Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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"The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans. Our efforts focus on improving both the health of everyone in America and their health care—how it's delivered, how it's paid for, and how well it does for patients and their families." Web site: http://www.rwjf.org/ [1] City: Princeton State: New Jersey Types of Research: Active Living College Alcohol eHealth Healthcare in Schools Health e-Technologies Health System Change Healthy Youth Behavior Improving Chronic Illness Care Substance Abuse Policy Tobacco Funding Areas: Childhood Obesity Health Insurance Coverage Human Capital Pioneer Portfolio Quality/Equality Vulnerable Populations Products and Resources: Program Areas [2] Publications and Research [3]
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Disease management: findings from leading state programs.
Disease management programs are designed to contain costs by improving health among the chronically ill. More than 20 states are now engaged in developing and implementing Medicaid disease management programs for their primary care case management and fee-for-service populations.
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Policymakers in several states have introduced legislation to establish GPAs for small businesses. Earlier this year, H.R. 660 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and S. 545 was introduced in the Senate. These bills seek to establish federally regulated association health plans (AHPs; these are one type of GPA). President George W. Bush has actively promoted similar proposals.
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ance as a strategy to maintain or increase health insurance coverage. SCI’s October 2004 Issue Brief, The Role of Reinsurance in State Efforts to Expand Coverage, concluded that reinsurance programs must be built carefully in order to achieve this goal. This In Focus is designed as a supplemental technical guide for state policymakers who are interested in using reinsurance to expand or maintai...
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J. Michael McGinnis, National Academy of Medicine; Donald M. Berwick, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; The Honorable Thomas A. Daschle, The Daschle Group; Angela Diaz, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine; Harvey V. Fineberg, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; The Honorable William H. Frist, Vanderbilt University; Atul Gawande, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Neal Halfon, University of Calif...
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