Strategic Planning & Timelines

A longitudinal study of heath care consumers that aims to  provide a comprehensive view of health care consumerism that goes beyond the conventional boundaries of what health and health care are commonly thought to encompass.

According to the Association of American Medical colleges, there will be approximately 28 percent more first-year med students in 2015 than in 2002.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces the nation's first Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy.

This National Academy for State Health Policy briefing highlights key lessons learned in building stronger or more effective relationships between state officials and consumer advocates and ways in which these groups can work together as health care reform implementation proceeds at the state level.

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission released their June report that presents a baseline description of managed care in Medicaid.

Timelines of schedules for implementing the provions of the ACA by quarter.

On May 26, 2011 Governor Bev Perdue signed into law H.B. 578, which amended previously enacted S.B. 323, measures that will transfer oversight of the state health plan from the Legislature to the state Treasurer's Office, and implement a number of other changes aimed at cost savings.

The Department of Health and Human Services June 2 released updated federal match rates for state Medicaid programs for the period Jan. 1 through June 30.

A report from the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officials.

An issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation explains the new rules governing the way that states determine eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP under health reform, and specifically the changes in how income and household size are defined in order to determine eligibility for those programs as well as for the Exchange premium credits.