News: June 12, 2012 Headlines

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting Presentations Webinar on Medicaid Growth New Health System Measurement Project California HealthCare Foundation Brief Describes Benefits of Data Transparency UCLA Fact Sheet Describes American Indian and Alaska Native Diabetes Prevalence Urban Institute Report on Washington Basic Health Program Report

Announcements
AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting Presentations
SHADAC researchers will present at AcademyHealths Annual Research Meeting, June 23-26 in Orlando, FL. Stop by SHADAC's booth (#207) and pick up our latest publications. Or better yet, come to our presentations: Saturday, June 23: State Health Research and Policy (SHRP) Interest Group Meeting

Julie Sonier, "Modeling the Impacts of the ACA on Health Insurance Coverage: A new tool for states."

Brett Fried, "Improving Estimates of the Population Eligible for Coverage under the Affordable Care Act by Combining Data from National Surveys."

Our highlighted Resources

Developing an Evaluation Framework for the Affordable Care Act Lessons from the State Health Access Program (SHAP) A Comparative Analysis of Health Policy Microsimulation Models

Donna Spencer, "State-Level Analyses of the NHIS to Support Implementation and Evaluation of Health Reform."

Joanna Turner, "Evaluating Changes to the Health Insurance Questions in the Current Population Survey: State implications."

Saturday, June 23: Gender and Health Interest Group

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Meeting

Gilbert Gonzales, "State Variation in Health Insurance Coverage for Same-Sex Couples: Results from the American Community Survey."

Sunday, June 24: New Data and Innovative Methods for ACA Analysis session, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Oceanic 5)

Kathleen Call, "Monitoring Health Reform Efforts: Which State Level Data to Use?" Julie Sonier, "Modeling the Impacts of the ACA on Health Insurance Coverage: A New Tool for States."

Monday, June 25: Poster Session C, 6:45 PM - 8:15 PM

Brett Fried, "Improving Estimates of the Population Eligible for Coverage under the Affordable Care Act by Combining Data from National Surveys."

There will also be several presentations of SHARE-funded research at ARM. SHARE presentations include: Saturday, June 23: State Health Research and Policy (SHRP) Interest Group Meeting

Derek DeLia, Associate Professor at the Rutgers University Center for State Health Policy, will present "Did the Affordable Care Act's Dependent coverage Provision Expand Health Insurance Coverage for Young Adults?"

Ian Hill, Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute, will present "Louisiana Breaks New Ground: The Nation's First Use of Automatic Enrollment through Express Lane Eligibility."

Monday, June 25: Impact of Reform Initiatives - Early Evidence (Oceanic 3), 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Joel Cantor, Director of the Rutgers University Center for State Health Policy, will present "Did the Affordable Care Act's Dependent Coverage Provision Expand Health Insurance Coverage for Young Adults?" This analysis has been invited for

publication in the ARM 2012 special issue of Health Services Research.

Resources
State Refor(u)m Webinar on Medicaid Growth
State Refor(u)m will host the webinar, "States Prepare for Medicaid's Growth Spurt" on June 20 at 2:30PM EDT featuring officials from three states: Nathan Johnson, Medicaid Policy Manager, Washington Health Care Authority; Elena Nicolella, Medicaid Director, Rhode Island Department of Human Services; and Julie Weinberg, Director, New Mexico Human Services Department. Registration is free and open to the public at this link.

New Health System Measurement Project

The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new web-based portal of health measurements. The Health System Measurement Project provides data from government resources on U.S. health system indicators. Several state-level indicators are available, including coverage, employer-offer, usual source of care, delayed care due to cost, and more.

News from the States

California HealthCare Foundation Describes Benefits of Data Transparency
The California HealthCare Foundation released "Buried Treasure: Freeing California Data to Improve Health Care." The authors describe data transparency initiatives instituted by the Department of Health and Human Services and reviews efforts by New York and New Hampshire to share data through programs such as the all-payer claims database. The authors conclude with five suggestions for California to share health data that they argue will improve health care in the state.

UCLA Fact Sheet Describes American Indian and Alaska Native Diabetes Prevalence
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research released "American Indian and Alaska Native Diabetes: Critical Information for Researchers and Policy-Makers." Using data from the 2009 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), researchers describe diabetes prevalence among American Indian and Alaska Native populations, including risk factors and access to care barriers in California, the state with the largest number of AIANs and where 16% of this population has diabetes. The authors also recommend key steps to ensure comprehensive and culturally appropriate interventions in affected communities.

Urban Institute Report on Washington Basic Health Program Report

The Urban Institute released "The ACA Basic Health Program in Washington State." Using the Washington State Population Survey (WSPS) and results from the Urban Institutes Health Insurance Policy Simulation Model (HIPSM), researchers estimated eligibility, enrollment, and costs for a Basic Health Program (BHP) for Washington State under the rules defined in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Among the findings, researchers estimate that more than 160,000 Washington residents would be eligible for BHP.

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