State Forums Partnership Program

Forums by Topic 2000-2008

Children's Health and Mental Health

• Youth in Texas (TX, 2000)
• The State of Children's Health Insurance (KS, 2001)
• Children's Mental Health in the Commonwealth (MA, 2002)
• Children's Mental Health Services in Texas (TX, 2002)

Disabilities

• Creating Choices: Serving Older Adults and Other Adults with Disabilities in Tennessee (TN, 2005)

The Environment & Our Health

• Connecting the Dots: The Relationship Between Our Environment and Our Health (TN, 2004)
• Spreading the Word: Air Pollution and Health (TN, 2004)

General Health Policy

• Massachusetts Health Policy Student Forum (MA, 2001)
• Post Election '02: Back to the Future of Health Policy (MA, 2002)
• Hot Health Policy Issues for State Policymakers. What's New and Different in 2002 (NJ, 2002)
• Second Annual Massachusetts Health Policy Forum (MA, 2002)
• Third Annual Massachusetts Health Policy Student Forum (MA, 2003)
• Wisconsin's State Health Plan: Lessons Learned (WI, 2003)
• The Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Implications for North Dakota Tribes (ND, 2004)
• Health Care as a Post-Election Issue in 2004 (MA, 2004)
• 2005 Hot Health Policy Issues for State Policymakers (NJ, 2005)
• The State of Health Care: A Few Indicators and Current Issues (TX, 2005)
• Navigating the Medical Marketplace: Do Consumers Have the Information They Need? (WA, 2005)
• Local Public Health at the Crossroads: The Structure of Health Departments in Rural Areas (KS, 2006)
• The Health Policy Landscape: 2007 and Beyond (NJ, 2007)
• The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Fifteen Years of Issue Briefs from New Jersey Policy Forums (NJ, 2008)

Health Care Conversions

• Health Care Consolidations & Conversions (KS, 2002)

Health Care Costs and Financing

• NJ Public Health Financing in a Changing Environment: Implications for Policymakers (NJ, 2000)
• Medicaid: Closing the Budget Gap (WA, 2002)
• Rising Health Care Costs (WI, 2003)
• Health Care Spending Growth and State Policy Options (KS, 2003)
• Is the Health Care System Sustainable in Rural Kansas? (KS, 2004)
• Funding Cuts to Public Health in Massachusetts: Losses over Gains (MA, 2004)
• The New MassHealth Waiver: How Will it Affect Health Care in the Commonwealth? (MA, 2005)
• Prioritizing Prevention Investments (WI, 2005)
• Health Care Data Collection & Reporting: Models for Public-Private Partnerships (WI, 2005)
• Who's Really Paying? Options for Reducing the Costs of Uncompensated Health Care (TN, 2005)

Health Care Quality Assessment

• An Analysis of Initiative 99-4 (MA, 2000)
• Calming the Perfect Storm – Current Health Care Quality Initiatives (NJ, 2002)
• Understanding MassHealth: Dispelling Myths and Preserving Progress (MA, 2002)
• Quality Measurement for Healthcare Purchasing (WI, 2003)

Health Care Safety Net

• The Uncompensated Care Pool: Saving the Safety Net (MA, 2002)
• Texas Health Care Safety Net (TX, 2002)
• An Overview of Charity Care in New Jersey - Past, Present and Future (NJ, 2004)

Health Care Workforce Issues

• Health Care Workforce Issues In Massachusetts (MA, 2000)
• The Nursing Workforce Shortage: Impacts on Health and Medical Care (NJ, 2001)
• Collaborative Workgroup Discussion on NJ Nursing Workforce Shortage (NJ, 2001)
• The Changing Health Care Workforce in Texas: Resources vs. Needs (TX, 2004)
• Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality (MA, 2005)
• Disease Prevention: A Job for Employers? (WA, 2005)

