North Carolina's Assuring Better Child Health and Development program aims to improve identification of potential developmental disorders in children and engage families and community stakeholders in the process. Read more »
The state of Michigan's Medicaid program has undertaken a variety of measures to confront disparities, including providing funds to community organizations to target health conditions within specific racial or ethnic groups. Read more »
In an arrangement negotiated by State Attorney General Mike Hatch, the majority of Minnesota's hospitals agreed to provide discounted care to uninsured patients and to be less aggressive in their debt collecting for the next two years. Read more »
New Jersey has recently enacted legislation, signed into law by Governor Codey in March 2005, mandating that physicians in the state receive cultural competency training. Read more »
New Mexico recently created a public–private partnership that uses unspent CHIP funds to subsidize premiums for low-income uninsured adults. Read more »
In early 2005, West Virginia rolled out the Small Business Plan, a public–private partnership between the state's Public Employees Insurance Agency and a private insurance carrier, Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield. Read more »
Over six years of implementing performance goals, Rhode Island has found steady, significant improvements in administration and access measures among its RIte Care (Medicaid/CHIP) health plans. Read more »
The I-SaveRx multi-state program, which facilitates the purchase of lower-cost pharmaceuticals from other countries, is expanding its network to include Australia and New Zealand. Read more »