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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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Approaches to Slowing Cost Growth in Public ProgramsAugust 2010 — On August 5, 2010, Nikki Highsmith, CHCS senior vice president, presented at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Coverage Initiatives national m… |
Staff Presentations |
Arkansas Charts a Course for HIE and Quality ReportingAugust 2010 — Arkansas' Regional Quality Improvement program established a statewide health information exchange and a multi-payer quality measurement reporting strategy … |
Case Studies |
Covering Low-Income Childless Adults in Medicaid: Experiences from Selected StatesAugust 2010 — This policy brief examines the experiences from 10 states with existing programs for low-income childless adults to shed light on those newly eligible to enroll… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
The Implications of Health Reform for U.S. Charity Care Programs: Policy ConsiderationsAugust 2010 — As policymakers and health systems prepare for ACA implementation, it is important that they consider who will remain uninsured and how that population can access co… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
High-Quality Wraparound and the Roles of Supervision, Training and Coaching in Care Management EntitiesJuly 2010 — During this 90-minute webinar, speakers explored critical components of high quality wraparound and intensive care coordination within a CME serving children wi… |
Webinar Resources |
Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Data to Support Improved Care for Dual EligiblesJuly 2010 — This brief provides practical information about identifying ways to link Medicare and Medicaid data to better understand the dual eligible population and uncover opp… |
Technical Assistance Briefs & Tools |
Models for Improving Medicaid Primary Care: Lessons for Health ReformJuly 2010 — This July 27, 2010 webinar described the evolving model of primary care, as well as practice-based primary care transformation strategies underway in two states.… |
Webinar Resources |
Opportunities to Integrate Care for Dual EligiblesJuly 2010 — On July 23, 2010, Melanie Bella, CHCS senior vice president, participated in a National Health Policy Forum panel discussion on issues states face in serving dual el… |
Staff Presentations |
Practice Transformation in Medicaid: Five Levers to Strengthen Small, “High-Volume, High-Opportunity” PracticesJuly 2010 — This technical assistance brief describes how Medicaid can leverage its resources to facilitate and sustain improvements in care and reduce health disparities in sma… |
Technical Assistance Briefs & Tools |
Supporting “Meaningful Use” of HIT in Small, High-Volume Medicaid PracticesJuly 2010 — This technical assistance brief describes how Medicaid-led teams in four states are supporting practice improvements among Medicaid-serving providers by helping them… |
Technical Assistance Briefs & Tools |
Webinar Resources - Payment Reform: Creating a Sustainable Future for MedicaidJune 2010 — This June 28, 2010 webinar explored opportunities for redesigning Medicaid payment policies to improve quality and contain costs as outlined in a recent CHCS po… |
Webinar Resources |
CHCS Testimony to HIT Policy Committee's Meaningful Use WorkgroupJune 2010 — Dianne Hasselman, CHCS director of quality and equality, testified before the HIT Policy Committee's Meaningful Use Workgroup on how HIT can be used to eliminate dis… |
Staff Presentations |
Critical Planning Steps to Implement a Care Management Entity ApproachJune 2010 — During this 90-minute webinar, Bruce Kamradt, director, Wraparound Milwaukee, described nine critical steps in the Care Management Entity planning process.… |
Webinar Resources |
Financing Options for Care Management EntitiesJune 2010 — During this 90-minute webinar, speakers described Care Management Entity (CME) financing issues and options, including Medicaid, noted in the first webinar in t… |
Webinar Resources |
Highlights from the Third Annual NASMD Boot CampJune 2010 — This one-day program brought together participants from more than 25 states to discuss opportunities and challenges facing new Medicaid directors and their senior st… |
Meeting Highlights |
Managing Current and New Dual Eligibles: CHCS Presentations from the National Medicaid Congress SymposiumJune 2010 — On June 7, 2010, Melanie Bella, CHCS senior vice president, presented two sessions at the National Medicaid Congress Managing Current and New Dual Eligibles Symp… |
Staff Presentations |
Policy Brief - Medicaid-Funded Long-Term Care: Toward More Home- and Community-Based OptionsMay 2010 — This brief outlines initial policy recommendations for reforming the nation's Medicaid-funded long-term supports and services system to support more cost-effective a… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
Care Management Entities: A PrimerMay 2010 — During this 90-minute webinar, Sheila Pires, partner with the Human Service Collaborative, presented the core functions and expected outcomes of … |
Webinar Resources |
Medicaid-Funded Long-Term Supports and Services: Snapshots of InnovationMay 2010 — This report presents innovative initiatives from across the nation offering alternatives for reforming the delivery of Medicaid-funded long-term care. It includes bo… |
Reports |
Payment Reform: Creating a Sustainable Future for MedicaidMay 2010 — This policy brief outlines opportunities and challenges in undertaking Medicaid payment reform and details how federal and state roles might shift to facilitate qual… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |