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The Center for Health Care Strategies publishes materials to share policy and operational lessons from our national initiatives. Additional resources can be found by browsing our Issue Areas. Visitors may also request digital copies of archived publications |
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Strategies for Building Seamless Health Systems for Low-Income PopulationsFebruary 2012 — This brief explores the challenges for states in creating seamless health coverage for low-income populations. It provides a roadmap for states as they consider… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
CHIPRA Webinar: Psychotropic MedicationJanuary 2012 — This webinar provided an overview of the current landscape related to efforts to improve psychotropic medication management and prescribing practices for youth, part… |
Webinar Resources |
Leveraging the Medicaid Primary Care Rate Increase: The Role of Performance MeasurementJanuary 2012 — This brief identifies how Medicaid agencies can use performance measurement to assess the impact of the 2013-2014 primary care rate increase. |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
CHIPRA Webinar: Reengineering Residential TreatmentDecember 2011 — This webinar described new opportunities for redesigning care delivered through residential treatment centers. |
Webinar Resources |
Innovations in Medicaid: Considerations for MassHealthDecember 2011 — This report from the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI), authored by Suzanne Gore of the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS), outlines opportunities… |
Reports |
Long-Term Services and Supports: Opportunities in the Affordable Care ActDecember 2011 — This technical assistance brief describes different program options contained in the Affordable Care Act to assist states in rebalancing the provision of … |
Technical Assistance Briefs & Tools |
Measuring Quality for Complex Medicaid Beneficiaries in New York StateDecember 2011 — The Center for Health Care Strategies was commissioned by the United Hospital Fund to outline opportunities for establishing a comprehensive measurement approach for… |
Reports |
Communicating the Value of Integrated Care to StakeholdersNovember 2011 — This brief discusses the reasons why it is important to engage stakeholder groups; how to identify distinct audience groups within stakeholder community; how to targ… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health: An Exploration of State OptionsNovember 2011 — This 90-minute webinar from the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) explored promising options for integrating physical and behavioral health services within ma… |
Webinar Resources |
Medicaid Managed Care: How States' Experience Can Inform Exchange Qualified Health Plan StandardsNovember 2011 — This brief examines Medicaid… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
CHIPRA Webinar: Coordination with Primary CareOctober 2011 — This webinar highlighted the experiences of two CMEs -- Wraparound Milwaukee and the former Massachusetts Mental Health Services Program for Youth (MHSPY) -- in thei… |
Webinar Resources |
Defining Essential Health Benefits – Key State ConsiderationsOctober 2011 — Presentation on Essential Health Benefits by CHCS senior vice president Carolyn Ingram at the NASHP Fall 2011 meeting. |
Staff Presentations |
State Financing Innovations to Integrate Physical and Behavioral HealthOctober 2011 — Presentation on innovative state physical/behavioral health integration models by Tricia McGinnis at the NASHP Fall 2011 meeting. |
Staff Presentations |
State Options for Integrating Physical and Behavioral Health CareOctober 2011 — This policy brief from the Integrated Care Resource Center explores promising state options for integratin… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
CHIPRA Webinar: Family and Youth Peer Support in Care Management EntitiesSeptember 2011 — This CHIPRA webinar highlighted two statewide models of Family and Youth Peer Support, in Arizona and Massachusetts. |
Webinar Resources |
Health Care Purchasing, Global Budgeting, and Shared Savings ModelsSeptember 2011 — This overview charts the progress of global budgeting and shared savings models currently underway in various states. |
Technical Assistance Briefs & Tools |
Impact of the Insurance Exchanges on Latino Health ImprovementsSeptember 2011 — On September 24, 2011, Carolyn Ingram, CHCS senior vice president, presented at the Latino Legislative Summit on Health on the implications of the exchange structure… |
Staff Presentations |
Potential Risk-Sharing Between States and Coordinated Care OrganizationsSeptember 2011 — On September 20, 2011, Carolyn Ingram, CHCS senior vice president, presented to the Oregon Health Policy Board's Global Budget Methodology Workgroup. … |
Staff Presentations |
Medicaid Supplemental Payments: Where Do They Fit in Payment Reform?August 2011 — This policy brief examines the need to align supplemental payment arrangements with broader payment reform objectives to ensure that beneficiaries have access to qua… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
Ten Considerations for States in Linking Medicaid and the Health Benefit ExchangesAugust 2011 — This brief, authored by the Center for Health Care Strategies for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Health Reform Assistance Network, looks… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |