Winners Named in 2013 Health Care Journalism and Research Awards
May 22nd, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Washington, DC – May 22, 2013 - The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the Nineteenth Annual Health Care Journalism and Research Awards. The contests are judged by independent panels of experts.
Webinar Archive Available - Health Insurance Marketplaces: Race to the Deadline
May 21st, 2013
As the focus of marketplace implementation starts to shift from regulation writing to operational planning and consumer engagement, the remaining hurdles to a successful launch loom large. On May 7, 2013, NIHCM Foundation hosted a
Upcoming Webinar on Employer-Sponsored Insurance
May 10th, 2013
NIHCM Foundation will host a webinar entitled "The Future of Employer-Sponsored Insurance" on May 29, 2013 from 1:00-2:30 PM EDT. The potential effects of the ACA’s new premium tax credits and employer penalties on the group market are hotly debated, but relentless increases in health care costs have already begun to drive change.
While some employers...
Now Accepting Letters of Inquiry for 2013-14 Research Grant Cycle
May 6th, 2013
NIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of new funding under its grant program to support investigator-initiated health services research. Up to $150,000 will be available to fund two to three projects in the 2013-2014 cycle.
Required letters of inquiry are now being accepted and must be received by July 19, 2013. Full 10-page proposals will be invited from a small number of applicants. Read...
Expert Voices Re-release: Alice Rosenblatt on Pricing for the Exchanges
April 30th, 2013
As health insurers continue filing preliminary rates for plans to be offered on state exchanges, it is worth keeping in mind the factors playing into their pricing decisions as summarized by Alice Rosenblatt in a recent Expert Voices essay.
The essay explains how actuaries set premiums and how regulatory changes and a shifting consumer base...
Webinar Archive Available - The Health of Children in Foster Care
April 24th, 2013
With complicated home lives and health concerns that are often caused or exacerbated by trauma, most children in foster care face major challenges to health and well-being. Yet the time spent in the foster care system with Medicaid coverage and assistance from social services is a critical period for helping these children achieve the best possible health outcomes.
Attentive care coordination and access to effective medical and...
Webinar on Health Insurance Marketplaces
April 18th, 2013
NIHCM Foundation hosted a webinar entitled "Health Insurance Marketplaces: Race to the Deadline" on May 7, 2013 from 1:30-3:00 PM EDT. With exchange open enrollment set to begin October 1, 2013, the federal government—now responsible for at least partial marketplace facilitation in 32 states—has...
New Expert Voices: Joan Henneberry and Kathy Gifford on Medicaid Expansion
April 18th, 2013
NIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new Expert Voices essay entitled "Medicaid Expansion: What's at Stake for 2014 and Beyond?" by Joan Henneberry, MS, Principal, and Kathy D. Gifford, JD, Managing Principal, Health Management Associates.
The Arkansas legislature's approval of a private alternative to the ACA...
New Chart Story on Health Entitlement Spending
April 2nd, 2013
NIHCM Foundation is pleased to release "Health Entitlement Spending: A Story in Six Charts." Between the fiscal cliff, sequestration, a potential government shut down and the debt ceiling, Washington is experiencing a seemingly endless succession of budgetary crises.
Although health entitlement programs are often on the...
Webinar on the Health of Children in Foster Care
March 22nd, 2013
NIHCM Foundation and the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law hosted a webinar entitled "The Health of Children in Foster Care: Making Improvements Through Medicaid and the Law" on April 16, 2013 at 1:00...
New Expert Voices: William Dietz on Controlling the Obesity Epidemic
March 19th, 2013
NIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new Expert Voices essay, "An Insider's View of National Strategies to Control the Obesity Epidemic" by William H. Dietz, MD, PhD, Former Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Responses to New York City’s ban...
New Fact Sheet on Iowa's Blue Zones Project
January 31st, 2013
NIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new Promising Practices in MCH fact sheet, "Bringing the Blue Zones® to Iowa–Collaborating to Improve Statewide Health." Iowa is on a mission to become the healthiest state in the nation by 2016, and it has a plan.
One of the centerpieces of that plan is the Blue Zones Project, a...
Update on the Cost Benefit of Bullying Prevention
January 29th, 2013
One in three children is affected by bullying in schools today--an epidemic with serious health, economic and societal consequences. Last April, NIHCM Foundation published a fact sheet on Highmark Foundation's initiative to bring the evidence-based Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) to schools throughout...
Presentation on Maternal Mental Health
January 25th, 2013
Kathryn Santoro, Director of Policy and Development at NIHCM Foundation, presented research on the maternal depression activities of health plans at the California Maternal Mental Health Collaborative forum “Emerging Considerations in Maternal Mental Health” on January 24, 2013.
Read a...
Investigator-Initiated Research Grant Winners Announced
December 27th, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Washington, DC – December 27, 2012 - The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation has awarded $125,000 in grants as part of a new program to support investigator-initiated health care research. Two studies were selected for funding based on strength of design and potential to inform future policymaking:
AHRQ Innovations Exchange Interview on Children's Health Disparities
December 20th, 2012
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Innovations Exchange interviewed Kathryn Santoro, NIHCM Foundation's Director of Policy and Development, about public and private sector initiatives to reduce children's health disparities.
Ms. Santoro’s responses expanded on research from the Foundation’s issue brief “Reducing Health...
New Data Brief on Spending for Private Health Insurance
December 12th, 2012
NIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new data brief, "Spending for Private Health Insurance in the United States." The total cost of health care for a typical family with employer-sponsored coverage has more than doubled in the past decade to nearly $21,000 per year, outpacing both inflation and...