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State Innovation Model (SIM) Awards Announced
Feb. 21, 2013 : February 21, 2013: The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced its much-anticipated selection of states to participate in the State Innovation Model (SIM) Initiative. Under this initiative, CMMI is providing up to $300 million to 25 states to design and test multi-payer payment and delivery models that have the... Read moreLynn Blewett Discusses ACA in "Health Talk"
Feb. 21, 2013 : SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett was interviewed by "Health Talk," a publication of the University of Minnesota's Academic Health Center, for an article about a former University of Minnesota student with a preexisting condition who has been able to remain on her parent's coverage due to the ACA. In the article, Dr. Blewett explains the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that... Read moreChill. The Health Insurance Exchange Is Not Changing the Entire Health Care System
Feb. 19, 2013 : February 19, 2013 From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); One common... Read moreLynn Blewett Appointed to National Committee for Vital Health Statistics
Feb. 14, 2013 : SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett has been appointed by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to serve a four-year term on the National Committee for Vital Health Statistics (NCVHS), the public advisory body to the Secretary in the area of health data and statistics. NCVHS is composed of 18 individuals from the private sector who have distinguished themselves in a variety of... Read moreMedicaid “Early Opt-In” States
Feb. 06, 2013 : February 5, 2013: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) gives states the option to expand Medicaid to 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level beginning in January 2014, but states can also choose to expand earlier using either a new state plan option and/or a Section 1115 waiver (see text box below). I can never remember which states (besides Minnesota of course) plus DC have... Read moreSHADAC Collaborates on Fiscal Analysis of Medicaid Expansion in Oregon
Feb. 06, 2013 : February 6, 2013: In its role as a technical assistance provider for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Network initiative, SHADAC collaborated with Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and Manatt Health Solutions to produce an analysis of the fiscal effects of expanding Medicaid in Oregon under the ACA. The analysis, prepared for the Oregon Health Authority, estimates... Read moreSara Rosenbaum and Lynn Blewett Discuss Health Reform: Recording Available
Feb. 05, 2013 : The Tenth Annual Deinard Memorial Lecture on Law & Medicine, “Slouching toward Health Reform: The Future of the Affordable Care Act,” took place at the University of Minnesota on January 31, 2013. Sara Rosenbaum, the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy at George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, was the keynote speaker for the... Read more2011 ACS: Estimates Now in Data Center, State Chart Book Available
Dec. 31, 2012 : December 31, 2012: The SHADAC Data Center has been updated to include 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) insurance estimates. The ACS The ACS is a household survey that began in 2005 and produces annually updated data on a variety of population characteristics, including health insurance coverage. The ACS began asking survey respondents about health insurance coverage during the... Read morePages
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