Safety Net

Forum Session — December 16, 2011
Bridging the Silos: Care Coordination for Kids with Serious Behavioral Health Conditions
Author: Lisa Sprague

Workshop — June 29, 2011
Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment for Elderly People and Persons With Disabilities (EPD): Status and Simplification
Author: Judith D. Moore

Forum Session — June 10, 2011
Still Smoking After All These Years: Tobacco Control Update
Author: Michele J. Orza, ScD

Site Visit — May 31–June 2, 2011
Rocky Mountain Highs and Lows: Efforts to Improve Health and Reduce Costs in Denver
Authors: Michele J. Orza, ScD & Jessamy Taylor

Issue Brief No. 843 — May 26, 2011
Home, but Not Alone: Evidence-Based Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visitation
Author: Eileen Salinsky, Consultant

Forum Session — May 6, 2011
Managed Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Disabilities: How Does It Work?
Author: Judith D. Moore

Forum Session — April 8, 2011
Pioneering Transformation: Treating Chronic and Complex Disease in Underserved Areas
Author: Lisa Sprague

Forum Session — January 21, 2011
Oral Health Update: Ten Years After the Surgeon General’s Report
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Forum Session — December 10, 2010
Insurer-Provider Payment Negotiations: Implications for Health Spending
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Forum Session — December 3, 2010
Health Impact Assessments: What, Why, How, Who, Where?
Author: Michele J. Orza, ScD

Background Paper No. 81 — November 19, 2010
Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs): Federal and State Efforts to Guide Consumers Through the Long-Term Services and Supports Maze
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — November 18, 2010
Pioneering Transformation: Technology, Data, and Safety Net Outcomes
Author: Lisa Sprague

Background Paper No. 80 — October 12, 2010
Premium Assistance: An Update
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Issue Brief No. 839 — September 30, 2010
Medicaid Payment for Generic Drugs: Achieving Savings and Access
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Background Paper No. 79 — September 28, 2010
The Primary Care Safety Net: Strained, Transitioning, Critical
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Forum Session — September 10, 2010
Medicaid Enrollment: Is the First Step the Hardest?
Author: Judith D. Moore

Background Paper No. 77 — August 18, 2010
Governmental Public Health: An Overview of State and Local Public Health Agencies
Author: Eileen Salinsky, Consultant

Forum Session — July 22, 2010
Focus on Reform: How a Law Becomes a Reg - Regulatory Processes to Implement Legislation
Author: Judith D. Moore

Forum Session — July 16, 2010
Focus on Reform: Health Care Safety Net-Related Provisions
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Forum Session — June 25, 2010
Focus on Reform: Public Health Provisions
Authors: Jessamy Taylor & Michele J. Orza, ScD

Forum Session — June 11, 2010
Incorporating Innovations in Health Care: Workforce Implications
Author: Lisa Sprague

Background Paper No. 75 — June 4, 2010
Health Care Shortage Designations: HPSA, MUA, and TBD
Author: Eileen Salinsky, Consultant

Forum Session — May 7, 2010
Focus on Reform: Medicaid Coverage Expansions
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Forum Session — April 30, 2010
Recession and Budgets: Where Do States Stand for 2011 and Beyond?
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Forum Session — April 16, 2010
Transforming Health Care Delivery: Insights from the New Orleans Safety Net
Authors: Jessamy Taylor & Michele J. Orza, ScD

Site Visit — April 5–7, 2010
Information and Incentives: Improving the Health of New York City's Low-Income Population
Authors: Kathryn Linehan & Lisa Sprague

Issue Brief No. 836 — March 29, 2010
Oral Health Checkup: Progress in Tough Fiscal Times?
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Forum Session — March 19, 2010
CHIPRA One Year Later: Where Does Implementation Stand?
Author: Judith D. Moore

The Basics — March 10, 2010
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Background Paper No. 72 — December 11, 2009
No Free Lunch? Current Challenges Facing the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
Author: Eileen Salinsky, Consultant

