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State Health Policy Leadership

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  • Investing in Medicaid Management: What Governors Need to Do

    Publication

    Investing in Medicaid Management: What Governors Need to Do

    April 2019 Governor John Kitzhaber Bruce Goldberg

    In this issue brief, John Kitzhaber, MD, former governor of Oregon, and Bruce Goldberg, MD, former director of the Oregon Office for Health Policy and Research, outline why strong Medicaid management matters. Speaking directly to governors, the authors spell out why greater state investment in Medicaid administration is critical to attracting and retaining the talent needed to ensure that the program is flexible and innovative, fiscally responsible, and stable. More

  • News Article

    Bipartisanship and State Health Policy: Recent Work from the Fund

    December 2018

    If durable policy remains the result of bipartisan efforts, what does the future of state health care reform look like? In a new NEJM Perspective… More

  • Blog Post

    To Work and To Love—Health in Theory and Practice

    December 2018 Christopher F. Koller

    Sigmund Freud said, “Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.” That insight—that productive labor and positive human relationships… More

  • Blog Post

    Dear Governor – About Those Statements on Health Care Affordability

    November 2018 Christopher F. Koller

    Dear Newly Elected Governor: Congratulations on your victory on November 6th and for assembling successful campaign messages that resonated with so… More

  • Blog Post

    State Health Policy Leadership: More Perspiration than Innovation

    October 2018 Christopher F. Koller

    A couple of years ago, a graduate school professor with deep and senior health policy experience at the state and federal levels looked at me with … More

  • Blog Post

    Global Hospital Budgets in Maryland: When Economics and Altruism Align

    June 2018 Christopher F. Koller

    Maryland—the land of crabs, the Chesapeake Bay, loyal Orioles fans, and a 1970s era hospital rate-setting scheme that nobody ever got around to unwinding—vaulted to the top of the interest list for pointy-headed health policy types in 2013 when officials renegotiated the terms of their agreement with Medicare. More

  • New Report – Views from the Heartland: Prospects for Bipartisanship in Health Reform

    News Article

    New Report – Views from the Heartland: Prospects for Bipartisanship in Health Reform

    April 2018

    Last year’s “repeal and replace” fight in Congress underscored how deep—and deeply confusing—disagreements over health care policy can… More

  • Views from the Heartland: Prospects for Bipartisanship in Health Reform

    Publication

    Views from the Heartland: Prospects for Bipartisanship in Health Reform

    April 2018 David K. Jones

    Last year’s “repeal and replace” fight in Congress underscored how deep—and deeply confusing—disagreements over health care policy can be. Author David K. Jones traveled to Colorado and Kansas to find out what Republican and Democrat legislators were concerned about now when it comes to health reform. What does the bipartisan conversation look like in these states? More

  • Blog Post

    Gun Violence, Advocacy, and Leadership

    March 2018 Christopher F. Koller

    As the know-it-all big brother, I take the job of telling my sister what to do very seriously. So when she starts giving me lessons in my supposed… More

  • All for One and One for All: Developing Coordinated State Opioid Strategies

    Publication

    All for One and One for All: Developing Coordinated State Opioid Strategies

    February 2018 Noam N. Levey

    The opioid epidemic has spawned numerous state efforts to develop strategies to combat the crisis. While each strategy on its own may be worthwhile, effectively coordinating these efforts will likely prove to be the key to reducing the number of families and communities damaged by opioid abuse. Summarizing the critical experience of senior officials working on the crisis, this issue brief identifies the key ingredients in a coordinated state opioid strategy. More