States in Action Newsletter: Six Issues for 2009-10
Award Amount:
$96,080
Approval Date:
April 14, 2009
Start Date:
May 1, 2009
End Date:
April 30, 2010
Health Management Associates, Inc.
1133 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2810
New York, New York 10036
Principal Investigator:
Sharon Silow-Carroll, M.B.A., M.S.W.
States have developed a broad range of innovative strategies to promote health system performance. Some involve private–public collaborations to improve quality, and some reward health care providers for delivering better care at lower costs. Still others have sought to increase access to affordable health coverage and services. With a circulation of 15,000, the Commonwealth Fund e-newsletter, States in Action: A Bimonthly Look at Innovations in Health Policy, tracks promising initiatives like these and reports on them to local, state, and federal policymakers, researchers, program administrators, and grantmakers across the nation. This grant will support an additional six issues of States in Action for 2009–10. By providing progress reports on innovations described in earlier issues and highlighting new efforts as they become known, the newsletter will be a valuable resource as national health reform heats up in the coming year.