Posts tagged with: Issue Brief

Building Behavioral Health System Capacity

March 13, 2025

This report analyzes strategies to build and expand the capacity of the behavioral health delivery system by identifying policy and operational approaches that help sustain and grow specialized behavioral health facilities and programs, such as opioid treatment programs, community-based mental health centers, intensive outpatient programs, and inpatient psychiatric units.

Access to Behavioral Health Care, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Clearing the Path: Streamlining Enrollment in Covered California for Californians Transitioning from Medi-Cal

August 1, 2024

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Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Understanding Federal and State Levers to Address Provider Consolidation

February 10, 2024

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Corporatization of Health Care, Costs and Competition, Provider Costs and Billing Reform

coverage and access, Issue Brief

The Good, The Bad, The Costly: State Efforts to Reform Prior Authorization Practices

February 9, 2024

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Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage, Patient and Consumer Support

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Enforcing Mental Health Parity: State Options to Improve Access to Care

February 8, 2024

This issue brief describes state policy efforts to strengthen enforcement of mental health parity laws and expand access to care, including by combining existing enforcement tools with new strategies like reviewing access data and insurers’ benefit determination processes.

Behavioral Health Coverage, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

If Expanded Federal Premium Tax Credits Expire, State Affordability Programs Won’t Be Enough to Stem Widespread Coverage Losses

February 6, 2024

This analysis finds that state-funded subsidies cannot offset cost increases and coverage losses if enhanced federal ACA premium tax credits expire.

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Understanding and Mitigating Behavioral Health Workforce Shortages

February 5, 2024

This report examines strategies to understand and mitigate behavioral health workforce shortages in the United States by analyzing state-level efforts to expand and support the supply, training, and distribution of behavioral health providers to improve access to care.

Access to Behavioral Health Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Enhancing Essential Health Benefits: How States Are Updating Benchmark Plans to Improve Coverage

February 4, 2024

This issue brief describes how states are updating ACA benchmark plans to expand covered benefits and improve consumer protections.

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: A Case Study Analysis of Columbia County, Arkansas

February 14, 2023

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Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

No Surprises Act: Perspectives on the Status of Consumer Protections Against Balance Billing

February 13, 2023

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Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage, Provider Costs and Billing Reform

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations, Case Study Analysis: Detroit, Michigan

February 12, 2023

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Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

The Basic Health Program: Considerations for States and Lessons from New York and Minnesota

February 11, 2023

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations, Case Study Analysis: Kanawha County, West Virginia

February 10, 2023

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Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Mixed Results: State Employee Health Plans Face Challenges, Find Opportunities to Contain Cost Growth

February 9, 2023

Costs and Competition, Employer-sponsored Insurance

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Regulating Outpatient Facility Fees: States Are Leading the Way to Protect Consumer

February 8, 2023

Costs and Competition

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Protecting Patients from Unexpected Outpatient Facility Fees: States on the Precipice of Broader Reform

February 7, 2023

This report examines how outpatient facility fee costs drive up consumer and health system costs, analyzes state laws and policymaker responses across 11 states, and proposes policies to protect patients and reform outpatient facility fee billing practices.

Costs and Competition, Provider Costs and Billing Reform

coverage and access, Issue Brief

The Perfect Storm: Misleading Marketing of Limited Benefit Products Continues as Millions Losing Medicaid Search for New Coverage

February 6, 2023

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage, Patient and Consumer Support

coverage and access, Issue Brief

State Protections Against Medical Debt: A Look at Policies Across the U.S.

February 5, 2023

Costs and Competition, Medical Debt

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Uneven Ground: Differences in Language Access Across State-Based Marketplaces

February 4, 2023

This issue brief analyzes variation in language access policies across state-based marketplaces and their implications for equitable coverage access.

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Looking Under the Hood: Enhanced Health Insurance Rate Review to Improve Affordability

February 3, 2023

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Costs and Competition, Provider Costs and Billing Reform

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Improving Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: A Review of Findings from Five Case Studies and Recommendations

February 2, 2023

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Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Policy Innovations in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces

February 1, 2023

This issue brief describes how state-run ACA marketplaces are using flexibility to adopt policies designed to reduce administrative burdens, help consumers navigate health plan options, require or incentivize insurer participation, and reduce health and coverage disparities.

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

The Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Primary Care Access for Underserved Populations: An Assessment of the Literature

February 11, 2022

Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Preparing for the Biggest Coverage Event Since the Affordable Care Act

February 10, 2022

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Access to Services in Medicaid and the Marketplaces

February 9, 2022

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Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

The End of the Public Health Emergency Will Prompt Massive Transitions in Health Insurance Coverage: How State Insurance Regulators Can Prepare

February 8, 2022

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

What Four States Are Doing to Advance Health Equity in Marketplace Insurance Plans

February 7, 2022

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: A Case Study Analysis of Grant County, New Mexico

February 6, 2022

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Access to Primary Care, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing and Supporting State Employee Health Plans’ Cost Containment Initiatives: Final Report

February 5, 2022

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Costs and Competition, Employer-sponsored Insurance

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: A Case Study Analysis of Baltimore City, Maryland

February 4, 2022

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Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

States Struggle to Ensure Equal Access to Behavioral Health Services Amid Mental Health Crisis

February 3, 2022

Behavioral Health Coverage, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

State-Based Marketplace Outreach Strategies for Boosting Health Plan Enrollment of the Uninsured

February 2, 2022

This issue brief presents findings from a survey of state-based ACA marketplaces regarding advertising, outreach and enrollment strategies for open enrollment.

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

U.S. Health Insurance Coverage and Financing

February 1, 2022

Costs and Competition

coverage and access, Issue Brief