State Health Policy Leadership

How North Carolina is maintaining community behavioral health services, safeguarding state health care facilities, and more in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More

Anne-marie Boxall of the University of Sydney suggests that the US look to Australia—another federation in which the powers of government are divided between the federal government and smaller state, territory, or county governments—for ideas on responding to COVID-19. More

Susan Birch and MaryAnne Lindeblad of the Washington State Health Care Authority, which oversees care for 2.5 million Medicaid beneficiaries and public employees, and State Representative Eileen Cody outline the major initiatives taken to contain the spread of COVID-19 in their state. More

A look at the significance of the Camden Coalition hot-spotting trial results—and a New Jersey Medicaid ACO demonstration that also used a hot-spotting approach—for Medicaid, which covers the nation’s most medically and socially complex patients. More

Telehealth can help bolster the front lines of primary care and mental health delivery in these challenging times. However, there is only a patchwork of policies in place that determine whether and how telehealth services will be covered by insurance. More

As the state’s largest health care purchaser, the Washington State Health Authority has set the pace in shifting to telehealth to enable primary care and behavioral health care providers to reach vulnerable residents. More

While the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, would expand access to temporary paid sick and family leave, many Americans would still be uncovered. But there are actions states and localities can take to protect their workers to help fill in the gaps. More

Now that President Trump has declared the coronavirus outbreak a national emergency, it’s time for the federal government to swiftly grant new authority to Medicaid agencies. More

In January, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued an executive order that requires the state to develop an annual health care cost growth benchmark,… More

To help states and communities develop and spread crisis programs, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has published National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis: A Best Practices Toolkit. More