Mar. 02, 2011:Presentation by SHADAC research assistant Jessie Kemmick-Pintor, "Left out under Federal Health Reform: Undocumented immigrant adults excluded from ACA Medicaid Expansions," describing estimates of the number of people who will not be covered under the Affordable Care Act at the state...Read More
Mar. 01, 2011:Schousboe, J. T., Davison, M. L., Dowd, B., Thiede Call, K., Johnson, P., & Kane, R. L. 2011. "Predictors of Patients’ Perceived Need for Medication to Prevent Fracture." Medical care, 49(3), 273.
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Feb. 21, 2011:
February 21, 2011: Staff from the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) presented to SHADAC last week about their work with family interrelationship variables, which are recoded variables that allow data users to identify relationships among spouses, parents, and children without requiring the use...Read More
Feb. 09, 2011:
We are pleased to announce several job openings at SHADAC and the Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS). Please visit our employment opportunities web page for information, and we invite you to share this with your colleagues.
SHADAC offers a great opportunity to work at the...Read More
Feb. 09, 2011:Blewett, L., & Bindman, A. 2011. “Harvesting the Lessons of State Health Policy.” Health Services Research 46(1): 246-250.
Findings of the first round of State Health Access Reform (SHARE) projects funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), published in a...Read More
Feb. 09, 2011:Quinn, B., 2011 "State-Level Health Policy Research: Looking Back, Looking Ahead." Health Services Research 46(1): 243-245.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supports research on state-level policy efforts through its State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE)...Read More
Feb. 07, 2011:
View the latest edition of the SHADAC/SHARE newsletter, featuring the latest presentations and publications by SHADAC researchers, new MEPS-IC small employer tables, news from the states, and more.
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Feb. 04, 2011:
Webinar presentation by Elizabeth Lukanen for the January 20, 2011 National Leadership Series (NLS) webinar regarding the State Health Access Program (SHAP). The NLS is a webinar series sponsored by the Health Research and Services Administration (HRSA) designed to engage communities in...Read More
Feb. 04, 2011:
SHADAC's Lynn Blewett and Elizabeth Lukanen participated in the third all-grantee meeting of the State Health Access Program (SHAP), held January 12-13, 2011, in Washington, DC. Grantees discussed eligibility systems improvement, outreach strategies, coverage...Read More
Feb. 04, 2011:
Lynn Blewett presented on January 25, 2011, during a webinar for states that have received Affordable Care Act insurance exchange planning grants from the Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (OCCIO). Dr. Blewett spoke to an audience of state officials about designing an...Read More
Feb. 01, 2011:
February 1, 2011: A U.S. District Court judge in Florida has ruled that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional.
This ruling goes further than a December 2010 verdict declaring Section 1501 of ACA—the law’s individual mandate—unconstitutional. Judge...Read More
Feb. 01, 2011:Blewett L, Spencer D, Burke CE. 2011. "State High-Risk Pools: An Update on the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association." Am J Public Health. 2011 Feb; 101(2):231-7. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.185975.
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Jan. 26, 2011:
This document outlines the first round of SHARE-funded research projects, detailing each study's research goals, principal investigator(s), and grantee institution.
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Jan. 21, 2011:
January 21, 2011: The February 2011 special issue of Health Services Research is now featured among the publications and research on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) website. The special issue presents findings from eight SHARE-sponsored studies analyzing a variety of state...Read More
Jan. 19, 2011:
January 19, 2011: The Health and Human Services Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (OCIIO) reported yesterday that enrollment in the federal high-risk insurance pool—the “Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan” or “PCIP”—has doubled in the...Read More
Jan. 18, 2011:
January 18, 2011: SHARE grantee Ron Deprez has released a new issue brief that presents key findings from his two-year comprehensive evaluation examining the impact of Vermont’s 2006 health reforms: “Achieving Universal Coverage through Comprehensive Reform: The Vermont Experience...Read More
Jan. 14, 2011:The North Carolina Health Professions Data System (HPDS) exists in close partnership with the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program, and in collaboration with the North Carolina health professional licensing boards. The HPDS contains licensure files for 19 health...Read More
Jan. 13, 2011:
January 13, 2011: Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), states must expand Medicaid eligibility to include non-disabled childless adults. (Prior to the passage of ACA, states could only cover this population through a Medicaid waiver or through a program that was completely state-funded.)...Read More
Jan. 12, 2011:
January 12, 2011: SHARE grantee Mark Hall has published a paper in the FALL 2010 issue of Inquiry about his SHARE-funded analysis of Section 125 plans.
The article, “Paying for Individual Health Insurance Through Tax-Sheltered Cafeteria Plans,” details the use of Section...Read More