Health Reform Planning Tool for State and Local Health Departments (CDC)  

The Georgia Health Policy Center has released "Leading Through Health System Change: A Public Health Opportunity," a new tool to help public health organizations adapt to the changing health-care environment. The tool's interactive website can be used to examine the basics of health reform, apply adaptive thinking to questions of health system change, and create a simple implementation plan to increase opportunities for improving population health. The tool was created through a cooperative agreement with CDC and the National Network of Public Health Institutes.

The tool is available at https://acaplanningtool.com/ghpc/app/

National Directory
State Certificate of Need Programs
Health Planning Agencies

The Twenty-Third Edition of the Directory
Traditional Print or Electronic. (More..)

CON Matrix  & Map Book
The CON matrix identifies facilities, services & equipment subject to regualtion in each states with a CON program. The Map Book illustrates the geographics distribution of CON coverage. CON Matrix   CON Mapbook

CON Websites & Contacts
Links to websites for Certificate of Need and Health Care Reform programs by state:
 Certificate of Need   Health Reform

Ahpa Interactive

An interactive gateway for discussions realted to health planning &  policy. To participate, just email your question(s) and all registered  members of the list serve will receive your inquiry.

The email  address to access  the discussion list is:ahpa-interactive@ahpanet.org
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• The Leapfrog Group Lists Its Top Hospitals for 2014 (The Leapfrog Group)
• Problems Noted in Philadelphia’s Closure of Maternity Units (ScienceDaily)
• Regional Variation in Cancer Imaging Not Related to Overuse (Medscape)
• AHA wants more changes to MSSP anti-ickback rules (Fierce Health)
• Cost still a barrier to health care (Gallop)
• New Medicaid Rule for Nursing Home Alternatives (Stateline)
• Isolated Rural Hospitals Are Closing (USA Today)
• Worker OUt of Pocket Expenses have Doubled in 5 Years (Forbes)
• The Affordable Care Act Neglects Rural Hospitals (Kaiser Health News)
• Bernard Tyson on the 'Kaiserfication' of America (Forbes)  
• Report: Medicaid enrollees experience limited access to care (Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
• Highmark decisions nudge insurer into national spotlight (Pittsburgh Business)
• Hospital Mergers Receive the Scrutiny of the FTC (NY Times)
• Hospitals must consolidate, merge to manage population health (Fierce HealthFinance)
• CMS Reverses Decision: Will Release Data on Hospital Acquired Conditions (USA TODAY)  
• A Shrinking Health System Closes Many Rural Hospitals (Reuters)
• Insures hope to protect profits by defeating California intiative: Proposition 45  (Center for Public Integrity)
• Maryland approves smaller rate hikes for CareFirst, Lowers rates for three others (Washington Post)
• Hospitals Reconsider Charity For Patients Who Decline Health Coverage (Kaiser Health News)
• Three Governors tout benefits of Medicaid expansion (Washington Post)
• U.S. Senator : For-profit hospitals drive up care costs; Claims they cherry-pick services (Fierce Health)
• Senator Murphy's (annoucement); (full report)
• Maryland’s Innovative Hospital Regulatory Practices Succeed Beyond Expectations (Business Insider)
• State Hospital Funding in Maryland Incentivizes Prevention and Cost Reduction (Baltimore Sun)
• ER Closures Raise Death Rates At Nearby Hospitals (Kaiser Health News)
• Maryland hospitals must trim readmissions by nearly 7% or miss out on revenue boost (Baltimore Business Journal)  
• Rural ERs face serious hurdle (Albany Herald)  
• Community hospitals on front line of Medicaid battle (Richmond Times-Dispatch)  
• CT Attorney General George Jepsen: Hospitals not clearly informing patients of ‘facility’ fees (New Haven Register)
• Full Report
• Hospital-dependent patients drive up readmissions, costs (NYTimes Well Blog)
• Why walk-in healthcare is a fast growing profit center for retail chains (Washington Post)  
• Connecticut Considers New For-Profit Hospital Regulations (The Hartford Courant)
• New Report Addresses the Funding for Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) (The Commonwealth Fund)
• Surgical Mortality Rates in Hospitals Reflect the Socioeconomic Status of the Communities They Serve (Reuters)
• iVantage Health Analytics Names America’s Best Healthcare Cities (iVantage Health Analytics)
  
  
  
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