White Papers

02.16.22

Centering Health Equity in Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstrations

Long-standing structural racism and related health inequities experienced by people of color further laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic have mobilized leadership in many states to take action on health equity.




02.07.22

State Toolkit Highlighting Effective Policies to End the Nation’s Drug Overdose Epidemic

With drug overdose deaths reaching record numbers, policymakers and other stakeholders must increase their efforts to end the nation’s drug overdose epidemic with targeted, evidence-based interventions and emerging best practices.




02.07.22

Texting: An Important Outreach Strategy as States Unwind Medicaid Continuous Coverage

Currently, states are maintaining continuous enrollment of all Medicaid enrollees as a condition of receiving enhanced federal funding under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.




02.07.22

Ten Health Care Imperatives for the 2020s: Navigating Through the Surges

In January 2021, Manatt Health described the ten health care imperatives essential for improving our health care system and advancing health equity in the ’20s.




01.27.22

Oregon Health Authority Public Option Implementation Report

In July 2021, Governor Kate Brown signed into law HB 2010, which charges the Oregon Health Authority with developing a potential path for a public option in Oregon that is designed to increase the number of people in Oregon with health insurance and help Oregon achieve health equity.




01.19.22

Assessing Implementation of Hospital Price Transparency

While most stakeholders agree on the need for more transparency in our health care system, there is substantial debate about how to make meaningful progress toward this goal in specific cases.




01.19.22

Service Line Development in Academic Health Systems

An integrated service line is a well-organized model that promotes care coordination among all the specialties required in order to treat patients in the specified cohort.




01.10.22

CHIP Coverage Option for Pregnant Immigrants and Their Children

Under federal regulations, states may provide pregnancy-related care to targeted low-income children from conception to birth through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) state plan (the so-called “unborn child” option).