State Resources

Oregon has submitted a waiver amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval to implement the Coordinated Care Organization (CCOs) program.

This report contains the initial results of the New York Department of Financial Services investigation of surprise medical bills

This report reviews Minnesota's Statewide Health Improvement Program's (SHIP) first two years that ended June 30, 2011.

The California Health Benefit Exchange released a Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide Project Management and Technical Support
Consulting Services to assist state project staff during the Design, Development and Implementation (DDI) of the California Healthcare
Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention System (CalHEERS).

The Colorado Health Benefit Exchange (COHBE) submitted a Progress Report to the General Assembly and Governor in January 2012.

Oregon Governor,  John Kitzhaber, signed into law a bill (S.B. 1580)  implementing coordinated care organizations (CCOs) that are intended to oversee the integration of physical, dental, and mental health services for more than 600,000 Medicaid members.

Maine's Governor, Paul LePage, has signed into law a compromise supplemental budget (L.D. 1816) that freezes new Medicaid enrollment for childless adults and phases in cutbacks on low-income parents.

The Minnesota Department of Commerce is requesting proposals for contracting with a vendor or vendors to develop market research, branding and public relations for a Health Insurance Exchange. Work is proposed to start April 2012.

Minnesota's Health Care Reform Task Force Workforce Work Group is seeking input about potential strategies for addressing workforce issues in health care sectors, including primary care, dental health, long-term care, mental health and substance abuse.

The Colorado Division of Insurance's annual report to the legislature on the cost of insurance for Coloradans reports that eighty-one percent of the health insurance premiums collected in 2010 by Colorado carriers went directly to the cost of providing health care services, up from just under 77 percent in 2009.