Sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Coverage Initiatives Program
Conducted by AcademyHealth

Subsidizing Employer-Based Coverage:
State Reports & Resources

* These reports are not yet available electronically. Please check this page in the coming weeks.

CALIFORNIA

• Expanding Healthy Families to Cover Parents: Issues & Analyses Related to Employer Coverage (1/01)
  Ed Neuschler and Rick Curtis
  
• Expanding Employment-Based Health Coverage: Lessons from Six State and Local Programs (2/01)
  Sharon Silow-Carrol, Stephanie E. Anthony, and Jack A. Meyer
  

COLORADO

• Prices and Affordability of Insurance for Colorado's Uninsured Population (7/00)
  Judith Glazner
  
• Five Approaches to Achieving Health Insurance Coverage for All Coloradans (7/00)
  Barbara Yondorf
  

IOWA

• Division of Medical Services: Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) Program (2000) Department of Human Services
• Expanding Employment-Based Health Coverage: Lessons from Six State and Local Programs (2/01)
  Sharon Silow-Carrol, Stephanie E. Anthony, and Jack A. Meyer
• Overview of the Iowa Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) Program (2/4/00)
  Jennifer Sexton
  
• State and Local Initiatives to Enhance Health Coverage for the Working Uninsured (11/00)
  Sharon Silow-Carrol, Stephanie E. Anthony, and Jack A. Meyer

MARYLAND

• Maryland Medical Assistance Program
  
• DHMH News Release: Maryland Expands Children's Health Program (7/2/01)
  

MASSACHUSETTS

• MassHealth Family Assistance Program: A Case Study of an Employer-Based Insurance Subsidy Program (4/99)
  Jean Hearne and Laura Tollen
  
• An Evaluation of Health Care Programs for Low Income Uninsured and Underinsured Massachusetts Residents Chapter 2: MassHealth (9/00)
  Louis I. Freedman
  
• Expanding Employment-Based Health Coverage: Lessons from Six State and Local Programs (2/01)
  Sharon Silow-Carrol, Stephanie E. Anthony, and Jack A. Meyer

MICHIGAN

• Expanding Employment-Based Health Coverage: Lessons from Six State and Local Programs (2/01)
  Sharon Silow-Carrol, Stephanie E. Anthony, and Jack A. Meyer
  

MINNESOTA

• MinnesotaCare and "Crowding-Out" (9/98)
  Jennifer Sexton
  

OREGON

• A Brief History of the Oregon Health Plan and its Features
  Richard Conviser
• Overview of the Oregon Family Health Insurance Assistance Program (1998)
  Jennifer Sexton
  
• Evaluation of the Family Health Insurance Assistance Program (Period of July 1,1998 through June 1, 1999) (6/99)
  Office for Oregon Health Plan Policy & Research
• Oregon's Plan for Coverage and Continuity of Provider Care for Uninsured Families (5/18/01)
  Conference Transcript
  
• Health Policy for Low-Income People in Oregon (9/99)
  Michael Sparer
  
• SCHIP Funding for Employer-Sponsored Insurance: Federal Issues and Barriers Encountered: A Briefing Paper (2/8/01)
  Oregon HRSA State Planning Grant

PENNSYLVANIA

• What is HIPP? Information on Pennsylvania's Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (1998)
  Pennsylvania Health Law Project
• Pennsylvania HIPP: Provider Relations Training Syllabus
  Joanne Slesser
• Questions and Answers about HIPP* (2/01)
  Department of Public Welfare HIPP Program
• Savings Report, May 2001*
  Department of Public Welfare HIPP Program

RHODE ISLAND

• RIte Share Pending Regulations
  Rhode Island Department of Human Services
  
• Amendment of Rhode Island's 1115 Title XIX RIte Care Waiver - Revised Submission (5/01)
  Rhode Island Department of Human Services
• RIte Share: Rhode Island's Premium Assistance Program: Fact Sheet
  Rhode Island Department of Human Services
• Hindsight and Foresight: Lessons for Getting it RIte (5/18/01)
  Conference Transcript
  
• Rhode Island's Health Care Reform Initiative Annual Report (2000)
  Rhode Island Department of Human Services
• RIte Care Program Results (5/23/01)
  Rhode Island Department of Human Services
• Brochure to Employers about RIte Share with FAQ
  Rhode Island Department of Human Services
  
