News, News and Announcements

November 1,
2010 SHARE Announces New Grant Awards
The State Health Access Reform Evaluation
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(SHARE) program, has announced the funding of
SHARE Announces eight new projects targeted to provide
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information on key issues related to the
Minnesota Census implementation of national health reform. These
Research Data Center
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studies that will facilitate effective decision-
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are so excited to have some of the best thinkers

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SHADAC implementation activities related to the Affordable
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and their research goals are summarized in this
press release, with more information available
from SHARE's awarded grants page.
Minnesota Census Research Data
Center Celebrates Grand Opening
The Grand Opening Symposium for the Minnesota
Census Research Data Center (MnRDC) was held
on October 27 at the University of Minnesota.
The event featured talks by Census Bureau
Director Robert Groves and University of
Minnesota President Robert Bruinincks. The
symposium also featured talks by leading
researchers to demonstrate how they have used
Research Data Centers in their work. SHADAC
Senior Economist Sharon Long presented her
work on state-level analyses using restricted data
from the National Health Interview Survey to
evaluate reform in New York and Massachusetts.

SHADAC researchers are available to provide

technical assistance to state health policy analysts
who want to conduct research at the MnRDC.
Please inquire by e-mail or call 612-624-4802.

Sharon Long Presents at New York

Symposium
SHADAC Senior Economist Sharon Long will
present her research on Massachusetts health
reform at the Twenty-First Annual Symposium on
Health Care Services in New York: Research and
Practice, to be held on November 3 in New York
City. The event is sponsored by the United
Hospital Fund and Greater New York Hospital
Association Foundation. Sharon will co-present
during the plenary session with Sherry Glied,
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
who will discuss federal reform. Information on
this event is available at this link.

Upcoming Webinar on Health

Insurance Exchanges
The webinar titled, "Realizing Health Reform's
Potential: Health Insurance Exchanges and the
Affordable Care Act," will be held on November 4
at 2PM EDT. Speakers will address the major
challenges to successful implementation of the
exchanges and present policy options and
recommendations for federal and state officials,
as well as provide an update on the status of the
regulatory process and state implementation.
More information and registration is at this link.
This webinar is co-sponsored by Commonwealth
Fund, National Academy for State Health Policy
and Women in Government.

Registration Now Open for National

Health Policy Conference
AcademyHealth's National Health Policy
Conference will take place on February 7-8, 2011,
in Washington, D.C. The conference will focus on
implementation of the Affordable Care Act,
offering perspectives on overcoming challenges
and advancing health care reform in 2011.
Registration for the event is now open, and those
who register by December 21st will save $100 on
the registration fee. Register here.

Publications
Data User Workshop Presentations
Available
SHADAC hosted a data user workshop on October
22, attended by 20 analysts from 12 states. The
day's events included presentations on key
federal surveys, their survey design, and how to
access public use data. The workshop also
provided hands-on training on using microdata
from federal surveys in the University of
Minnesota School of Public Health computer lab.
Slides from the workshop are available at this
page. For more information on the resources
developed for this workshop, please contact
SHADAC by e-mail or call 612-64-4802.

News from the States

California Report on Migration and
Health
The UCLA center for Health Policy Research has
released a report, "Migration and Health: Mexican
Immigrant Women in the United States." This
study aims to increase overall understanding of
health determinants, access and use of health
services, and the health conditions of adult
Mexican-born women in the U.S. It relies on a
comparative perspective with U.S.-born, non-
Hispanic white and African-American women and
immigrants from other countries.

Colorado Health Institute Releases

New Publications
Researchers at the Colorado Health Institute
(CHI) have released two new publications. Jeff
Bontrager and Allison Summerton presented
"Helping communities prepare for health reform -
Coverage estimates of Coloradans after
implementation" at the Bringing Health Home
Learning Collaborative Meeting in Denver, CO.
This presentation provided high-level background
information on how many uninsured Coloradans
are estimated to become newly insured after the
implementation of health reform, how many will
remain uninsured, and their characteristics.

CHI also released "Collaborative Models of

Primary Care: Case Studies in Colorado
 Innovation," a scan of various primary care clinics
that utilize interdisciplinary collaborative models
for the provision of primary care.

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SHADAC is funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help states monitor
rates of health insurance coverage and to understand factors associated with
uninsurance. Visit us online at www.shadac.org

SHARE is a National Program Office funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to
fund, synthesize and disseminate evaluations of state health reform. SHARE operates
out of SHADAC. For more information, visit SHARE's web site,
www.statereformevaluation.org.

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