Issue Brief 826 — September 30, 2008
Covering All Kids: States Setting the Pace [510 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan and Safiya Mojerie
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Forum Session — September 19, 2008
Universal Coverage for Children: States Setting the Pace
Manager(s):  Jennifer Ryan and Safiya Mojerie
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The Basics — August 20, 2008
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Program [297 kb]
Author(s):  Jessamy Taylor
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The Basics — July 30, 2008
Medicaid and SCHIP Waivers [321 kb]
Author(s):  Cynthia Shirk
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Background Paper 64 — July 22, 2008
Shaping Medicaid and SCHIP through Waivers: The Fundamentals [654 kb]
Author(s):  Cynthia Shirk
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Forum Session — July 11, 2008
State Budget Cuts: How Will Health Care Fare in FY 2009?
Manager(s):  Christie Provost Peters
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Site Visit — March 16–18, 2008
Competition and Collaboration, Chicago-Style [579 kb]
Author(s):  Laura A. Dummit and Lisa Sprague
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Site Visit Report — June 17, 2008
Competition and Collaboration, Chicago-Style (March 16–18, 2008) [579 kb]
Author(s):  Laura A. Dummit and Lisa Sprague
details

Forum Session — April 25, 2008
State Long-Term Care Strategies: Approaches to Managing Care and Controlling Costs details

Background Paper — April 11, 2008
The Aging Services Network: Accomplishments and Challenges in Serving a Growing Elderly Population [1465 kb]
Author(s):  Carol V. O'Shaughnessy
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The Basics — April 21, 2008
Older Americans Act of 1965 [332 kb]
Author(s):  Carol V. O'Shaughnessy
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Meeting Report — March 14, 2008
Completing the Recipe for Children's Health: New Variations on Key Ingredients: A Report from the Workshop on June 28, 2007 [577 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan
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Site Visit Report — January 25, 2008
Children's Behavioral Health Services in Baltimore: Walking the Continuum (September 30–October 1, 2007) [533 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan
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Forum Session — January 17, 2008
Running Up the Health Care Tab: Will We Have Buyer's Remorse? details

Forum Session — January 11, 2008
Health Care Safety Net Innovators: Forging Ahead, Though Challenges Persist details

Site Visit Report — December 14, 2007
Community-Based Long-Term Care: Wisconsin Stays Ahead (August 8–10, 2007) [532 kb]
Author(s):  Judith D. Moore, Carol O'Shaughnessy, and Lisa Sprague
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Forum Session — November 30, 2007
Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Reauthorization: What Should Congress Consider? details

Forum Session — October 19, 2007
Medicare Drug Utilization Management: Balancing Cost, Convenience, and Access details

Background Paper — September 24, 2007
Medicare Advantage Payment Policy [434 kb]
Author(s):  Mark Merlis
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The Basics — September 24, 2007
The Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program [283 kb]
Author(s):  Christie Provost Peters
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Issue Brief 824 — August 17, 2007
Medicaid and State Budgets: Clearing Storm, Foggy Forecast [1071 kb]
Author(s):  Courtney Burke
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Issue Brief 823 — August 1, 2007
Shrinking Inpatient Psychiatric Capacity: Cause for Celebration or Concern? [605 kb]
Author(s):  Eileen Salinsky and Christopher Loftis, PhD
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The Basics — July 27, 2007
The Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement [480 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan
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Forum Session — July 27, 2007
SCHIP: Coming of Age or Stuck in Adolescence? details

Background Paper — July 23, 2007
Health Information Technology Adoption Among Health Centers: A Digital Divide in the Making? [633 kb]
Author(s):  Adil Moiduddin and Daniel S. Gaylin
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Site Visit Report — July 16, 2007
Competition and Collaboration: The Spirit of St. Louis (April 3-5, 2007) [556 kb]
Author(s):  Laura A. Dummit and Lisa Sprague
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Issue Brief 822 — May 30, 2007
Trading Places: Real Choice Systems Change Grants and the Movement to Community-Based Long-Term Care Supports [612 kb]
Author(s):  Cynthia Shirk
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Forum Session — April 20, 2007
Not All Smiles: Access to Oral Health Care for Low-Income Children details

Issue Brief 821 — April 19, 2007
What Have You Done for Me Lately? Assessing Hospital Community Benefit [616 kb]
Author(s):  Eileen Salinsky
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Forum Session — April 13, 2007
Children's Health Care Quality: Time to Grow Up? details

