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The Forum for State Health Policy Leadership is delighted to offer the following publications online: State Health Notes | CHAP Newsletter | Substance Abuse Snapshots |Health Chairs e-Bulletin |State Health Lawmakers' Digest | In Brief | Promising Practices | Policy Matters | Frequently Asked Questions... (FAQs)

Search online publications by topic: Medicaid | SCHIP | Long-Term Care | Rural Health and Workforce | Access and Insurance | Oral Health | Substance Abuse and Mental Health | Other

Medicaid

Monitoring Medicaid in a Time of Budget Cuts (October 2004) and Possible Effects of Medicaid Cuts (chart)
Does Raising Rates Increase Dentists' Participation in Medicaid? The Experience of Three States (2004)
Managing Medicaid Costs: A Legislator's Tool Kit (March 2002)
Lead Screening for Children Enrolled in Medicaid: State Approaches (February 2001)

SCHIP and Children's Health

2007 Enacted State Legislation Related to Children and Access to Health Care (May 2008)
Health Care For Children Of Immigrants Annotated Bibliography (January 2007)
Immigrant Eligibility for Health Benefits: Federal Action and State Laws in 2005-2006 (January 2007)
Families at Risk: Issues in Custody Relinquishment (October 2006)
Who's Covered and Who's Not? The State of Children's Health Insurance: A Primer for State Legislators (2006)
Teen Suicide Prevention (Fall 2005)
Quality in Children's Health Care (2004)
Medical Child Support (September 2004)
Exploring a New Option: Section 1115 Demonstration Waivers under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (April 2001)
Increasing Dentists' Participation in SCHIP and Medicaid (2001)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Children's Environmental Health (Fall 2001)
Keeping Kids Enrolled: Continuity of Care under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (2000)
Substance Abuse Treatment Services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (2000)
SCHIP and Access for Children in Immigrant Families (2000)

Long-Term Care

The State of Long-Term Care (August 2007)
The Long-Term Care Partnership Program (August 2007)
Money Follows the Person initiatives (August 2007)
A Guide to the Older Americans Act (August 2007)
Guide to Nursing Home Culture Change (August 2007)
Building Private Long-Term Care Financing Options (August 2007)
Recent State Initiative in Rebalancing Long-Term Care (August 2007)
Building Community Partnerships for Long-Term Care (August 2007)
Aging and Disability Resource Centers (August 2007)
Long-Term Care Reform: Legislative Efforts to Shift Care to the Community (December 2006)
Home Care Quality: Emerging State Strategies to Deliver Person-Centered Services (February 2006)
Family Caregiver Support: State Facts At A Glance (February 2006)
Quality Care for Persons with Alzheimer's (September 2005)
The States' Response to the Olmstead Decision: A 2003 Update (February 2004)
State Long-Term Care: Recent Developments and Policy Directions (Updated 2003)
The States' Response to the Olmstead Decision (Updated 2003)
Community-Based Long-Term Care (2001)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Community-Based Long-Term Care (Fall 2000)

Rural Health and the Health Care Workforce

Policy Issues in Dental Workforce Diversity and Community-Based Dental Education: A Report for the California Endowment (November 2004)
Summary and Analysis of State Initiatives to Promote Telemedicine (2003)
- Volume 1
- Volume 2
Practice Location of Physician Graduates: Do States Function as Markets? (January 2003)
Federal Title VII and Title VIII Health Professions Training Grants: Their Importance in Improving Access to the Health Workforce in Arkansas, Minnesota and Texas (March 2002)
The Health Care Workforce in Ten States: Education, Practice and Policy (2001)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Health Care Workforce (Summer 2001)
Rural Health Issue Brief: Synopsis of Boise, Idaho Conference (2001)
Rural Health Issue Brief: SCHIP-How Well Is It Working in Rural Areas? (March 2000)
Rural Health Issue Brief: The Tobacco Settlements and Rural Health (May 2000)
Effective State Incentives to Encourage Health Care Professionals to Work in Rural Areas (May 2000)
Funding of Graduate Medical Education by State Medicaid Programs (March 1999)
Do Recent Changes in Medicaid Policy Weaken Public Hospitals? (September 1999)
Training Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants: How Important Is State Financing? (November 1997)
State Efforts to Increase Community-Based Medical Education (July 1994)

Access and Insurance

Funding High-Risk Pools: Changes, Trends and Policy Concerns (June 2005)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Individual Coverage (Summer 2005)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Access to Prenatal Care for High-Risk Women (Summer 2004)
Premium Assistance Programs: Promising Potential for the Uninsured? (2004)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Racial and Ethnic Disparities (Summer 2002)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: New Uninsured (Spring 2001)
Improving Access to Care (November 2000)
State Purchasing for Health Care Quality (October 2000)
Expanding Health Coverage to Working Families: State Options (June 2000)

Oral Health

Financing Dental Education: Public Policy Interests, Issues and Strategic Considerations (July 2006)
Legisbrief: Dental Workforce (March 2006)
State Experience with Dental Loan Repayment Programs (September 2005)
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Oral Health (December 2004)
Does Raising Rates Increase Dentists' Participation in Medicaid? The Experience of Three States (2004)
Policy Issues in Dental Workforce and Community-Based Dental Education: A Report for the California Endowment (November 2004)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Community Water Fluoridation (Winter 2002)
Access to Oral Health Services for Low-Income People (October 2002)
Increasing Dentists' Participation in SCHIP and Medicaid (2001)

Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Screening and Entry Into Mental Health Treatment: Balancing Help for the Individual and the Community (July 2007)
State Mental Health Lawmakers' Digest: Transitioning out of the Foster Care System (Summer 2007)
Lowering the Cost of Medicaid by Providing Drug and Alcohol Treatment (January 2007)
Substance Abuse as a Cross-Cutting Issue (November 2006)
Families at Risk: Issues in Custody Relinquishment (October 2006)
Helping Youth with Mental Health Needs (September 2006)
Environmental Strategies for Preventing Underage Drinking (September 2006)
Who's Covered and Who's Not? The State of Children's Health Insurance: A Primer for State Legislators (2006)
Legisbrief: Child Psychiatrist Shortage Looms (March 2006)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Teen Suicide Prevention (Fall 2005)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Continuing Care Model (Winter 2005)
Policy Matters: Balancing Budgets and Health Services: Children’s Mental Health Care in an Era of Budget Cuts (June 2005)
Policy Matters: Children and Mental Health Parity (May 2005)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Mental Health and Juvenile Justice (Spring 2004)
Treatment of Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders: What Legislators Need to Know (January 2004)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Psychotropic Drug Use Among Children (Spring 2003)
Policy Matters : Substance Abuse Spending (December 2002)
Policy Matters: Substance Abuse Parity: State Actions (December 2002)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Mental Health and Aging (Fall 2002)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Mental Health Parity (Winter 2000)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Substance Abuse Treatment and Diversion Programs (Winter 2001)
Substance Abuse Treatment Services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (1999)

Other Topics

State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Obesity (Winter 2004)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Information Technology and Patient Safety (Fall 2004)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Medical Malpractice (Summer 2003)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Teen Pregnancy Prevention (Fall 2003)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Smoking Cessation (Winter 2003)
State Health Lawmakers' Digest: Prescription Drug Pricing (Spring 2002)
Health Policy Online: Internet 101 (2001)
Women's Health: An Emerging Definition (2000)

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