Forum Session — November 20, 2009
Children's Mental Health: Prevalence, Illness Burden, and Efforts at Prevention and Early Intervention
Authors: Judith D. Moore & Rob Cunningham, Consultant

Forum Session — September 18, 2009
Caring for Military Service Members' and Veterans' Psychological Health
Authors: Kathryn Linehan & Jessamy Taylor

The Basics — August 26, 2009
Medicaid Waivers and Budget Neutrality
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Issue Brief No. 833 — July 31, 2009
The Medicare Drug Benefit: Update on the Low-Income Subsidy
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Forum Session — June 19, 2009
Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments and Health Care Reform
Author: Christie Provost Peters

The Basics — June 15, 2009
Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Forum Session — June 5, 2009
Building the Medical Home: Under Construction in the States
Author: Lisa Sprague

Site Visit — May 26–28, 2009
Resilience and Renaissance: Efforts to Rebuild a Healthier New Orleans
Authors: Michele J. Orza, ScD & Jessamy Taylor

Special Briefing — May 14, 2009
Resilience and Renaissance: Efforts to Rebuild a Healthier New Orleans - A Pre-Site Visit Briefing
Author: Michele J. Orza, ScD

Forum Session — November 7, 2008
Long-Term Services and Supports: Consumers in Charge—Consumer Direction and Money Follows the Person
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Background Paper No. 66 — October 23, 2008
Medicaid and Mental Health Services
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Site Visit — October 23–24, 2008
Tending to Richmond's Children: Community Strategies to Bridge Service Gaps
Authors: Judith D. Moore & Jessamy Taylor

Forum Session — October 3, 2008
Exploring Comparative Effectiveness: Activities of CDC, VA, and CMS to Advance Evidence-Based Health
Author: Michele J. Orza, ScD

Issue Brief No. 826 — September 30, 2008
Covering All Kids: States Setting the Pace
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Safiya Mojerie

Forum Session — September 19, 2008
Universal Coverage for Children: States Setting the Pace
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Safiya Mojerie

The Basics — July 30, 2008
Medicaid and SCHIP Waivers
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Background Paper No. 64 — July 22, 2008
Shaping Medicaid and SCHIP through Waivers: The Fundamentals
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Site Visit — March 16–18, 2008
Competition and Collaboration, Chicago-Style
Authors: Laura A. Dummit & Lisa Sprague

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
Author: Jennifer Ryan

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

Site Visit — September 30–October 1, 2007
Children's Behavioral Health Services in Baltimore: Walking the Continuum
Author: Jennifer Ryan

The Basics — September 24, 2007
The Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Issue Brief No. 823 — August 1, 2007
Shrinking Inpatient Psychiatric Capacity: Cause for Celebration or Concern?
Authors: Eileen Salinsky & Christopher W. Loftis, PhD

Forum Session — July 20, 2007
Behavioral Health in the Workplace: How are Employers Managing Mental Health and Disability?
Author: Christopher W. Loftis, PhD

Workshop — June 28, 2007
Completing the Recipe for Children's Health: New Variations on Key Ingredients
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Background Paper — May 9, 2007
The Prescription Drug Safety Net: Access to Pharmaceuticals for the Uninsured
Author: Jack Hoadley, PhD

Forum Session — April 27, 2007
Ten Years After Welfare Reform: How Is TANF Working for Needy Families?
Author: Judith D. Moore

Forum Session — April 20, 2007
Not All Smiles: Access to Oral Health Care for Low-Income Children
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Issue Brief No. 821 — April 19, 2007
What Have You Done for Me Lately? Assessing Hospital Community Benefit
Author: Eileen Salinsky

Site Visit — April 3–5, 2007
Competition and Collaboration: The Spirit of St. Louis
Authors: Laura A. Dummit & Lisa Sprague

Forum Session — March 9, 2007
Implementing School Health Programs for Better Child Health and Academic Success
Author: Christopher W. Loftis, PhD

Forum Session — February 16, 2007
Completing the Recipe for Children's Health: Ingredients Beyond Health Insurance and Health Care
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Forum Session — January 12, 2007
Effects of Food Marketing on Kids' Diets: I'm Lovin' It?
Author: Eileen Salinsky

