White Papers

10.20.20

Dear Future President—What Women Want for Healthcare in America

Women are economic and political powerhouses, with the ability to shape economies and sway elections.




10.06.20

Tracking Medicaid Enrollment Growth During COVID-19 Databook

As much of the nation’s economic activity ground to a halt at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people lost their jobs and many also lost their job-based healthcare coverage.




10.05.20

Federal Declarations and Flexibilities Supporting Medicaid and CHIP COVID-19 Response Efforts

To help states respond to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the White House, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have invoked their emergency powers.




10.05.20

COVID-19 Relief Needed to Keep Medicaid Community-Based Providers Afloat

As part of its COVID-19 response, Congress established the $175 billion Provider Relief Fund under the CARES Act to compensate for lost revenues providers have experienced as visits have dropped and to help providers respond to the pandemic.




09.18.20

Maintaining Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Amid Postal Delays and Housing Displacements

In light of recent postal delays and housing displacements caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the related economic crisis and a wave of natural disasters across the country, state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies face new challenges in communicating with their ...




09.15.20

A Toolkit for Building and Growing a Sustainable Telehealth Program for Your Practice

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth technology had been incrementally changing the practice of family medicine in the United States.




07.17.20

Data Sharing and the Law: Overcoming Healthcare Sector Barriers to Sharing Data on SDOH

Hospitals, health plans and other organizations in the healthcare system increasingly recognize that the health of patients depends not only on medical interventions, but also on social ones.




07.16.20

Transforming Primary Healthcare for Women

Primary healthcare plays a vital role in women’s health throughout all stages of life. But as the COVID-19 pandemic has made apparent, the primary care system in the United States often fails to meet the full range of women’s healthcare needs.




07.14.20

Expanding Behavioral Healthcare Access in MA Through Telehealth: Sustaining Progress Post-Pandemic

Massachusetts led the nation in rapidly deploying progressive new policies to temporarily expand access to telehealth across payers and providers during the COVID-19 pandemic—prompting exponential growth in the use of telehealth, including telebehavioral health—in just a few months.




07.06.20

Reopening Business During and After the Pandemic: A Guide for Employers

The COVID-19 global pandemic has led to rapid and significant changes for employers across every industry.