• How to Become a RIte Share Participating Employer
  Rhode Island Department of Human Services
• Instructions for Enrolling Employees in RIte Share
  Rhode Island Department of Human Services
• Letter to CMS (6/18/01)
  Christine C. Ferguson
• RIte Share Employer Agreement
  Rhode Island Department of Human Services
• RIte Share Employer Application
  Rhode Island Department of Human Services

TEXAS

• HIPP (Health Insurance Premium Payment)
  Texas County Division of Family Services
• The Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) Reimbursement Program for Texas Medicaid Recipients and Family (7/11/01)
  Texas Department of Health
  
• Proposal: Include Enrollment/Disenrollment in the Medicaid HIPP Program as a Qualifying Event Under Employer Group Insurance Standards (8/6/98)
  Commissioner's Council on Local Public Health

VIRGINIA

• Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan; Links to FAMIS information
  Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services
  
• FAMIS Fact Sheet
  NGA summary
  
• SCHIP Policy Review and Feasibility Study: Staff Draft (6/27/01)
  
• Update on CMSIP, FAMIS, & HIPAA (5/30/01)
  Eric S. Bell
  
• Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education (9/29/00)
  
• Health Insurance for Children: Summary; Virginia Acts of Assembly
  
• National Health Policy Forum; Insuring Virginia's Children: Local Outreach and Enrollment: Site Visit Report (9/00)
  The George Washington University
• Virginia Child Health Insurance Approved Plan Information
  CMS
  
• Virginia Title XXI Program Fact Sheet
  CMS
  

WISCONSIN

• Index for BadgerCare Information (3/22/01)
  Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
  
• The Origins and Implementation of BadgerCare: Wisconsin's Experience with the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) (1/01)
  Coimbra Sirica
  
• Case Study: Wisconsin's BadgerCare Offers Innovative Approach to Family Coverage (1/01)
  Jeremy Alberga
  
• State and Local Initiatives to Enhance Health Coverage for the Working Uninsured (11/00)
  Sharon Silow-Carrol, Stephanie E. Anthony, and Jack A. Meyer
  

GENERAL REPORTS

• State Children's Health Insurance Program Approved Plan Files
  CMS
  
• Effective Coverage Expansions for Uninsured Kids and Their Working Parents: Links to Job-Based Coverage (5/18/01)
  Institute for Health Policy Solutions and National Governors' Association
  
• Coverage Goals and Implementation Experience (5/18/01)
  Conference Transcript
  
• A Study of Past Public Insurance Expansions and Crowd-Out of Private Coverage (5/18/01)
  Conference Transcript: "Crowd-Out Study"
  
• Linking Public and Private: Options for Buying-in to Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage with Medicaid and S-CHIP Funds (12/00)
  Danielle Holahan and Kathryn Haslanger
  
• Public Subsidies for Required Employee Contributions Toward Employer-Sponsored Insurance (10/00)
  Mark Merlis
  
• Coordinating State Children's Health Insurance Programs with Employer-Based Coverage: Design and Implementation of Premium Assistance Programs (10/5/99)
  Conference Highlights and Related Information
  
• Subsidizing Employer-Sponsored Insurance Under State Children's Health Insurance Programs: Working with a Supplemental Carrier (10/1/99)
  Laura Tollen and Rick Curtis
• Purchasing Private Health Insurance through Government Health Care Programs: A Guide For States (6/99)
  Laura Tollen
• Subsidy Payment Structure Alternatives (for Coordinating with Employer Coverage Under CHIP) (5/25/99)
  Rick Curtis
• Supplementing Cost Sharing Provisions of Employer-Based Insurance Plans (2/11/99)
  Laura Tollen
• Coordination of Title XXI Coverage with Employer-Based Coverage through Consumer-Choice Health Purchasing Groups (1/26/99)
  Laura Tollen
• Medicaid and Child Health Crowding Out: Synopsis of Resources (12/3/98)
  Kathleen Patchan and Jean Hearne
• Meeting Cost-Sharing Requirements under CHIP Premium Subsidy Program (7/30/98)
  Jennifer Sexton
• Coordinating Children's Coverage Expansions With Employer-Sponsored Coverage (3/17/98)
  Jean Hearne
• Benefits and Cost Sharing: Meeting CHIP Rules when Subsidizing Employer-Sponsored Plans (1998)
• Treatment of Flexible Benefit Plans Under Employer Coverage Subsidy Programs (1998)
  Mark Merlis
• Medicaid: Three State's Experiences in Buying Employer-based Health Insurance (7/97)
  United States General Accounting Office

This document was researched and compiled by Brian Zipser, intern on the State Coverage Initiatives program and medical student at Brown University.