State Specific Strategies

The National Conference of State Legislatures' (NCSL) has created a new state legislators' check list for health reform implementation.

A summary of the many state legislatures and governors that are setting up the infrastructure for implementing the new federal health reform law.

States are developing strategies, timelines and action plans for implementing the ACA as well as conducting analysis on the impact that the law will have on state programs and budgets.

A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis on the potential costs and savings that the ACA could generate for state budgets that are currently in a shortfall after the recession.

The Vermont Blueprint for Health is a statewide public-private initiative aimed at transforming health care delivery, improving health outcomes, and enabling the citizens of Vermont to recieve seemless, coordinated care.

Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, located in upstate New York, introdiced a risk-adjusted capitated payment model in three pilot provider practices to establish patient-centered medical homes.

States continue struggling to find ways to close budget deficit gaps that have resulted from an unprecedented drop in revenues during the recession while facing an increase in the number of people applying for Medicaid after losing their jobs and employer-sponsored coverage. Coverage levels in public programs have remained stable as a result of the temporary Medicaid fiscal relief provided to states through June 2011 provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which has required states to maintain their Medicaid and CHIP eligibility rules and enrollment procedures until broader health reform goes into effect. Given the impending loss of the temporary federal funding provided by ARRA, states continue to develop ways to overhaul their Medicaid programs in order to generate savings and, ultimately, close budget gaps.