Reports & Analysis

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

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

The KFF report outlines how advanced payment for health insurance subsidies will work under the ACA and examines issues related to potential tax liability for individuals whose income might change during the year.

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.

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.

Martin's Point Health Care is improving patient care for those with chronic diseases by reorganizing practices into patient-centered "care teams."

Bellin Health takes a "life-and-health cycle" approach that stresses prevention and minimizing the liklihood that patients who use the system will ever need costly acute, inpatient care.

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.

This paper examines the definition and prevalence of self-insured health plans, the application of PPACA provisions to these plans, and
the possible effects on the broader health insurance market, should many more employers decide to self-insure.