The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has created fact sheets on federal reform and the health-related provisions in Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) and the health-related provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Over the coming months, HPIO will be leading an effort to provide more in-depth analysis of federal reform and its potential impact on Ohio. Among that work will be the creation of a legislative briefing book, which will feature a series of fact sheets and other educational materials to be compiled in November and delivered to all incoming elected officials.
In conjunction with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Ohio Health Plans, the Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released the 2010 Ohio Medicaid Atlas.
The atlas provides a visual display of comparative information across Ohio’s counties. The maps illustrate opportunities, challenges and areas of need across Ohio in running Ohio’s Medicaid program, in serving the needs of its consumers, and in enhancing the effectiveness of the program.
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio, through support from the HealthPath Foundation of Ohio, has released A Snapshot of Ohio's Safety Net (pdf, 71 pages, 13MB), a report on the economic downturn’s impact on safety net services in
Ohio and other states’ strategies to monitor safety net change. A fact sheet (pdf, 2 pages) of the general findings in the report is also available.
In addition, HPIO collaborated with the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks to host five free regional forums to seek input from local safety net service providers to address the impact of the economic downturn and federal health reform on the safety net.
Ohio's Health Care Safety Net: Challenges and Opportunities Regional forums
HPIO and the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks hosted five free regional forums to discuss the status of the health care safety net in Ohio. Each forum included a presentation of the findings of the Ohio Safety Net Snapshot Report as well as a panel of local providers to address the impact of the economic downturn and federal health reform on the safety net.
In addition, OASHF discussed the Ohio Benefit Bank project and how recent funding from the Health Path Foundation of Ohio is helping to bolster Ohio's safety net.
Interim Director Greg Moody's presentation, "Ohio Medicaid Basics" (pdf, 10 pages), to the Joint Legislative Budget Planning and Management Commission, July 20,2010
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Ohio and its partners in the Ohio Family Violence Prevention Project, under the leadership of Dr. Kenneth Steinman of The Ohio State University College of Public Health, are proud to present profiles of family violence in all 88 counties in Ohio. Financial support for the project is provided by the HealthPath Foundation of Ohio. Click here to find your county profile
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute has released its 2009 County Health Rankings Report, which includes rankings for all 88 counties in Ohio. HPIO, through support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, organized four regional workshops in March where local leaders came together to begin developing strategies to improve the health of the communities where they live and work.
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The Health Policy Institute of Ohio, through support from the HealthPath Foundation of Ohio, has released 
