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JOURNALS:
Health
Services Research
HSR is a forum for health services researchers, managers, policymakers,
providers, and students (1) to exchange ideas, (2) to expand
the knowledge and understanding of the financing, organization,
delivery, and outcomes of health services; and thereby, (3)
to help improve the health of individuals and communities. HSR
is a published bimonthly through the Health Research and Educational
Trust
Health Services Research
Milbank
Quarterly
For more than 75 years, The Milbank Quarterly has been featuring
peer-reviewed original research, policy review and analysis,
as well as commentary from academics, clinicians, and policymakers.
Its multidisciplinary approach and commitment to applying
the best empirical research to practical policymaking offers
in-depth assessments of the social, legal, and ethical dimensions
of health care policy.
Milbank Quarterly
Journal
of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Meharry Medical College's Journal of Health Care for the Poor
and Underserved (JHCPU) is the nation's only journal on the
health and health care of low-income, minority and other medically
underserved populations in North America. Adopted as its official
journal by the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
(ACU), and published for Meharry by Johns Hopkins University
Press, JHCPU is listed by the Kaiser Family Foundations as
one of the nation's leading health policy journals.
Journal
of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved web site
Health
Affairs
Health Affairs is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal that
explores health policy issues of current concern. The journal's
primary focus is on domestic health care, but international
developments are covered as well. Health Affairs Online contains
the current issue, online-only Web Exclusives articles, and
an archive of all past issues since 1981.
http://www.healthaffairs.org
American
Journal of Public Health
The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) is dedicated
to original work in research, research methods, and program
evaluation in the field of public health. The journal also
publishes authoritative editorials and commentaries and serves
as a forum for the analysis of health policy. The stated mission
of the Journal is "to advance public health research, policy,
practice, and education." All published papers have undergone
rigorous peer review (only one out of five submitted papers
is accepted for publication). Each month, the nation's most
influential public health professionals turn to AJPH for the
most current, authoritative, in-depth information in the field.
http://www.ajph.org
Florida Health
News
Florida Health News is a free, independent, not-for-profit online news service focusing on "Florida-centric" health policy and financing issues.
The website posts daily news summaries and original news articles. The site also features capsules of studies with a Florida angle, tracks health-related legislation and lists key meetings, conferences and other events. Florida Health News offers a free electronic summary of health news headlines delivered Monday through Friday. The news service is sponsored by the Florida Health Policy Center, with funding from Winter Park Health Foundation, Health Foundation of South Florida, and Palm Healthcare Foundation.
http://www.floridahealthnews.org
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GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES:
Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)
The Florida Medicaid Program is administered by the Agency for Health Care
Administration (AHCA). Visit the Agency's site for more information about
Medicaid in Florida.
http://ahca.myflorida.com
Department of Children and Families (DCF) Eligibility for Florida
Medicaid is determined by the state's Department of Children & Families
and the Social Security Administration. DCF is committed to working in
partnership with local communities to ensure safety, well-being and self-sufficiency
for the people they serve.
http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web/
Florida Department of Health
The mission of the Department of Health is to promote and protect the
health and safety of all people in Florida through the delivery of quality
public health services and the promotion of health care standards.
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/index.html Department of Insurance/Division
of Insurer Services/Bureau of Managed Care The Bureau of Managed Care
provides enrollment and financial information about Florida's Medicaid
HMOs. The mission of the Division of Insurer Services is to ensure that
insurance companies licensed to do business in Florida are financially
viable, operating within the laws and regulations governing the insurance
industry, and offering insurance policy products at fair and adequate
rates which do not unfairly discriminate against the buying public.
http://www.doi.state.fl.us/Treasurer/AboutDOI/
AHRQ
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is a federal agency
[that sponsors research focused on issues such as health care outcomes,
quality of care, access to care, and cost/utilization.] / whose research
provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality;
and cost, use, and access. Information from AHRQ's research helps people
make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services.
