Nov. 29, 2010:
November 29, 2010: Stan Dorn, of the Urban Institute, has released an analysis of Connecticut’s options for its SustiNet health plan, a public insurance program through which the state hopes to attain universal coverage for its residents. The analysis shows that the state could...Read More
Nov. 24, 2010:Maryland’s Health Care Reform Coordinating Council (HCRCC) has developed a financial modeling tool for use in estimating the fiscal impact of federal health reform. The tool aims to identify how health reform will change the state’s budget by comparing costs, savings and revenues related to reform...Read More
Nov. 23, 2010:
November 23, 2010: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued initial guidance for states about the establishment of health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). HHS’s guidance document is meant to assist states with their overall planning...Read More
Nov. 18, 2010:
As mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded grants to states for activities related to the implementation of health insurance exchanges. Many states plan to use part of this funding to conduct quantitative analyses aimed at predicting...Read More
Nov. 18, 2010:This brief addresses some of the issues that states will need to consider in making decisions about the health insurance exchanges that are a central part of the health insurance coverage strategy in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted in March of 2010. Specifically,...Read More
Nov. 15, 2010:
November 10, 2010: Articles from the SHARE special issue of Health Services Research, scheduled for hard copy release in February 2011, are currently available online via the Early View feature at www.hsr.org.
The SHARE HSR special issue—Using State-Level Evidence to Inform National...Read More
Nov. 12, 2010:
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), SHARE’s most recent grants are quick-turnaround, policy-relevant studies aimed at identifying lessons to help states shape implementation of national health reform. The projects focus on topics such as monitoring the impact of reform at...Read More
Nov. 10, 2010:
Presentation by Sharon Long, "Taking Stock: Assessing Access to Care for Non-elderly Adults on Medicaid," at the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) meeting held October 28 in Washington DC. MACPAC was established as part of the Children’s Health...Read More
Nov. 09, 2010:
November 9, 2010: SHADAC Senior Economist Sharon Long was invited to present about Massachusetts’ health reform at the twenty-first annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York.
The symposium, which took place on November 3, 2010, was sponsored by the Greater New...Read More
Nov. 05, 2010:
November 5, 2010. SHARE has released a new issue brief from our grantees at The Hilltop Institute that offers key lessons for encouraging small employer coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The new brief presents findings about participation in New Mexico’s State...Read More
Nov. 02, 2010:
The US Census Bureau has released the public use microdata sample (PUMS) for the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS). The data are available for download at this link.
SHADAC researchers have begun processing these files to update the Data Center estimates. These are...Read More
Oct. 27, 2010:
SHARE is announcing eight new grant awards that focus on state efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The grants are quick-turnaround studies that will increase the understanding of the impact of reform and facilitate effective decision-making at both the state and national...Read More
Oct. 27, 2010:
SHARE is pleased to announce the funding of eight new grants that focus on state efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
These grants are quick-turnaround studies that will increase the understanding of the impact of reform and facilitate effective decision-making at both...Read More
Oct. 25, 2010:Principal Investigator: Katherine Baicker, PhD, Harvard University
This project will analyze newly-available data on utilization of primary care and prescription drugs along with other outcomes among a population of diabetic Medicaid enrollees who received an intervention to test the...Read More
Oct. 25, 2010:Principal Investigator: Mike O'Grady, PhD, National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago
This project will use the SNACC project (a data linkage project conducted by SHADAC, NCHS, AHRQ, ASPE, CMS, and Census) as a platform for identifying the most useful set of next-...Read More
Oct. 25, 2010:Principal Investigator: Lara Shore-Sheppard, PhD, MA, Williams College
This project will analyze the income dynamics and characteristics of low and moderate income adults impacted by PPACA. Such an analysis will enable the coordination of enrollment between Medicaid/CHIP and insurance...Read More
Oct. 25, 2010:Principal Investigator: Theresa Sachs, Health Management Associates
This project will document the enrollment, structure, funding and objectives of current state-funded programs for the uninsured, along with the legal, technical and policy issues that states will have to address as they review...Read More
Oct. 25, 2010:Principal Investigator: Andrew Coburn, PhD, EdM, University of Southern Maine
This project will identify and examine rural implementation issues, challenges, and potential policy and other strategies in two main areas of the PPACA:(1) health system financing and delivery system reform...Read More