Technical Paper — April 4, 2007
Review of Access and Quality of Care in SCHIP Using Standardized National Performance Measures [514 kb]
Author(s):  Lee Partridge
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Forum Session — March 30, 2007
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About SCHIP but Didn't Know Who to Ask… details

The Basics — March 27, 2007
SCHIP [81 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan
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Forum Session — March 9, 2007
Implementing School Health Programs for Better Child Health and Academic Success details

Briefing Book — February 22-23, 2007
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Author(s):  Christie Provost Peters & Mary Ellen Stahlman
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Fundamentals Briefing — February 22-23, 2007
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Author(s):  Christie Provost Peters & Mary Ellen Stahlman
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Forum Session — February 16, 2007
Completing the Recipe for Children's Health: Ingredients Beyond Health Insurance and Health Care details

The Basics — February 9, 2007
Medicaid [85 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan
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Forum Session — December 8, 2006
Children with Special Health Care Needs and the Role of Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program details

Meeting Report — December 6, 2006
A Report from the Forum Session "Complexity, Coordination and Compromise: States and the Medicare Drug Benefit" (August 4, 2006) [531 kb]
Author(s):  Lee Partridge
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Background Paper — November 27, 2006
Medicare and Mental Health: The Fundamentals [222 kb]
Author(s):  Christopher W. Loftis and Eileen Salinsky
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Issue Brief 819 — November 20, 2006
EPSDT: Medicaid's Critical but Controversial Benefits Program for Children [183 kb]
Author(s):  Christie Provost Peters
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Forum Session — November 17, 2006
The Medicare PDP Market: Build It and the Plans Will Come details

Issue Brief 817 — November 8, 2006
The Nuts and Bolts of PDPs [576 kb]
Author(s):  Mary Ellen Stahlman
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Forum Session — September 15, 2006
Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit: Perspectives on Medicaid Fiscal Integrity and Intergovernmental Relationships details

The Basics — September 13, 2006
Medicaid Financing [471 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan
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Site Visit — August 30, 2006
LA Story: Improving Care Management for the Chronically Ill and Chronically Underserved (April 18-20, 2006) [607 kb]
Author(s):  Eileen Salinsky and Jessamy Taylor
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Forum Session — August 4, 2006
Complexity, Coordination and Compromise: States and the Medicare Drug Benefit details

Issue Brief 813 — August 2, 2006
A Closer Look at the Medicare Part D Low–Income Benchmark Premium: How Low Can It Go? [184 kb]
Author(s):  Mary Ellen Stahlman
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Forum Session — July 27, 2006
Canary in the Coal Mine or Crying Wolf? Examining Crowding in America's Emergency Departments details

Forum Session — July 21, 2006
The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Past, Present, and Future details

Issue Brief 812 — July 17, 2006
Premium Assistance in Medicaid and SCHIP: Ace in the Hole or House of Cards? [184 kb]
Author(s):  Cynthia Shirk and Jennifer Ryan
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Issue Brief 811 — July 7, 2006
Don't Bring Me Your Tired, Your Poor: The Crowded State of America's Emergency Departments [225 kb]
Author(s):  Jessamy Taylor
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Forum Session — June 20, 2006
Health Care for All in Massachusetts: Implications for a Changing Safety Net details

Forum Session — June 14, 2006
"Mental Health: Progress and Pitfalls," the Health Affairs Special Issue—A Discussion of Trends in Mental Health Services details

Forum Session — May 16, 2006
Medicaid in 2006: A Trip Down the Yellow Brick Road? details

Special Briefing — April 5, 2006
Improving Care Management in Los Angeles: A Site Visit Overview details

Issue Brief 810 — March 29, 2006
Medicaid in 2006: A Trip Down the Yellow Brick Road? [183 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan
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Forum Session — March 14, 2006
Caring for "Ryan White": Balancing Quality, Access, Equity, and Finite Resources details

Background Paper — March 3, 2006
Rebalancing Long-Term Care: The Role of the Medicaid HCBS Waiver Program [206 kb]
Author(s):  Cynthia Shirk
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Special Briefing — November 30, 2005
The Bean, the Cod and the Medical Establishment: A Boston Market Overview details

Forum Session — November 18, 2005
Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans: A New Opportunity for Integrated Care? details

