Using 21st-Century Information Technology to Help Eligible People Receive Health Coverage: State and Local Case Studies
October 2008

Informing the Debate: Are Single Specialty Hospitals More Cost Efficient than Full-Service Hospitals?
October 2008

The Medicaid Undercount: Real or Perceived Bias in Estimates of Coverage in General Population Surveys?
September 2008

Improving Access to Improve Quality: Evaluation of an Organizational Innovation
August 2008

Can a Sales Tax on Medical Services Help Fund State Coverage Expansions?
July 2008

Surviving the Perfect Storm: Impacts of Benefit Reductions and Increased Cost Sharing in a Medicaid Program
July 2008

The Individual Insurance Market: A Building Block for Health Care Reform?
May 2008

Consumer-Preparedness for Long-Term Care
April 2008

Assessing the Impact of Coverage Gaps in the Medicare Part D Drug Benefit
April 2008

The Impact of Hospital Ownership: Looking for Consistency Among Conflicting Findings
February 2008

Measuring the Value of Public Health Systems
January 2008

Marketing State Insurance Coverage Programs: Experiences from Four States
November 2007

Geographic Variation in Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Utilization: What is the Role of Physician Practice Patterns?
November 2007

Consumer Choice in the Health Insurance and Provider Markets: A Look at the Evidence Thus Far
October 2007

Choice in Medical Care: When Should the Consumer Decide?
October 2007

The Current and Future Role of Consumers in Making Treatment Decisions
October 2007

Navigating Health Care: Why It’s So Hard and What Can Be Done to Make It Easier for the Average Consumer
October 2007

The Elusive Health Care Consumer: What Will It Take to Activate Patients?
October 2007

Improving Quality Health Care: The Role of Consumer Engagement
October 2007

Medicare Advantage and the Impact of Medicare HMOs on Inpatient Utilization
October 2007

Early Experiences with Federal Health Insurance Tax Credits
September 2007

Financial Relief: The Effect of State Mental Health Parity Laws on Families of Children with Mental Health Care Needs
August 2007

Automatic Enrollment Strategies: Helping State Coverage Expansions Achieve Their Goals
August 2007

Meeting the Future Long-Term Care Needs of the Baby Boomers
July 2007

Affordable Clustered Housing-Care: A Viable Alternative for Long-Term Care in a Residential Setting?
June 2007

Physician Payment: Is There a Better Way to Pay?
May 2007

Investment Returns and Size of Damage Caps Impact Rising Cost of Malpractice Premiums
April 2007

Pharmacogenomics: an Assessment of Market Conditions and Competition
March 2007

ERISA Update: Federal Court of Appeals Agrees ERISA Preempts Maryland’s “Fair Share Act”
Prepared for AcademyHealth and the National Academy for State Health Policy
Patricia A. Butler, JD, DrPH
February 2007

Regional PPOs in Medicare: What are the Prospects
February 2007

Design of a Pharmacy Benefit for Low-Income Seniors: Lessons from State Pharmacy Assistance Programs
January 2007

A Sustainable Future?: The Role of Premium Subsidies in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans
January 2007

Medical Malpractice: Strengthening The Evidence Base
December 2006

Oklahoma Employer/Employee Partnership for Insurance Coverage (O-EPIC)
November 2006

Who Decides: Do Individual Physicians in Group Practices Have Discretion Over Acceptance of New Medicaid Patients?
November 2006

HSR Impact: The Business Case for Nurse Staffing
March 2006

New Mexico State Coverage Insurance
March 2006
SCI recently talked with Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., secretary, Human Services Department, about New Mexico State Coverage Insurance.

"Bridging the Gap: The Role of Individual Health Insurance Coverage," AcademyHealth, Vol. IX, No. 1, February 2006.

Turning Medicaid Beneficiaries into Purchasers of Health Care: Critical Success Factors for Medicaid Consumer-Directed Health Purchasing
January 2006
Charles Milligan, Cynthia Woodcock, and Alice Burton

Managed Care for Children in Medicaid: Some Good News, but Not a Cure-All
November 2005 (HCFO)
Susan Edwards

West Virginia Small Business Plan
Fall 2005 (SCI)
SCI talks with Sonia Chambers, chair of the West Virginia Health Care Authority, and Sally Richardson, executive director of the Institute for Health Policy Research at West Virginia University, about the West Virginia Small Business Plan.

