Annual Research Meeting
 2008 Special Topic Solicitation in Public Health Research
 Reports of Interest


Reports of Interest

Helping 125 Million Americans: Improving Care for Chronic Conditions
Alliance
for Health Reform Briefing
March 28, 2008

Comparative Effectiveness: Can We Get Better Health Value for the Dollars We Spend?
Alliance
for Health Reform Briefing
April 4, 2008

Private Financing and High-level Functioning: Some International Approaches to Health Reform
Alliance
for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund
Video and transcript provided by kaisernetwork.org
April 11, 2008

Physician-Level Pay-for-Performance: A Dashboard Report of State Program Design Efforts
Center for Health Care Strategies
April 2008

Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Mixed Employer Signals, Complex Market Dynamics
Center for Studying Health System Change
March 2008

Who Pays for Medical Errors?: An Analysis of Adverse Event Costs, the Medical Liability System, and Incentives for Patient Safety Improvement
The Commonwealth Fund
April 7, 2008

Examining a Major Policy Shift: New Federal Limits on Medicaid Coverage for Children
National
Academy
for State Health Policy
April 2008

State Health Policies Aimed at Promoting Excellent Systems:
A Report on States’ Roles in Health Systems Performance

National
Academy
for State Health Policy
April 2008

The CMS August 2007 Directive: Implementation Issues and Implications for State SCHIP Programs
National
Academy
for State Health Policy
April 2008

Using HIT To Transform Healthcare: Summary of a Discussion Among State Policy Makers
National
Academy
for State Health Policy
March 2008

Completing the Recipe for Children’s Health: New Variations on Key Ingredients
National Health Policy Forum meeting report
March 14, 2008

Cost of Failure: The Economic Losses of the Uninsured
New America Foundation
March 25, 2008

The Proxy War — SCHIP and the Government's Role in Health Care Reform
New England
Journal of Medicine
February 28, 2008

Can Tax Credits Be a Linchpin for Health Reform: Lessons from the Factory Floor
The Urban Institute audio recording
April 1, 2008

Health and Economic Mobility
The Urban Institute
April 3, 2008

The Massachusetts Health Reform Survey
The Urban Institute
April 15, 2008