Issue Brief 808 — November 11, 2005
Medicare Advantage SNPs: A New Opportunity for Integrated Care? [160 kb]
Author(s):  Christie Provost Peters
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Forum Session — November 10, 2005
The Changing Face of Medicaid: Contemplating New Approaches to Benefits and Cost Sharing details

Forum Session — October 7, 2005
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: Moving Toward More Effective Systems of Care details

Forum Session — September 30, 2005
Local Coverage Initiatives: Solution or Band-Aid for the Uninsured? details

Meeting Report — September 22, 2005
A Report from the Forum Session "Implementing the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Continuing Challenges for States" [125 kb]
Author(s):  Lee Partridge
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Issue Brief 807 — August 29, 2005
One Pill, Many Prices: Variation in Prescription Drug Prices in Selected Government Programs [141 kb]
Author(s):  Dawn M. Gencarelli
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Issue Brief 806 — August 24, 2005
Clinical Preventive Services: When Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? [170 kb]
Author(s):  Eileen Salinsky
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Background Paper — August 22, 2005
Caring for "Ryan White": The Fundamentals of HIV/AIDS Treatment Policy [332 kb]
Author(s):  Jessamy Taylor
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Forum Session — July 22, 2005
Understanding the Role of Medicaid in Assisting People with
Disabilities details

Issue Brief 805 — July 22, 2005
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: Moving Toward More Effective Systems of Care [204 kb]
Author(s):  Jane Koppelman
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Forum Session — July 12, 2005
Implementing the New Medicare Drug Benefit: Continuing Challenges For States details

IB No. 803 — June 29, 2005
Local Coverage Initiatives: Solution or Band-Aid for the Uninsured? [155 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan
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Background Paper — June 27, 2005
Children with Special Health Care Needs: Minding the Gaps [376 kb]
Author(s):  Christie Provost Peters
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Simulation — June 24, 2005
Walk in My Shoes™: Navigating the Health Care System details

Site Visit — June 22, 2005
Exploring California's Rural Health System: From the Redwood Forests to the Baja Border (March 29-31, 2005) [227 kb]
Author(s):  Eileen Salinsky and Jessamy Taylor
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Forum Session — June 10, 2005
How Will They Know? Where Will They Go? Education and Outreach for the Medicare Drug Benefit details

Forum Session — February 18, 2005
"Making Medicaid Work for the 21st Century"—Discussion of a Report from the National Academy for State Health Policy details

Briefing Book — January 26, 2005
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Author(s):  Nora Super and Jennifer Ryan
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Fundamentals Briefing — January 13–14, 2005
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Author(s):  Nora Super and Jennifer Ryan
details

Forum Session — November 30, 2004
Children with Mental Disorders: Finding Effective Care Within the Systems That Serve Them details

IB No. 801 — October 26, 2004
The Provider System for Children's Mental Health: Workforce Capacity and Effective Treatment [120 kb]
Author(s):  Jane Koppelman
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Forum Session — October 22, 2004
Financing Long-Term Care: Will Insurance Make the Difference? details

Forum Session — October 7, 2004
Lost in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities in Moving Patients Between Health Care Settings details

Forum Session — September 30, 2004
Community Health Centers: Strategies for Success details

Background Paper — September 14, 2004
Medicaid's Disproportionate Share Hospital Program: Complex Structure, Critical Payments [151 kb]
Author(s):  Robert E. Mechanic
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Meeting Report — August 31, 2004
A Report from the Forum Session "Implementing the New Medicare Drug Benefit: Challenges and Opportunities for States" [292 kb]
Author(s):  Judith D. Moore and Jennifer Ryan
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Background Paper — August 31, 2004
Fundamentals of Community Health Centers [227 kb]
Author(s):  Jessamy Taylor
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Background Paper — July 31, 2004
The Promise and the Reality of Long-Term Care Insurance [205 kb]
Author(s):  Randy A. Desonia
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Forum Session — July 22, 2004
Implementing the New Medicare Drug Benefit: Challenges and Opportunities for States details

IB No. 799 — June 4, 2004
Children with Mental Disorders: Making Sense of Their Needs and the Systems That Help Them [149 kb]
Author(s):  Jane Koppelman
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Forum Session — April 2, 2004
Necessary but Not Sufficient? Physician Volunteerism and the Health Care Safety Net details

Background Paper — March 10, 2004
Necessary but Not Sufficient? Physician Volunteerism and the Health Care Safety Net [134 kb]
Author(s):  Eileen Salinsky
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Site Visit — February 17–19, 2004
The Health Care Safety Net in South Carolina: A Test of Tenacity [275 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan & Randy Desonia
details