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
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Background Paper — November 27, 2006
Medicare and Mental Health: The Fundamentals
Authors: Christopher W. Loftis, PhD & Eileen Salinsky

Issue Brief No. 819 — November 20, 2006
EPSDT: Medicaid's Critical but Controversial Benefits Program for Children
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Issue Brief No. 814 — August 15, 2006
Effects of Food Marketing to Kids: I'm Lovin' It?
Author: Eileen Salinsky

Forum Session — July 27, 2006
Canary in the Coal Mine or Crying Wolf? Examining Crowding in America's Emergency Departments
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Issue Brief No. 811 — July 7, 2006
Don't Bring Me Your Tired, Your Poor: The Crowded State of America's Emergency Departments
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Forum Session — June 20, 2006
Health Care for All in Massachusetts: Implications for a Changing Safety Net
Authors: Laura A. Dummit & Lisa Sprague

Forum Session — June 14, 2006
“Mental Health: Progress and Pitfalls,” the Health Affairs Special Issue—A Discussion of Trends in Mental Health Services
Author: Christopher W. Loftis, PhD

Site Visit — April 18–20, 2006
LA Story: Improving Care Management for the Chronically Ill and Chronically Underserved
Authors: Eileen Salinsky & Jessamy Taylor

Special Briefing — April 5, 2006
Improving Care Management in Los Angeles: A Site Visit Overview
Authors: Eileen Salinsky, Jessamy Taylor & Judith D. Moore

Forum Session — March 14, 2006
Caring for “Ryan White”: Balancing Quality, Access, Equity, and Finite Resources
Author: Jessamy Taylor

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

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

Background Paper — August 22, 2005
Caring for "Ryan White": The Fundamentals of HIV/AIDS Treatment Policy
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Issue Brief No. 805 — July 22, 2005
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: Moving Toward More Effective Systems of Care
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Forum Session — July 8, 2005
Parity Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Evaluation of Mental Health Parity Under the FEHB Program
Author: Eileen Salinsky

Issue Brief No. 803 — June 29, 2005
Local Coverage Initiatives: Solution or Band-Aid for the Uninsured?
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Background Paper — June 27, 2005
Children with Special Health Care Needs: Minding the Gaps
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Simulation — June 24, 2005
Walk in My Shoes™: Navigating the Health Care System
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Site Visit — March 29–31, 2005
Exploring California's Rural Health System: From the Redwood Forests to the Baja Border
Authors: Eileen Salinsky & Jessamy Taylor

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

Issue Brief No. 801 — October 26, 2004
The Provider System for Children's Mental Health: Workforce Capacity and Effective Treatment
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Forum Session — September 30, 2004
Community Health Centers: Strategies for Success
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Background Paper — August 31, 2004
Fundamentals of Community Health Centers
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Issue Brief No. 799 — June 4, 2004
Children with Mental Disorders: Making Sense of Their Needs and the Systems That Help Them
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Forum Session — April 2, 2004
Necessary but Not Sufficient? Physician Volunteerism and the Health Care Safety Net
Author: Eileen Salinsky

Issue Brief No. 796 — April 1, 2004
Veterans' Health Care: Balancing Resources and Responsibilities
Author: Lisa Sprague

Background Paper — March 10, 2004
Necessary but Not Sufficient? Physician Volunteerism and the Health Care Safety Net
Author: Eileen Salinsky

Site Visit — February 17–19, 2004
The Health Care Safety Net in South Carolina: A Test of Tenacity
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Randy A. Desonia

Forum Session — November 25, 2003
Expanding Community-Based Care: Is the Olmstead Decision Making a Difference?
Author: Randy A. Desonia

Forum Session — September 29, 2003
Checking the Vital Signs of the Health Care Safety Net
Author: Eileen Salinsky

Forum Session — September 8, 2003
The New Freedom Vision: Transforming the Mental Health System
Author: Eileen Salinsky

