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National Health Policy Forum

Safety Net

Delivery System & Financing

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

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

Forum SessionJune 11, 2010
Incorporating Innovations in Health Care: Workforce Implications
Author: Lisa Sprague

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

Forum SessionMay 7, 2010
Focus on Reform: Medicaid Coverage Expansions
Author: Christie Provost Peters

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

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

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

The BasicsMarch 10, 2010
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Author: Jessamy Taylor

The BasicsAugust 26, 2009
Medicaid Waivers and Budget Neutrality
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The BasicsJuly 30, 2008
Medicaid and SCHIP Waivers
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Forum SessionSeptember 30, 2004
Community Health Centers: Strategies for Success
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Background PaperAugust 31, 2004
Fundamentals of Community Health Centers
Author: Jessamy Taylor

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

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

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

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

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

Background PaperJune 13, 2003
Improving Oral Health: Promise and Prospects
Author: Jennifer Ryan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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