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Fall Critical Health Areas Project (CHAP) Meeting
October 3-5, 2007
St. Louis, Missouri

Gateway to State Health Policy

The CHAP project is made possible by a generous grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foudation, through the Form for State Health Policy Leadership

For questions, comments or more information about the CHAP meetings, e-mail the Forum at health.chaps@ncsl.org.

Wednesday, October 3

• Long-Term Care Focus Group

Thursday, October 4

• Where are we in Health Care:  Prevention, Cost, Quality and Efficiency
• Children’s Coverage:  Opportunities and Challenges
• Addressing the Nursing Faculty Shortage
• Media Training

Friday, October 5

• Building Community Resiliency: Ensuring Disaster Preparedness
• Preventing Underage Drinking
• The Chronic Care Model

Additional Resources

Wednesday, October 3
Long-Term Care Focus Group Donna Folkemer, Group Director, Forum for State Health Policy Leadership, NCSL Greg Case, Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Long-Term Care papers
Thursday, October 4
Where are we in Health Care:  Prevention, Cost, Quality and Efficiency Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP, Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs, United Health Group	Tuckson Presentation
Children’s Coverage:  Opportunities and Challenges In collaboration with the National Academy for State Health Policy Moderator: Representative Linda Upmeyer, Iowa John McInerney, MPP, Program Manager, Children’s Health Programs, National Academy for State Health Policy George Hoover, Deputy Insurance Commissioner, CHIP and adultBasic Programs, Pennsylvania Insurance Department Carol Tobias, MMHS, Director, Health and Disability Working Group, Boston University School of Public Health	McInerney Presentation Hoover Presentation Tobias Presentation Additional Resources
Addressing the Nursing Faculty Shortage Moderator: Representative Dawn Morrell, Washington Nancy DeBasio, PhD, RN, President and Dean, Research College of Nursing Valerie Hepburn, PhD, Associate Director, Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University	DeBasio Presentation Hepburn Presentation Additional Resources
Media Training Meagan Dorsch, Media Manager, Communications Division, NCSL	Dorsch Presentation
Friday, October 5
Building Community Resiliency: Ensuring Disaster Preparedness Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP(E), Executive Director, American Public Health Association	Benjamin Presentation Additional Resources
Preventing Underage Drinking Moderator: Senator Dick Dever, North Dakota Chris Ringwalt, DrPH, Senior Research Scientist, Chapel Hill Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation Elizabeth D'Amico, PhD, Behavioral Scientist, RAND Corporation	Ringwalt Presentation Additional Resources
The Chronic Care Model Katie Coleman, MSPH, Research Associate, MacColl Institute	Coleman Presentation Additional Resources

Additional Resources

Long Term Care Focus Group

• The State of Long-Term Care 
• The Long-Term Care Partnership Program 
• Money Follows the Person initiatives 
• A Guide to the Older Americans Act 
• Guide to Nursing Home Culture Change 
• Building Private Long-Term Care Financing Options 
• Recent State Initiative in Rebalancing Long-Term Care 
• Building Community Partnerships for Long-Term Care 
• Aging and Disability Resource Centers

Children’s Coverage: Opportunities and Challenges

John McInerney:

• Sonya Schwartz & Uchenna A. Ukaegbu and, “Seven Steps Toward State Success in Covering Children Continuously,” National Academy for State Health Policy (October 2006).

George Hoover:

• PA Act 136 of 2006, recent legislation expanding CHIP
• PA CAK Premiums 2007, CHIP premiums after “Cover All Kids” expansion
• PA Cover All Kids and CHIP - Take Up Assumptions and Costs

Carol Tobias:

• Catalyst Center, “State-at-a-Glance Chartbook on Coverage and Financing for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs,” January 2007.
• Catalyst Center, “Frequently Asked Questions about the Family Opportunity Act’s Medicaid Buy-In Option,” February 2007.
• Catalyst Center, “Payer of Last Resort: Medical Debt and Financial Hardship among Families Raising Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs,” March 2007.
• Catalyst Center, “Medicaid Buy-In Programs: Reducing Under-Insurance for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs,” April 2006.
• Catalyst Center, “Methodology for Estimating the Impact of State Implementation of the Family Opportunity Act,” November 2006.

Addressing the Nursing Faculty Shortage

Nancy DeBasio:

• American Association of Colleges of Nursing, “Faculty Shortages in Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Programs: Scope of the Problem and Strategies for Expanding the Supply,” June 2005.
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing, “Nursing Faculty Shortage Fact Sheet,” March 2007.
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing, “State Legislative Initiatives to Address the Nursing Shortage,” October 2006.

Valerie Hepburn:

• Karl D. Yordy, “The Nursing Faculty Shortage: A Crisis For Health Care,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Spring 2006).
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, “Charting Nursing’s Future,” April 2007.
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, “Charting Nursing’s Future,” January 2005.

Building Community Resiliency: Ensuring Disaster Preparedness

Georges C. Benjamin:

• APHA Bioterrorism Preparedness Fact Sheet
• APHA Pandemic Flu Fact Sheet
• Andrulia, DP et al, Preparing Racially & Ethnically Diverse Communities for Public Health Emergencies, Health Affairs (Sep/Oct 2007).
• Federal Government Community Planning Resources
• New York Academy of Medicine Project: Redefining Readiness homepage

Preventing Underage Drinking

• National Conference of State Legislatures, “Environmental Strategies for Preventing Underage Drinking,” September 30, 2006.
• SAMHSA’s Prevention Platform
• SAMHSA’s State Incentive Grants
• SAMHSA, “Strategic Prevention Framework: Overview”
• Matthew Gever, “New Bills Target Excessive Drinking, Substance Abuse On College Campuses,” State Health Notes (April 2007).
• Marissa DeCuir, “States seek better ways to stop underage drinking,” USA Today (July 7, 2007).

The Chronic Care Model

• RWJ, Improving Chronic Illness Care – The Chronic Care Model
• Irene M. Wielawski, “Improving Chronic Illness Care,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2006.

 The CHAP Project