Background Paper — August 14, 2003
WIC Reauthorization: Opportunities for Improving the Nutritional Status of Women, Infants, and Children
Authors: Harriette B. Fox, Margaret A. McManus & Harry J. Schmidt, Consultants

Background Paper — July 11, 2003
Obesity in America: A Growing Threat
Authors: Eileen Salinsky & Wakina Scott

Background Paper — June 13, 2003
Improving Oral Health: Promise and Prospects
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum Session — June 6, 2003
Depression in Primary Care: Making Good Care Good Business
Author: Veronica V. Goff, Consultant

Forum Session — May 2, 2003
Reauthorizing Head Start: The Future Federal Role in Preschool Programs for the Poor
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Small-Group Session — April 24, 2003
TANF Redux: Update on Implementation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program in Three Communities.
Author: Randy A. Desonia

Issue Brief No. 789 — April 11, 2003
Reauthorizing Head Start: The Future Federal Role in Preschool Programs for the Poor
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Forum Session — April 9, 2003
"Medicaidization" of Mental Health
Author: Ginger P. Parra

Background Paper — March 12, 2003
Is Community Care a Civil Right? The Unfolding Saga of the Olmstead Decision
Author: Randy A. Desonia

Issue Brief No. 786 — November 22, 2002
Depression: A Decade of Progress, More to Do
Author: Veronica V. Goff, Consultant

Issue Brief No. 780 — July 22, 2002
Federal Child Care Funding for Low-Income Families: How Much Is Needed?
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Forum Session — July 16, 2002
Welfare Reform and American Indians: A Briefing for Policymakers
Authors: Judith D. Moore & Wakina Scott

Issue Brief No. 778 — June 19, 2002
Welfare Reform and American Indians: Critical Issues for Reauthorization
Author: Wakina Scott

Forum Session — March 15, 2002
Promoting Marriage as Welfare Policy: Looking at a Public Role in Private Lives
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Issue Brief No. 771 — March 7, 2002
Welfare Reform and Substance Abuse: Innovative State Strategies
Author: Ginger P. Parra

Site Visit — February 20–22, 2002
Welfare Reform in Maryland: Flexibility in Action
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Judith D. Moore

Issue Brief No. 770 — February 15, 2002
Promoting Marriage as Welfare Policy: Looking at a Public Role in Private Lives
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Site Visit — January 14–16, 2002
Help Before There's Hurt: Integrating Child Welfare and Welfare Reform to Assist Families
Author: Randy A. Desonia

Forum Session — October 23, 2001
Terrorism and Mental Health: Private-Sector Responses and Issues for Policymakers
Author: Veronica V. Goff, Consultant

Site Visit — August 20–22, 2001
Mission Possible? Maintaining the Safety Net in Urban and Rural Colorado
Author: Karen Matherlee

Site Visit — August 6–8, 2001
W-2 in 2001: Wisconsin Works at Welfare Reform
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Randy A. Desonia

Issue Brief No. 766 — July 25, 2001
Income Support Policy and the U.S. Child Support System
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Forum Session — July 25, 2001
Income Support Policy and the U.S. Child Support System
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Forum Session — June 5, 2001
Perspectives on the Financial Underpinnings of the Safety Net: No Margin, No Mission
Author: Richard Hegner

Background Paper — June 2001
Youth Violence Prevention: How Does the Health Care Sector Respond?
Author: Anthony S. Raden, Consultant

Forum Session — May 3, 2001
Perspectives on the Safety Net: Providers and Patients in Jeopardy
Author: Richard Hegner

Site Visit — April 18–20, 2001
TANF and Work Support Services: On the Job in Greater Philadelphia
Authors: Lisa Sprague & Randy A. Desonia

Background Paper — April 2001
The Health Care Safety Net in a Time of Fiscal Pressures
Author: Richard Hegner

Issue Brief No. 761 — March 23, 2001
Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Families: Successes to Date and Challenges Ahead
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Forum Session — March 23, 2001
Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Families: Successes to Date and Challenges Ahead
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Forum Session — September 26, 2000
Bad News/Good News in the Asthma Epidemic: Prevalence Jumps Sharply, But Symptoms Can Be Controlled
Author: Richard Hegner

