AcademyHealth
$223,450
State Innovations: Program Direction Grant
States have the potential for developing and implementing major improvements in health system performance over the next five years. Building on the attributes of a high performance health system identified by the Fund’s Commission, the State Innovations program aims to assess the status of all 50 states on the major dimensions of a high performance health system, identify and support promising ideas and local champions, and encourage replication of successful state efforts in other states and nationally. This grant will provide strategic direction for the program, develop new projects, coordinate ongoing work, and direct efforts to disseminate findings to policymakers and the public. The program director also will participate in the critical review of State Innovations and other Commission-related reports submitted for Fund publication, prepare issue briefs and other materials, represent the Fund in public forums, and contribute more generally to the activities of the Commission.
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Anne K. Gauthier
Senior Policy Director
601 13th Street, NW, Suite 500 North
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 783-1300
ag@cmwf.org
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Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
$189,860
Assisting States in the Design of Medicaid Pay-for-Performance Programs
Many states are eager to learn how they can adapt the pay-for-performance programs prevalent in the private sector to meet the specific needs and goals of their Medicaid programs. This project will help up to six states develop incentives for Medicaid providers to deliver high-quality care to their disproportionately minority, low-income, and chronically ill enrollees. In so doing, the project will help Medicaid become a leader in promoting high-performance health systems.
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Stephen A. Somers, Ph.D.
President
242 Princeton Avenue, Suite 119
Hamilton, NJ 08619
(609) 528-8400
sasomers@chcs.org
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Center for Health Policy Development
National Academy for State Health Policy
$235,715
Promoting Promising State Initiatives in Pursuit of a High Performance Health System
State innovations in health policy and practice are often overlooked by other states and the federal government, due in large part to a lack of comparative information available on these initiatives. For this project, the investigators will collect and present information on initiatives each state is undertaking relative to the Commission on a High Performance Health System's goals. The team will produce a report and a Web-based tool allowing easy access to this information by topic and by state. These resources should help to encourage and facilitate adoption of promising state and federal policies that could improve health system performance.
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Alan R. Weil, J.D.
President
National Academy for State Health Policy
50 Monument Square, Suite 502
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 874-6524
aweil@nashp.org
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Health Management Associates (grant originally awarded to the Economic and Social Research Institute)
$177,258
Value-Based Purchasing to Improve Health System Performance: Case Studies and Analysis
Years of escalating health care costs, mounting evidence of substandard care, and a rising number of uninsured Americans are pressuring states to seek efficiencies and improved quality within Medicaid and other public insurance programs, state employee coverage programs, and public and private health systems. Many states are adopting components of 'value-based' health care purchasing, but only a few appear to be taking a broad, comprehensive approach. Through four state case studies, this project will provide an objective source of information about state and public-private purchasing activities designed to improve effectiveness and efficiency in health care. The series of reports developed from this work will help state planners, administrators, and policymakers sort through a complex set of options for improving health system performance.
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Sharon Silow-Carroll
Senior Vice President
2100 M Street, NW, Suite 605
Washington, DC 20037
(201) 836-7136
silow@optonline.net
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Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
$234,529
Evaluation of Maine’s Dirigo Health Reform Plan
Through its Dirigo health reform plan, Maine seeks to make quality, affordable health coverage available to every resident by 2009, while at the same time slowing growth in health costs. The plan's centerpiece is an insurance subsidy program, DirigoChoice, which offers affordable health insurance to small businesses and to families with low to moderate income. This project will measure the effects of the insurance subsidy on three groups: low- to moderate-income individuals, small employers, and public and private payers. The evaluation, which will cover the program's first two years, will provide state and federal policymakers with information on the impact and replicability of Maine's unique approach to broadening insurance coverage.
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James Verdier, J.D.
Senior Fellow
600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 550
Washington, D.C. 20024-2512
(202) 484-4520
jverdier@mathematica-mpr.com
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
$160,007
Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Health Care System Performance, Part 2.
The Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System is developing a national scorecard that highlights and tracks how well the U.S. health system is performing overall, relative to best achieved performance in the United States or in other nations. This project will expand on the national scorecard by developing a companion scorecard that assesses health system performance at the state level. With a small planning grant, the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy adapted national indicators for use at the state level, identified appropriate data sources, and explored opportunities to acquire the information needed for the scorecard. The proposed grant covers all data collection and analysis, writing, and graphic production necessary to assemble the state-level scorecard. Findings will be targeted to state and local governments to assist them in setting policy priorities.
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Joel C. Cantor, Sc.D.
Professor and Director
55 Commercial Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-2008
(732) 932-4653
jcantor@ihf.rutgers.edu
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Small Grants—State Innovations
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AcademyHealth
$15,000
State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting
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Enrique Martinez-Vidal
Deputy Director State Health Policy Group
1801 K Street, Suite 701-L
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 292-6729
enrique.martinez-vidal@academyhealth.org
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AcademyHealth
$16,265
State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Breakfast Meeting at the 2006 National Health Policy Conference
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Enrique Martinez-Vidal
Deputy Director State Health Policy Group
1801 K Street, Suite 701-L
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 292-6729
enrique.martinez-vidal@academyhealth.org
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Center for Health Policy Development
$24,585
Technical Assistance to Maine's Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance in Implementing the Dirigo Health Reform
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Neva Kaye
Program Director
National Academy for State Health Policy
50 Monument Square, Suite 502
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 874-6545
nkaye@nashp.org
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Center for Health Policy Development
$17,295
Assisting in the Implementation of Dirigo Health Plans
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Cynthia Pernice
Project Manager
National Academy for State Health Policy
50 Monument Square, Suite 502
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 874-6524
cpernice@nashp.org
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DMA Health Strategies
$24,365
Behavioral Health Purchasing and Quality Improvement Practices: Disseminating Promising Innovations
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Richard Dougherty
President
9 Meriam St. Suite 4
Lexington, MA 02420
(781) 863-8003
dickd@dmahealth.com
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Economic and Social Research Institute
$45,986
Six Month Continuation and Expansion of the States in Action Newsletter
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Sharon Silow-Carroll
Senior Vice President
2100 M Street, NW, Suite 605
Washington, DC 20037
(201) 836-7136
silow@optonline.net
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New England Healthcare Institute
$19,620
Computerized Physician Order Entry: Blueprints for Success
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Wendy Everett, Sc.D
President
One Broadway, 12th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
(617) 225-0857
weverett@nehi.org
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President and Fellows of Harvard College
$25,016
Eastern Massachusetts Healthcare Initiative
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David Blumenthal, M.D.
Director, Institute for Health Policy
42 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 724-6453
dblumenthal@partners.org
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
$48,953
Analytic Support for the Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard on Health Care System Performance
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Joel C. Cantor, Sc.D.
Professor and Director
55 Commercial Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-2008
(732) 932-4653
jcantor@ihf.rutgers.edu
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