August 3, 2004 - Colorado incorporated "advanced care management" into its high-risk health insurance program to reduce costs and improve the quality of life for enrollees.
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March 18, 2010 - Since 2003, the Alaska Dental Health Aide Therapist Program has trained a new type of mid-level dental provider to perform routine dental services in remote rural areas of the state, with a focus on increasing access to preventive and basic dental care for the Alaska Native population.
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November 4, 2009 - The Arizona Medical Information Exchange is a Web-based health information exchange that enables participating practitioners to view hospital discharge and other clinical reports, lab test results, and medication data for many of their patients.
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January 23, 2009 - Arizona voters narrowly rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have banned laws restricting choice of health plans or mandating that people obtain coverage. The amendment would have been at odds with certain elements of President-elect Obama's health care proposal. Of 1.8 million votes, 50.2 percent voted against, and 49.8 percent voted for, the amendment.
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June 30, 2008 - Arizona's Medicaid program, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System or AHCCCS, used the ROI calculator to help design a statewide Medicaid pay-for-performance (P4P) system for its contracted managed care organizations (MCOs).
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September 15, 2008 - The Arizona Medicaid Health Information Exchange Utility is a Web-based system for exchanging patients' health records and other medical information among the state's Medicaid providers.
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August 3, 2004 - This program relies on a developmental specialist and other tools to ensure that children ages 0 to 3 receive appropriate developmental and behavioral services.
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April 7, 2008 - Maryland is one of several states that regulate the small-group health insurance marketplace by setting a minimum benefit package that insurers competing in this market must offer.
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June 11, 2004 - A new intervention seeks to improve care for diabetes patients, particularly those who are not native English speakers or who have low health literacy.
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August 3, 2004 - Researchers have developed a handheld computer, known as the "Asthma Buddy," to help young patients manage their condition and communicate with doctors and nurses.
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July 8, 2010 - This Clinical Guide—designed to accompany the Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents—provides authoritative, evidence-based guidance about the most effective and efficient ways to deliver child preventive services.
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April 29, 2010 - The Bright Futures training and implementation materials are designed to help office staff improve developmental screening and preventive services for children under age 5.
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August 6, 2004 - Many states are struggling with how to cover ever-increasing health care costs for their low-income residents. Rhode Island is seeking to reduce costs by improving quality of care for these populations.
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August 19, 2004 - These standardized processes of care have reduced lengths of stay, increased the health system's organizational capacity, and attracted business.
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March 11, 2011 - As the first state to enact legislation to create a health insurance exchange since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, California is an early example of how the law's vision of state-based exchanges can be implemented.
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