Health Insurance Coverage Strategies

• The Future of Employer-Based Health Insurance (NJ, 2000)
• Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage Part II: Regulatory Issues (NJ, 2003)
• Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage Part III: Issues and Trends (NJ, 2003)
• The Status of NJ's Employer-Based Health Insurance Coverage (NJ, 2003)
• Dirigo Health - A Universal Care Coverage Plan in Maine: Implications for Massachusetts (MA, 2003)
• Everybody in the Pool! (WA, 2003)
• Health Care Savings Accounts: Opportunities and Trade-Offs (WA, 2004)
• Improving Health Care Quality While Curbing Costs: How Effective are Consumer HSAs and Pay for Performance (WI, 2005)
• Universal Health Care in Massachusetts: Implications for New Jersey, (NJ, 2006)

HIV/AIDS and Contagious Diseases

• HIV/AIDS in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Historical Trends and Policies for the Future (MA, 2004)

Hospitals, Emergency Departments, and Capacity

• Emergency Department Overcrowding in Massachusetts: Making Room In Our Hospitals (MA, 2001)
• Emergency & Trauma Care in Texas (TX, 2001)

Medical Malpractice Liability

• Medical Errors & Patient Safety in Massachusetts: What is the Role of the Commonwealth (MA, 2000)
• Professional Liability Issues in Medical Error Reporting (MA, 2001)
• The Medical Malpractice Insurance in 2002: Crisis or Opportunity for NJ Policymakers (NJ, 2002)
• Making The Connection: The Link Between Malpractice Liability And Improved Health (TN, 2004)
• Breaking the Logjam on Medical Liability Reform (WA, 2004)

Medicare, Long-Term Care, Elderly Care and End-of-Life Issues

• Texas Long Term Care Facilities and the Liability Issue (TX, 2000)
• Implications for the Future of Long-Term Care (KS, 2001)
• Financing Long-Term Care Services for Elderly Kansans (KS, 2002)
• Physician, Hospital & Long-Term Care (TX, 2002)
• Keeping Elders Home (MA, 2002)
• The Medicare Reform Act: What are the Consequences for Kansas? (KS, 2004)
• Financing Long-Term Care in New Jersey and Across the Nation (NJ, 2005)
• In the End: Public Policy and Personal Decision Making about Death (TN, 2005)
• Long-Term Care in New Jersey – Part II: From Medicaid Reform to Balancing Federal, State and Personal Responsibility (NJ, 2005)
• Implementation of Medicare Part D in New Jersey (NJ, 2005)
• Medicaid Prescription Drug Coverage Primer (TX, 2006)

Mental Health and Behavioral Health

• Illness & Substance Abuse (TN, 2003)
• Suicide in North Dakota: A Dialogue across State and Tribal Boundaries (ND, 2005)
• Substance Abuse Treatment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Gaps, Consequences and Solutions (MA, 2005)

Obesity and Nutrition

• Nutrition & Fitness in Texas Schools (TX, 2001)
• Inventory of Major School Nutrition & Physical Activity Programs and Initiatives (WA, 2003)
• The Obesity Epidemic: Can Public Policy Play a Role? (KS, 2003)
• An Ounce of Prevention (WI, 2003)

Prescription Drugs

• Limited Access and High Costs. What Can NJ Do About Prescription Drugs? (NJ, 2001)
• Prescription Drugs: Options for Increasing Access (KS, 2002)
• A Hard Pill to Swallow: Options for Reducing Prescription Drug Costs (TN, 2005)

Public Health Emergency and Bioterrorism Preparedness

• Bioterrorism Preparedness (TX, 2001)
• Domestic Preparedness in the Age of Terrorism: The Role of Public Health (NJ, 2002)
• Domestic Preparedness in the Age of Terrorism: The Role of Emergency Responders (NJ, 2002)
• Public Health & Emergency Preparedness Systems & Resources: Issues and Status in 2004 (NJ, 2004)
• Public Health & Emergency Preparedness Systems & Resources: Part II (NJ, 2004)

Racial & Ethnic Health Care Disparities

• Eliminating Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities: Opportunities and Challenges (MA, 2001)

The Uninsured

• Reaching Out to the Uninsured: NJ's Initiatives to Expand Coverage (NJ, 2000)
• The Uninsured In Texas (TX, 2000)
• Coverage Initiatives and Programs for NJ's Uninsured (NJ, 2003)
• North Dakota's Uninsured and Uncompensated Care: Costs and Coverage Options (ND, 2004)