Background Paper — September 2000
The Asthma Epidemic: Prospects for Controlling an Escalating Public Health Crisis
Author: Richard Hegner

Issue Brief No. 757 — July 11, 2000
Outpatient Commitment in Mental Health: Is Coercion the Price of Community Services?
Author: Coimbra Sirica, Consultant

Forum Session — July 11, 2000
Outpatient Commitment in Mental Health: Is Coercion the Price of Community Services?
Author: Richard Hegner

Issue Brief No. 754 — April 14, 2000
Dispelling the Myths and Stigma of Mental Illness: The Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
Author: Richard Hegner

Forum Session — April 14, 2000
Dispelling the Myths and Stigma of Mental Illness: The Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
Author: Richard Hegner

Background Paper — April 2000
Applying Science to Public Policy: The Context of the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
Author: Richard Hegner

Forum Session — February 22, 2000
Growing Up in Urban America: Implications for Child Health and Welfare
Author: Richard Hegner

Site Visit — January 11–14, 2000
Site Visit to Arizona — Managed Medicaid: Arizona's AHCCCS Experience
Authors: Nora Super, Lisa Sprague & Judith D. Moore

Issue Brief No. 746 — September 13, 1999
The Nursing Center in Concept and Practice: Delivery and Financing Issues in Serving Vulnerable People
Author: Karen Matherlee

Forum Session — September 13, 1999
The Nursing Center in Concept and Practice: Delivery and Financing Issues in Serving Vulnerable People
Author: Karen Matherlee

Issue Brief No. 745 — July 20, 1999
Mental Health Coverage Parity: Separating Wheat from Chaff
Author: Karl Polzer

Forum Session — July 20, 1999
Mental Health Coverage Parity: Separating Wheat from Chaff
Author: Karl Polzer

Issue Brief No. 737 — April 15, 1999
Substance Abuse Prevention: Could an Improved D.A.R.E. Program Help Bridge the Gap between Research and Practice?
Author: Coimbra Sirica, Consultant

Forum Session — April 15, 1999
Substance Abuse Prevention: Could an Improved D.A.R.E. Program Help Bridge the Gap between Research and Practice?
Author: Coimbra Sirica, Consultant

Issue Brief No. 732 — February 26, 1999
Welfare Reform and Its Impact on Medicaid: An Update
Author: Judith D. Moore

Forum Session — February 26, 1999
Welfare Reform and Its Impact on Medicaid: An Update
Author: Judith D. Moore

Site Visit — October 27–30, 1998
Site Visit to Utah and Nevada — Essential Community Health Services on the Frontier
Authors: Karen Matherlee & Michael Anzick

Site Visit — May 26–28,1998
Site Visit to New Jersey — State and County Experiences with Welfare Reform and Access to Health Care
Authors: Michael Anzick & Richard Hegner

Issue Brief No. 718 — April 14, 1998
Dual Diagnoses: The Challenge of Serving People with Concurrent Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Problems
Author: Richard Hegner

Forum Session — April 14, 1998
Dual Diagnoses: The Challenge of Serving People with Concurrent Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Problems
Author: Richard Hegner

Issue Brief No. 717 — April 3, 1998
Increasing the Federal Cigarette Tax: A Means of Reducing Consumption?
Authors: Lauren Tran & Richard Hegner

Forum Session — April 3, 1998
Increasing the Federal Cigarette Tax: A Means of Reducing Consumption?
Authors: Lauren Tran & Richard Hegner

Site Visit — March 30–31, 1998
Site Visit to Philadelphia — Providing Community-Based Primary Care: Nursing Centers, CHCs, and Other Initiatives
Author: Karen Matherlee

Issue Brief No. 716 — March 25, 1998
Restructuring the VA Health Care System: Safety Net, Training, and Other Considerations
Author: Barbara Skydell

Forum Session — March 25, 1998
Restructuring the VA Health Care System: Safety Net, Training, and Other Considerations
Author: