Health Chairs Meeting
June 20-22, 2007
Washington, D.C.

Access 2007: Health Reform and the States

Additional Resources for Health Information Technology Champions (HITCh) Meeting: HIT for the Safety Net:

• Establishing a Foundation for Medicaid’s Role in the Adoption of Health Information Technology: Opportunities, Challenges, and Considerations for the Future by University of Massachusetts Medical School for AHRQ: http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_1248_227105_0_0_18/UMASS%20Final%20Report.pdf
• Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Health Care Pilot Program: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/rural/rhcp.html
• California Regional Health Information Organization’s Safety Net Forum II, April 5, 2007: http://www.calrhio.org/?cridx=529
• The Federal Communication Commission’s Pilot Program For Enhanced Access to Advanced Telecommunications and Information Services: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/rural/RHCPilotPresentation.pdf

Additional Resources for State Health Reform: Setting the Stage:

Robin Rudowitz:

• Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured “The Medicaid Program At A Glance” fact sheet: http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7235-02.pdf
• Kaiser Family Foundation, “Medicaid: A Primer”: http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/Medicaid-A-Primer-pdf.pdf
• Kaiser website providing the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy: http://www.statehealthfacts.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi

Additional Resources for Opportunities in Medicaid and SCHIP:

Sara Rosenbaum, JD:

• An issue brief by Sara Rosenbaum, JD and Lindsay Palmer, MPH on how states can apply the flexibility of the DRA to develop specialized care models for adults with special health care needs: http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/After_the_Deficit_Reduction_Act.pdf

Additional Resources for Using Medicaid Initiatives to Leverage Reform: State Examples:

Washington:

• Senate Bill 5390, based on the Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Cost and Access: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5930-S2.E.pdf
• Senate Bill 5093, Child Health Care Expansion: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202007/5093-S2.SL.pdf
• Blue Ribbon Commission On Health Care Costs And Access: Final Report: http://www.governor.wa.gov/priorities/healthcare/BlueRibbon_FinalReport.pdf
• NCSL State Health Notes article on Washington’s child health care expansion: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2007/sn487a.htm

Illinois:

• Senate Bill 5, known as Illinois Covered: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0005sam001.pdf
• Information on Illinois Covered on Governor Blagojevich’s website: http://www.illinoiscovered.com/details.html
• A Families USA Brief on the Illinois Covered Proposal: http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/state-expansion-il.pdf

Florida:

• Senate Bill 838 at: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2005/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0838er.pdf
• NCSL overview of Florida’s Medicaid reform: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/flmedicaid.htm
• Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Medicaid reform website: http://ahca.myflorida.com/Medicaid/medicaid_reform/index.shtml
• Winter Park Health Foundation’s 2005 Policy Brief on Florida’s Medicaid reform: http://www.wphf.org/pubs/briefpdfs/Medicaid4.pdf
• Georgetown University’s Project “Assessing Florida’s Medicaid Reform”:
  • Sept. 2006 Brief: http://ihcrp.georgetown.edu/floridamedicaid/pdfs/briefing1.pdf
  • May 2007 Brief: http://ihcrp.georgetown.edu/floridamedicaid/pdfs/briefing2.pdf

Additional Resources for Rethinking Insurance:

Ken Thorpe, PhD:

• Ken Thorpe, “The Impact Of Obesity On Rising Medical Spending.” Health Affairs: http://www.aap.org/obesity/hlthaff.w4.480v1.pdf
• Ken Thorpe, “Health Care Reform Alternatives to Cover the Uninsured in Georgia: What Does It Cost and Who Pays?” a study funded by a grant from Healthcare Georgia Foundation: http://www.sph.emory.edu/hpm/thorpe/HealthcareReform.pdf

Additional Resources for New Approaches to Financing Access: State Examples:

Massachusetts:

• Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006, or the Act Providing Access to Affordable, Quality, Accountable Health Care: http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw06/sl060058.htm
• NCSL overview of Massachusetts’ universal health care package: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/massoverview.htm
• Kaiser’s 2006 fact sheet on the Massachusetts health care plan: http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/7494.pdf
• Massachusetts Health Care Reform Summary, Law Watch, Volume 06-9, May 31, 2006: http://www.foley.com/files/tbl_s31Publications/FileUpload137/3394/Law%20Watch%20May%2031,%202006.pdf

Indiana:

• House Bill 1678, the Healthy Indiana Plan: http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/HE/HE1678.1.html
• NCSL State Health Notes article on Indiana’s HSA-focused health care plan: http://www.ncsl.org/print/health/shn/shn491.pdf

California:

• Governor Schwarzenegger’s Health Care Proposal: http://www.stayhealthycalifornia.com/
• New York Times article on Governor’s health care proposal, January 9, 2007: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/us/09calif.html?ex=1182312000&en=b482eb5e43d42439&ei=5070
• Kaiser article on “hard fight” facing Governor’s health care proposal: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=42055

Additional Resources for Federal Update:

Joy Johnson Wilson:

• NSCL Health Policy – Federal Issues: http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/health/fedhealthissues.htm

Additional Resources for Changing the Health Care System:

Jim Frogue:

• Center for Health Transformation, “Medicaid Solutions Workbook”: http://www.healthtransformation.net/content/Files/Medicaid%20Solutions%20Workbook%20%2Dwebsite%20version.pdf
• James Frogue and Michael Ciamarra, “Alabama vs. Georgia”: http://www.healthtransformation.net/news/cht_articles_and_op_eds/7003.cfm

Additional Resources from Redefining Health Care Delivery: State Examples:

Vermont:

• Act No. 191 (H. 861), relating to health care affordability for Vermonters: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/acts/ACT191.HTM
• Act No. 190 (H. 895), an act relating to Catamount Health: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/acts/ACT190.HTM
• NCSL overview of Catamount Health program at: http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/vermont.htm
• Vermont Legislature’s Catamount Health website: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/HealthCare/catamount.htm
• Comparison between H. 861 and H. 895: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/HealthCare/H.861%20&%20H.895%20comparison.htm

Louisiana:

• Senate Bill 238 at: http://legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=432311
• Senate Bill 1 at: http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=434713
• House Concurrent Resolution at: http://legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=438266
• Louisiana Health Care Redesign Collaborative, Concept Paper For a Redesigned Health Care System for Region 1: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/publications/pubs-288/Concept%20Paper%20-%20Final.pdf
• Louisiana Health Care Redesign Collaborative, Final Concept Paper Summary October 19, 2006: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/publications/pubs-288/Summary%20Paper.pdf
• Louisiana Health Care Redesign Collaborative, Concept Paper Redesigned Region Five Health Care System: http://www.dhh.state.la.us/offices/publications/pubs-311/7056.pdf
• Louisiana Health Care Redesign Concept Paper Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, October 20, 2006: http://www.allhealth.org/briefingmaterials/ConceptPaperforaRedesignedHealthCareSystem%25E2%2580%2593CMSConceptPaper-710.pdf

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