State Pharmacy Assistance Programs vs. Medicare Prescription Drug Plans: How Do They Contain Rising Costs?
October 2005 (HCFO)
Sarah Goodell, Jack Hoadley, Ellen O’Brien, and Claudia Williams

Risk Selection in Employer-Sponsored Managed Care Plans
September 2005 (HCFO)
Monica Marchetta

State Pharmacy Assistance Programs at a Crossroads: How Will They Respond to the Medicare Drug Benefit
Claudia Williams, Sarah Goodell, Jack Hoadley, Ellen O’Brien, and Matt Kanter
July 2005 (HCFO)

Health Savings Accounts as a Tool for Market Change
Monica Marchetta and Deborah Rogal
June 2005 (HCFO: Vol. VIII, No. 4)

More Answers on Reinsurance
Donald Cohn, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, and Deborah Chollet
June 2005 (SCI: Vol. VI, No. 2)

Profiles in Coverage: Maine Dirigo
May 2005
SCI talks with Trish Riley, director of the Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance, about Dirigo.

State and Community Collaboration: Lessons from the Communities in Charge Program and Other Local Initiatives
Isabel Friedenzohn and Terry Stoller
April 2005 (SCI: Vol. VI, No. 1)

Structure of Hospital Networks in California Affects Pricing
LeAnne DeFrancesco
April 2005 (HCFO: Vol. VIII, No. 3)

Managed Care Mandates Fall Short of Curbing California Medicaid Costs
Bonnie Austin, J.D.
March 2005 (HCFO: Vol. VIII, No. 2)

Evaluating Promising New Treatments for Life-Threatening Disease: Implications of the HDC/ABMT Experience for Treating Breast Cancer
Susan Edwards
January 2005 (HCFO: Vol. VIII, No. 1)

Profiles in Coverage: Healthy New York
January 2005
Governor George E. Pataki (R) and Insurance Superintendent Gregory V. Serio answer questions about the program.

Managed Care Does Not Appear to Have a Spillover Effect on the Quality of Diabetes Care for Medicare Patients
Susan Edwards
December 2004 (HCFO: Vol. VII, No. 7)

Ethical Guidelines: Managing Conflicts of Interest in Health Services Research
December 2004

Using Health Research in Policy and Practice: Case Studies from Nine Countries
Ray Moynihan (Co-Published with AcademyHealth)
October 2004
In this report, Ray Moynihan, an experienced journalist, describes collaboration between researchers and users of their skills and findings in nine countries. Moynihan introduces the report by briefly recapitulating controversial issues in the application of knowledge derived from research to policy and practice. He concludes by describing common themes in the nine stories.

Mental Health Care Disparities Among Youths Vary by State
Laura McDaniel and Susan Edwards
October 2004 (HCFO: Vol. VII, No. 6)

HSR Impact: Health Care Worker Safety
October 2004

The Role of Reinsurance in State Efforts to Expand Coverage
Deborah Chollet, Ph.D.
October 2004 (SCI: Vol. V, No. 4)

Health Savings Accounts: Issues and Implementation Decisions for States
Mila Kofman, J.D.
September 2004 (SCI: Vol. V, No. 3)

Pharmaceutical Formularies: The Right Formula for Cost and Utilization?
Bonnie Austin, J.D.
August 2004 (HCFO: Vol. VII, No. 5)

ERISA Update: The Supreme Court Texas Decision and Other Recent Developments
Patricia Butler
August 2004 (SCI: Vol. V, No. 2)

Limited-Benefit Policies: Public and Private-Sector Experiences
Isabel Friedenzohn
July 2004 (SCI: Vol. V, No. 1)

Children in Foster and Kinship Care at Risk for Inadequate Health Care Coverage and Access
Robert Kornegay
July 2004 (HCFO: Vol. VII, Issue 4)

Safety Net 'Crowding Out' Private Health Insurance for Childless Adults
LeAnne DeFrancesco
June 2004 (HCFO: Vol. VII, Issue 3)

HSR Impact: Diabetes Management
April 2004

HSR Impact: Quality and Safety
March 2004

Pregnant and Poor: Did Medicaid and Welfare Policy Changes Improve Care for these Women as Intended?
Deborah Rogal
March 2004 (HCFO: Vol. VII, Issue 2)

State Variation in Insurance Laws a Major Driver of Employers’ Self-Insurance Decisions
LeAnne DeFrancesco
February 2004 (HCFO: Vol. VII, No. 1)