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| ! | [Cost Brief] Health Cost Containment and Efficiencies: Issue Briefs and articles | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 5/8/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=19200 | 19200 | Containing Health Costs and Improving Efficiency: An Analysis of State Options -- 16 briefs from an NCSL Health Project. |
| | Small and Large Business Health Insurance: State Roles | Reports | 6/14/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=14484 | 14484 | Small businesses now get incentives to offset that they often pay more for employee health benefits because they don't have the buying power of big employers. Large employers will have to offer coverage in most settings as of 2014. This report describes federal and state initiatives to address these groups of businesses and their workers. |
| | [Cost Brief] Combating Health Care Fraud and Abuse - Health Cost Containment | Reports | 6/1/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=19935 | 19935 | Combating Health Care Fraud and Abuse - Health Cost Containment, an overview brief with details and examples, initially published in 2010. |
| | State Actions Related to Transparency and Disclosure of Health and Hospital Charges | Reports | 5/8/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=14512 | 14512 | This report describes state and regional efforts to achieve transparency and disclosure of health costs and health quality measures. |
| | Health Finance Issues, 2013 edition | Reports | 4/20/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=14501 | 14501 | This report provides background and multiple resources on the $2.8 trillion world of US health finance. |
| | HSAs- Health Savings Accounts and the States | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 4/1/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=14462 | 14462 | Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and High-Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) have spread in the past eight years, with new laws and evolving practices in virtually all 50 states. |
| | [Cost Brief] All-Payer Claims Database- Health Cost Containment | Reports | 3/31/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=19929 | 19929 | All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) as tool to control healthcare costs through healthcare data collection. |
| | Health Costs: Recent News and Reports | Reports | 3/22/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=21266 | 21266 | Health Costs: Recent News and Reports, with latest news updated March 2013 |
| | [Cost Brief] Global Payments to Health Providers- Health Cost Containment | Reports | 3/1/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=19931 | 19931 | Global Payments to Health Providers |
| | Health Provider and Industry State Taxes and Fees | Reports | 2/24/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=14359 | 14359 | This report details state health provider fees, taxes and assessments; also similar fees on insurers, most of which impact Medicaid funding. |
| | [Cost Brief] Accountable Care Organizations- Health Cost Containment | Reports | 2/15/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=19927 | 19927 | Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)- Health Cost Containment brief and resource list, updated for 2013. |
| | Health Insurance Premiums | Reports | 1/31/2013 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=14514 | 14514 | Examine actual health insurance premiums - national and states, 2004 to 2011 with links to best primary sources. |
| | [Cost Brief] Administrative Simplification- Health Cost Containment | Reports | 11/1/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=19926 | 19926 | Administrative Simplification in the Health System - Health Cost Containment |
| | [Cost Brief] Episode-of-Care Payments - Health Cost Containment | Reports | 11/1/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=19930 | 19930 | Episode-of-Care and "Bundled" Payments for Health Cost Containment |
| | Health Insurance Medical Loss Ratios (State Implementation Report) | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 9/20/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=21780 | 21780 | Information about Health Insurance Medical Loss Ratios (MLRs) including existing state laws and new ACA-related provisions |
| | 2011-2012 State Cigarette Excise Taxes | Reports | 6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=23876 | 23876 | State Cigarette Excise Taxes: 2011-2012: Tables and Maps |
| | Cafeteria plans used by states to provide health insurance | Reports | 5/13/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=14515 | 14515 | In the past five years, several states are experimenting with a new use for an old idea, aimed at lowering costs for both employees and their employers. Section 125 cafeteria plans were designed as an optional feature for employers; cafeteria plans allow employees to pay for a variety of health care expenses without paying any federal tax on those charges. The result can be a savings of between 25% and 40% of every dollar the employee contributes to his or her plan. |
| | State Diabetes Budgets - FY 2011 | Reports | 5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=21930 | 21930 | State Diabetes Budgets- FY 2011 |
| | Employer and Individual Tax Incentives to Offer Health Insurance | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 4/15/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=13956 | 13956 | Employer Tax Incentives and Credits to Offer Health Insurance |
| | State Legislation and Actions Challenging Certain Health Reforms, 2009-2010 | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=22375 | 22375 | State Legislation and Actions Challenging Certain Health Reforms, 2009-2010 |
| | [Cost Brief] Performance-Based Health Care Provider Payments- Health Cost Containment | Articles/Briefs/ Newsletters | 1/31/2011 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=19933 | 19933 | Performance-Based Health Care Provider Payments- Health Cost Containment |
| | [Bookstore] Health Cost Containment and Efficiencies: 10 NCSL Briefs for State Legislators | Books | 7/20/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=20863 | 20863 | This 10-brief series discusses various aspects of health care payment and purchasing reforms. The briefs examine options for containing or reducing health costs and improving efficiency in health care. |
| | 2010 State Cigarette Excise Taxes | Reports | 7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=14349 | 14349 | State Cigarette Excise Taxes tables and map. |
| | 2009-10 Proposed State Tobacco Tax Legislation | Bill Summaries/ Databases | 5/19/2010 12:00:00 AM | /default.aspx?tabid=13862 | 13862 | 2009-2010 Proposed State Tobacco Tax Increase Legislation, including new 2010 laws in Hawaii, New Mexico, South Carolina and Utah. |