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Maine Integrated Health Initiative: Maine People Speak About Healthcare Integration
Winter 2007.
Nearly 1,500 Maine residents from across the state participated in 160 discussion groups to learn more about people's understanding of and expectations for care integration. Consultants John Snow, Inc guided the research design and data analysis. Among the more interesting findings is that most people do not know that mental and physical health care providers could work together, nor understand why they should. Download report.
Improving Medication Management: A Review of the Evidence
November 2007. This report explores the complex issue of effective medication management and highlights promising interventions. Download Report
Moving From Place to Place: A Consumer Navigation Guide for Seniors in Health Care Transitions
June 2007. This consumer navigation guide for elders involved in health care transitions was created as part of a grant to the Regional Medical Center at Lubec to support the Northern Maine Health Network's transitions with care project.
Health Insurance Coverage in Maine 2004-2005
May 2007. This report provides descriptive information about health insurance coverage in Maine using tables, figures and narrative text. Download Report
Costs of Caring for Uninsured People in Maine
May 2007. This report provides estimates of the costs of uncompensated care that the 124,000 uninsured Maine residents received in 2005 and the revenues applied to offset these costs. Download Report
Perspectives of Health Care and Insurance Coverage in Maine
April 2007. Critical Insights involved ten focus groups throughout the State to learn about Maine people's views regarding our current health system and preferences for health reform. Download report
Medicaid Policies on Telehealth Services: A Comparative Analysis
June 2006. This report, by the Center for Telehealth and E-Health Law, includes a review of Medicare and private payer policies for telehealth and a more detailed comparison of several states' Medicaid programs. Download Analysis
Opportunities and Challenges: Improving Access and Health Outcomes Through the CarePartners Program
February 2006. This report, funded by MeHAF, includes key data on costs and health outcomes for members of an enhanced uncompensated care program that leverages donated medical services with care management and pharmacy benefits services. Download abbreviated version
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Primary Care Safety Net Environmental Scan (John Snow, Inc. JSI)
January 2006. A comprehensive environmental scan of the scope and function of Maine's health care safety net. Download Report Download Appendix
Finding and Training Tomorrow's Health Care Workers for Maine
October 2005. These reports assess workforce needs and solutions statewide, in one community (Lewiston-Auburn).
Maine Small Business Health Insurance: A 2004 Survey
July 2005. This survey of 400 Maine small businesses assessed the status of health insurance coverage and how it has changed since a similar survey in 1999. Download Survey (PDF)
The Health Care Coverage Tax Credit for Trade Dislocated Workers and Retirees: Lessons from Maine's Early Experience
April 2004. This study details the design and structure of the Federal Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC), reviews early efforts to implement it in Maine, and examines a number of issues that may prevent the program from reaching it full potential.
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Improving Maine’s Certificate of Need Program
June 2004. This report analyzes the history, operation, and effectiveness of Maine's Certificate of Need program. The analysis includes assessments of the program's impact and value, along with recommendations for improvements.
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Using Strategic Philanthropy to Advance State Health Care Reform: Maine's New Dirigo Health Plan
September 2003. Grantmakers in Health newsletter article profiles Maine in a piece titled, 'Using Strategic Philanthropy to Advance State Health Care reform: Maine's New Dirigo Health Plan'.
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Health Care Needs Assessment of Migrant Forestry Workers in Maine
2003. This report examines the status and needs of health care for migrant workers in Maine’s forestry industry.
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The Challenge of Preserving and Expanding Affordable Health Care In Maine
2003. This Maine Policy Review article examines the factors driving the rising costs of health care in Maine and calls for new approaches to solving this crisis.
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Feasibility of a Single-Payer Health Plan Model for the State of Maine
December 2002. An assessment of the feasibility and cost of implementing a universal coverage, single-payer system in Maine. This is a dynamic data-driven econometric model that examined a variety of costs, benefit plan structures, delivery systems, and changing demographics. Download Report (PDF)
Primer on Health Care Coverage in Maine
2001. The Primer examines six key questions and provides basic facts about health care coverage in Maine. Download Report (PDF)
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