State Advocacy Tool Kit
State Issues Probed at 2006 State Health Policy Networking Session in Philadelphia
Approximately 40 representatives from 22 chapters attended the 2006 ACP State Health Policy Networking Session on April 5 in Philadelphia. Attendees participated in discussions on: Rhode Island’s MinuteClinic experience; Maryland’s patient safety center; an action plan for chapters to avert the collapse of primary care and the role of the advanced medical home; how chapters can help their members access ACP resources to improve quality; regional electronic data exchange; status of liability reform in Washington State and at the federal level; and third party relations issues. Highlights of the panel presentations include:
Maryland's Patient Safety Center: A Model for States & Physicians
Action Plan for Chapters: Avert the Collapse of Primary Care & the Role of the Advanced Medical Home
How ACP Chapters Can Help Their Members Access ACP Resources to Improve Quality
Regional Electronic Data Exchange: What Does It Mean to You?
Useful Links
- AARP
- AFL-CIO
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Alliance for Health Reform
- American Hospital Association
- American Medical Association
- American Nurses Association
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- Business Roundtable
- Center for Health Care Strategies
- Center for Studying Health System Change
- Families USA
- Healthcare Financing Administration
- Heritage Foundation
- Institute for Health Policy Solutions
- Georgetown University Institute for Health Research and Policy
- Institute of Medicine
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- National Academy for State Health Policy
- National Academy of Social Insurance
- National Association of State Budget Officers
- National Business Coalition on Health
- National Committee for Quality Assurance
- National Governors Association
- National Health Law Program
- National Health Policy Forum
- National Institute for Health Care Management
- National Rural Health Association
- Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation
- RWJ Cover the Uninsured Week 2005
- State Action.org
- State Health Agencies Web sites
- Stateline.org
- The Commonwealth Fund
- The Employee Benefit Research Institute
- The Urban Institute
- US Chamber of Commerce