AHRQ was formerly known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
http://www.ahrq.gov
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS administers
the Medicare and Medicaid programs - two national health care programs
that benefit about 75 million Americans. Together with the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA), CMS runs the State Children's Health
Insurance Program (SCHIP), a program that is expected to cover many of
the approximately 10 million uninsured children in the United States.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ Health Resources and Services Administration The
Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) mission is to improve
and expand access to quality health care for all. Its goal is to move
toward 100 percent access to health care and 0 health disparities for
all Americans. HRSA jointly administers the SCHIP program with CMS.
http://www.hrsa.gov
FOUNDATIONS
& NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
RAND
RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision making
through research and analysis. Areas of expertise include: child policy,
civil and criminal justice, community and U.S. regional studies, drug policy,
education, health, infrastructure, international policy, methodology, national
security, population and aging, science and technology, and terrorism.
http://www.rand.org
The
Commonwealth Fund
The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that supports independent
research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health
care practice and policy. The Fund is dedicated to helping people become
more informed about their health care, and improving care for vulnerable
populations such as children, elderly people, low-income families, minority
Americans, and the uninsured. The Fund's two national program areas are
improving health insurance coverage and access to care and improving the
quality of health care services. An international program in health policy
is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United
States and other industrialized countries. In its own community, New York
City, the Fund makes grants to improve health care and enhance public
spaces and services.
http://www.cmwf.org
AcademyHealth
AcademyHealth is a professional organization for health services researchers,
policy analysts, and practitioners, and a leading, non-partisan resource
for the best in health research and policy. In collaboration with its
members and other key stakeholders, AcademyHealth supports the best health
services research by expanding and improving the scientific basis of the
field, increasing the capabilities and skills of researchers, and promoting
the development of the necessary data resources and financial and human
infrastructure. AcademyHealth also facilitates the use of the best available
health services research and health policy information by translating
research findings and the lessons of experience into useful information
for clinical, management, and policy decisions, enhancing communication
and interaction between health service researchers and health policymakers,
and identifying areas in which additional research is needed to better
inform decisions.
http://www.academyhealth.org
The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks to improve the health and health
care of all Americans. To achieve the most impact with its funds, the
Foundation prioritizes grants into four goal areas: to assure that all
Americans have access to basic health care at reasonable cost, to improve
care and support for people with chronic health conditions, to promote
healthy communities and lifestyles, and to reduce the personal, social
and economic harm caused by substance abuse - tobacco, alcohol, and illicit
drugs.
http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp
The
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following
program areas: Conservation; Population; Science; Children, Families,
and Communities; Arts; and Organizational Effectiveness and Philanthropy.
The Foundation provides national and international grants, and also has
a special focus on the Northern California counties of San Mateo, Santa
Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey. We do not accept proposals to benefit
specific individuals or that serve religious purposes.
http://www.packard.org
The
Kaiser Family Foundation
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is an independent philanthropy focusing
on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an
independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the
media, the health care community, and the general public.
http://www.kff.org
The
Urban Institute
The Urban Institute is a nonprofit nonpartisan policy research and educational
organization established to examine the social, economic, and governance
problems facing the nation. It provides information and analysis to public
and private decision makers to help them address these challenges and
strives to raise citizen understanding of these issues and tradeoffs in
policy making.
http://www.urban.org
National
Association of State Medicaid Directors
The National Association of State Medicaid Directors (NASMD) is a bipartisan,
professional, nonprofit organization of representatives of state Medicaid
agencies (including the District of Columbia and the territories). Since
1979, NASMD has been affiliated with the American Public Human Services
Association (APHSA). The primary purposes of NASMD are to serve as a focal
point for communication between the states and the federal government
and to provide an information network among the states on issues pertinent
to the Medicaid program.
http://www.nasmd.org
Milbank
Memorial Fund
The Milbank Memorial Fund is an endowed national foundation that engages
in nonpartisan analysis, study, research and communication on significant
issues in health policy. The Fund makes available the results of its work
in meetings with decision makers, reports and books, and publishes the
Milbank Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal of public health and health
care policy.
http://www.milbank.org
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