Health Care Reform

Supporting the Needs of State Health Policy Makers through University Partnerships

State Medicaid programs and other state health agencies need to monitor and evaluate changes in health insurance coverage, access to care, financing, and the quality of health care delivery. The availability of new financial resources through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is accompanied by raised expectations for such accountability.

State Approaches to Providing Health-Related Supportive Services through Medicaid

The Massachusetts High-Risk Pediatric Asthma Bundled Payment Model, created by UMass Medical School on behalf of MassHealth, is one of two innovative models featured in this webinar about how select states are using Medicaid to pay for supportive services within accountable care organizations, health homes, community health teams, and other value-based delivery system reforms.

10 Years of Impact: A Literature Review of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006

This fact sheet presents a summary of the effects of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006, “An Act Providing Access To Affordable, Quality, Accountable Health Care, as reported in the many studies that have focused on Massachusetts’ reform. This high-level review summarizes the findings in various categories, including insurance coverage, access to care, health care utilization, and affordability for consumers. The authors also developed a full bibliography as a companion to the fact sheet.

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