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| | [Summit 2012] 2012 Legislative Summit Health Sessions | Meetings | 8/9/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=25116 | 25116 | 2012 NCSL Legislative Summit Health Sessions, with links to slides and related speaker materials. |
| | Webinar: States Implementing Health Reform: Advancing Health through Nursing | Multimedia | 11/17/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=21528 | 21528 | This webinar will feature Secretary Donna Shalala and Dr. John Rowe presenting the conclusions of the new Institute of Medicine report entitled The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. The report asserts that a fundamental transformation of the profession of nursing is needed, which will allow nurses to practice to the full extent of their education, enable them to obtain higher levels of education, and encourage them to be full partners with physicians and others in redesigning |
| | [Summit 2010] The Future of Nursing and Primary Care: Implications for States | Meetings | 7/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=20963 | 20963 | The Future of Nursing and Primary Care: Implications for States - a Legislative Summit 2010 Session |
| | [Fall Forum 09] Containing Health Costs and Improving Efficiency: Audio + Slides | Multimedia | 5/15/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=19333 | 19333 | States are struggling to maintain an array of health programs and payment obligations that cost more than 30 percent of many state budgets. A new NCSL project is evaluating two dozen promising practices that may "bend the cost curve" toward affordability for the long term to see if any might produce immediate savings. Hear from the project's top researchers and preview the first several study papers. |
| | Webinar: States Opting Out -States Checking Up on Health Reform | Multimedia | 5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=19233 | 19233 | As the great laboratories of democracy, many states have their own ideas for reform. This session will discuss the issues around state authority to accept, modify, or decline to participate in various components of federal health reforms. |
| | Legislative Health Staff Network (LHSN) Preconference: Legislative Summit 2009 | Meetings | 7/29/2009 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=18081 | 18081 | Preconference to NCSL's 2009 Legislative Summit for legislative staff working on health policy issues. |
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2013 Health Disparities Legislation
For a number of racial and ethnic minorities, good health is more difficult to attain because appropriate care is often associated with an individual's economic status, race and gender. Policymakers are responding to these issues by introducing legislation aimed at eliminating health disparities. More
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LegisBrief: Newborn Health Screenings
Every year, thousands of infants are born with genetic disorders that can be identified by testing just a few drops of blood. Early detection of many disorders can not only prevent disabilities, additional health problems or death, they may also save states and families money by avoiding high medical costs. More
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Health Finance Issues
This report provides background and multiple resources on the $2.8 trillion world of US health finance, including latest figures released in 2013 showing much slower annual escalation in costs in the past three years. More
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Medicaid Payment Reform
States are seeking sustainable reforms that enable the Medicaid program to improve quality of health care services while reducing costs. State approaches and innovation models vary. Payment reform, however, plays a central role in many of these efforts. More
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