Forum Session — February 6, 2004
Evidence- and Value-Based Approaches to Drug Formularies: What Role Will They Play in the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit? details

The Basics — February 4, 2004
Prescription Drug Formularies [81 kb]
Author(s):  Dawn M. Gencarelli
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Forum Session — December 5, 2003
Sailing SCHIP through Troubled Waters: A View from the States details

Forum Session — November 25, 2003
Expanding Community-Based Care: Is the Olmstead Decision Making a Difference? details

Background Paper — November 14, 2003
Bridging Silos, Part II: DI, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid Issues and Initiatives [152 kb]
Author(s):  Karen Matherlee, Consultant
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Background Paper — November 14, 2003
Bridging Silos, Part I: Linkages among the DI, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid Programs [160 kb]
Author(s):  Karen Matherlee, Consultant
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IB No. 795 — November 13, 2003
Sailing SCHIP through Troubled Waters [107 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan
details

Forum Session — October 22, 2003
Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Two for One or Double Jeopardy? details

Forum Session — October 17, 2003
The State Fiscal Crisis: A New Fiscal Reality Emerges details

IB No. 794 — September 30, 2003
Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Two for One or Double Jeopardy? [179 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan & Nora Super
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Forum Session — September 29, 2003
Checking the Vital Signs of the Health Care Safety Net details

Background Paper — September 15, 2003
Shaping Public Programs through Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Waivers: The Fundamentals [253 kb]
Author(s):  Cynthia Shirk, Consultant
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Background Paper — August 14, 2003
WIC Reauthorization: Opportunities for Improving the Nutritional Status of Women, Infants, and Children [267 kb]
Author(s):  Harriette B. Fox, Margaret A. McManus, Harry J. Schmidt, Consultants
details

Forum Session — June 17, 2003
Medicaid Prescription Drug Coverage: State Efforts to Control Costs details

Background Paper — June 13, 2003
Improving Oral Health: Promise and Prospects [199 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan
details

Forum Session — June 12, 2003
Disease Management to Population-Based Health: Steps in the Right Direction? details

Site Visit — May 27–29, 2003
Doing It RIte: Exploring a Decade of Health Coverage Innovation (Rhode Island [171 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer Ryan & Ginger Parra
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IB No. 791 — May 16, 2003
Disease Management to Population-Based Health: Steps in the Right Direction? [119 kb]
Author(s):  Lisa Sprague
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IB No. 790 — May 10, 2003
Medicaid Prescription Drug Coverage: State Efforts to Control Costs [123 kb]
Author(s):  Dawn M. Gencarelli
details

Background Paper — April 11, 2003
The U.S. Health Workforce: Definitions, Dollars, and Dilemmas [216 kb]
Author(s):  Karen Matherlee, Consultant
details

Forum Session — April 9, 2003
"Medicaidization" of Mental Health details

Background Paper — March 12, 2003
Is Community Care a Civil Right? The Unfolding Saga of the Olmstead Decision [587 kb]
Author(s):  Randy Desonia
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Forum Session — February 7, 2003
Medicaid in 2003: Weathering the Perfect Storm details

Fundamentals Briefing — January 23–24, 2003
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Author(s):  Nora Super & Jennifer Ryan
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Briefing Book — February 23–24, 2003
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Author(s):  Nora Super & Jennifer Ryan
details

IB No. 787 — January 9, 2003
Converging on Nursing Home Quality [905 kb]
Author(s):  Lisa Sprague
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Forum Session — December 9, 2002
Primary Care: Why and Whither? details

Forum Session — November 19, 2002
Pharmacy Plus Waivers: Incrementalism at Work details

IB No. 784 — November 12, 2002
Prescription Drugs in Nursing Homes: Managing Costs and Quality in a Complex Environment [1452 kb]
Author(s):  Dan Mendelson; Rajeev Ramchand; Richard Abramson, M.D.; Anne Tumlinson, Consultants
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Site Visit — November 12–14, 2002
The Medicare and Medicaid Intersection: Caring for Arizona's Seniors [1741 kb]
Author(s):  Nora Super, Lisa Sprague, & Judith Moore
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IB No. 783 — September 25, 2002
Running on Empty: The State Budget Crisis Worsens [177 kb]
Author(s):  Randy Desonia
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IB No. 781 — August 15, 2002
SCHIP Turns Five: Taking Stock, Moving Ahead [1935 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer M. Ryan
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Forum Session — July 18, 2002
Managing Advanced Illness: A Quality and Cost Challenge to Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurers details

