Publications Archive: 2010 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

For topic specific publications, click on area of interest:
National Reform - Coverage Initiatives - Medicaid
CHIP - Quality Watch - Utah Business Group on Health

National Reform

• Some Assembly Required: Cost Containment in the Senate Health Refrom Bill (December 2009)
• Cost Containment in the Senate Leadership Bill (December 16, 2009)
• Fall Legislative Summit Presentation - National Reforms (November 2009)
• Healthcare Reform for Small Businesses - Current Bills (Small Business Majority)
• National Health Reform: Get the Facts (August 2009)
• National Health Reform Summary: Areas of Congressional Consensus
  (August 19, 2009)
• Health Reform and Your Small Business: National Reforms Impact on Business & What You Can Do (August 5, 2009)
• Medicaid Principles States Sign On Letter (May 27, 2009)
• The Role of Medicaid & CHIP in Health Reform: Answering the Affordability Question (May 27, 2009)
• Coverage Options in National Health Reform Sign On Letter (May 22, 2009)
• Cover the Uninsured Week Discussion: Feedback Survey
  (March 25, 2009)
• Cover the Uninsured Week Discussion: National Health Reform and Utah
  (Powerpoint from March 25, 2009)
• The Issues in Health Reform
  John Holahan @ UHPP Health Policy Conference(February 3, 2009)
• Massachusetts Health Reform
  Brian Rosman @ UHPP Health Policy Conference (February 3, 2009)
• Utahns Discuss National Health Reform: Report to President-Elect Obama (January 5, 2009)

Coverage Initatives (State Reform)

• Strengthening Utah's Health Insurance Exchange (November 17, 2009)
• The Case for Affordable Health Care: Financial Security & Peace of Mind for Utah Families (July 16, 2009)
• COBRA and Mini-COBRA Subsidies: Critical Information for Involuntarily Terminated Employees (April 2009)
• HB454 Small Employer Group Reinsurance Pool: A proven tool to manage risk & stabilize the private market (February 27, 2009)
• HB188 Health System Reform - Insurance Market: A Foundation for Comprehensive Reform (February 23, 2009)
• HB188 Health System Reform - Insurance Market: Results from Efforts to Amend and Next Steps (February 12, 2009)
• How are Insurance Rates Regulated?: A Guide to Underwriting Laws in Utah & Policy Recommendations (January 29, 2009)
• Insurance Market Bill with UHPP Amendments (January 23, 2009)
• Critical Overview of the Three Health Reform Bills
  (Discussion Draft - January 12, 2009)

Medicaid

• Invest in Cost Avoidance Restore Medicaid Optional Services
  (November 18, 2009)
• Utah Medicaid Cost Management Navigator (November 3, 2009)
• Medicaid Cost Management Navigator Special 2009-10 Edition
  (November 2, 2009)
• Remove Utah's Medicaid Asset Test (October 10, 2009)
• Utah Medicaid and the Recession: Overview and Cost Management Recommendations (September 2009)
• Public Programs Outreach Technical Advisory Group Report
  (September 9, 2009)
• Restore Critical Medicaid Optional Services (March 10, 2009)
• Medicaid Cost Containment and Economic Stimulus Navigator (March 2, 2009)
• Medicaid FY2010 Economic Impact Calculator (February, 25 2009)
• Intro to Medicaid Cost Management and Economic Stimulus Navigator (February 25, 2009)
• HJR 22 Utah's Medicaid Asset Test (February 24, 2009)
• Health Summary: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Community Catalyst (February 19, 2009)
• SB 87: Preferred Drug List Revisions (February 11, 2009)
• Principles for Addressing Medicaid Funding: Challenges through the Recession and Beyond (February 6, 2009)
• Fiscal Year 2010 Proposed Medicaid Budget Cuts (February 6, 2009)
• SB87 Medicaid Preferred Drug List Prior Authorization (January 28, 2009)
• Medicaid and the Recession: Overview and Recommendations for Utah Medicaid (January 25, 2009)
• Overview of Medicaid Cuts 2009 Session (January 15, 2009)
  

CHIP

• CHIPRA Guidance to States (April 24, 2009)
• HB171 Legal Immigrant Children's Health Care Amendments (March 9, 2009)
• SB225 Legal Immigrant Children's Health Care Amendments (March 9, 2009)

Utah Quality Watch

• MHN Portion of Draft Integrated Blueprint for Reducing Disparities
  (December 15, 2009)
• Health Equity Priorities for the 2010 Session of the Utah State Legislature:
  An MHN Publication (November 17, 2009)
• Fight the flu (November 5, 2009)
• SB81 goes into effect July 1: Bill should not impact access to health care for any residents, but vigilance is needed to minimize confusion (July 1, 2009)
• HB144 Medical Language Interpreter Act (February 19, 2009)

Utah Business Group on Health (UBGH)

• The Senate Bill Lowers Non-Group Premiums: Updated for New CBO Estimates
  (Jonathan Gruber, MIT)
• Gruber Testimony on Small Business Provisions in Health Reform
  (Jonathan Gruber, MIT)
• Small Business Reforms from Merged Senate Health Reform Bill
  (November 20, 2009)
• The House Proposal Lowers Non-Group Premiums (Jonathan Gruber, MIT)
• Expanding the Risk Adjuster: Managing Risk to Stabilize the Small Group Market (September 16, 2009)
• They Keystone of National Health Reform: How Reforms will Impact Utah Small Businesses (August 26, 2009)
• Health Reform and Your Small Business: National Reforms Impact on Business & What You Can Do (August 5, 2009))
• Health Reform is Key to Economic Recovery: Small Business Survey Summary (July 14, 2009)
• Utah Small Business Health Care Survey (July 8, 2009)
• Small Business Majority Newsletter (May 5, 2009)