Forum Session — July 12, 2002
Average Wholesale Price for Prescription Drugs: Is There a More Appropriate Pricing Mechanism? details

Forum Session — June 27, 2002
1115 Ways to Waive Medicaid and SCHIP Rules: A Conversation about Change details

IB No. 779 — June 20, 2002
Managing Advanced Illness: A Quality and Cost Challenge to Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurers [997 kb]
Author(s):  Karen Matherlee
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IB No. 778 — June 19, 2002
Welfare Reform and American Indians: Critical Issues for Reauthorization [942 kb]
Author(s):  Wakina Scott
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IB No. 777 — June 13, 2002
1115 Ways to Waive Medicaid and SCHIP Rules [959 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer M. Ryan
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IB No. 775 — June 7, 2002
Average Wholesale Price for Prescription Drugs: Is There a More Appropriate Pricing Mechanism? [1184 kb]
Author(s):  Dawn M. Gencarelli
details

Background Paper — May 31, 2002
The Federal-State Struggle over Medicaid Matching Funds:An Update [951 kb]
Author(s):  Karen Matherlee
details

Forum Session — April 12, 2002
Consumer Direction in Long-Term Care: Implications for Caregivers details

Site Visit — April 2-4, 2002
Child and Family Health Initiatives in the Bay Area [2379 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer M. Ryan & Wakina Scott
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Site Visit — March 4-5, 2002
Transitions along the Continuum of Care: Elderly and Disabled Persons in New York [1721 kb]
Author(s):  Lisa Sprague & Nora Super
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IB No. 769 — October 30, 2001
The Disappearing State Surpluses: How Come, How Long, and How Will They Affect Social Service Programs? [193 kb]
Author(s):  Randy Desonia
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Forum Session — October 30, 2001
The Disappearing State Surpluses: How Come, How Long, and How Will They Affect Social Service Programs? details

Forum Session — October 5, 2001
Primary Care Case Management: Lessons for Medicare? details

IB No. 768 — October 5, 2001
Primary Care Case Management: Lessons for Medicare? [151 kb]
Author(s):  Lisa Sprague
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Forum Session — September 24, 2001
Health Insurance Family Style: Public Approaches to Reaching the Uninsured details

IB No. 767 — September 24, 2001
Health Insurance Family Style: Public Approaches to Reaching the Uninsured [219 kb]
Author(s):  Jennifer M. Ryan
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Site Visit — August 20-22, 2001
Mission Possible?Maintaining the Safety Net in Urban and Rural Colorado [1097 kb]
Author(s):  Karen Matherlee
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Forum Session — June 22, 2001
Federal and State Perspectives on GME Reform details

IB No. 764 — June 22, 2001
Federal and State Perspectives on GME Reform [144 kb]
Author(s):  Karen Matherlee
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Background Paper — April 2001
The Health Care Safety Net in a Time of Fiscal Pressures [320 kb]
Author(s):  Richard Hegner
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NHPF/NASHP Session — March 30, 2001
SCHIPing Away at the Uninsured: Lessons from State Flexibility details

IB No. 760 — December 15, 2000
The Federal-State Medicaid Match: An Ongoing Tug-of-War over Practice and Policy [187 kb]
Author(s):  Karen Matherlee
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Forum Session — December 15, 2000
The Federal-State Medicaid Match: An Ongoing Tug-of-War over Practice and Policy details

Site Visit — November 13-15, 2000
Caring for the Elderly: Oregon's Pioneers (Portland, Oregon) [569 kb]
Author(s):  Nora Super Jones & Lisa Sprague
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Forum Session — September 21, 2000
SCHIP in the Formative Years: An Update details

IB No. 759 — September 21, 2000
SCHIP in the Formative Years: An Update [177 kb]
Author(s):  Judith D. Moore
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Site Visit — August 3, 2000
Insuring Virginia's Children: Local Outreach and Enrollment (Northern Virginia) [507 kb]
Author(s):  Lisa Sprague & Judith D. Moore
details

Forum Session — June 26, 2000
Using SCHIP to Subsidize Employment-Based Coverage: How Far Can This Strategy Go? details

Background Paper — June 2000
Using SCHIP to Subsidize Employment-Based Coverage: How Far Can This Strategy Go?