Health Reform
- Link to Health Reform: An Environmental Overview (May 2011)
- Link to Summary of Coverage Provisions (PDF) on the Kaiser Family Foundation website. (The Kaiser Family Foundation (www.kff.org) is a non-profit private operating foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, dedicated to producing and communicating the best possible information, research and analysis on health issues.)
- Link to Timeline Implementation on the Kaiser Family Foundation website.
HIT / Meaningful Use Proposed Rule
- Link to Meaningful Use Comment Letter (PDF) on the CHP website.
- Link to Meaningful Use on the Health Information Technology Website managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
- Link to e-Prescribing Comment Letter (PDF) on the CHP website.
HHS / CMS Rules
- Link to CHP Value Based Purchasing Comment letter. March 2011 (PDF)
- Link to CHP FY 2011 IPPS Comment letter. June 2010 (PDF)
- Link to 2012 IPPS Proposed Rule - CHP Comment Letter. June 2011
- Link to CHP Comment Letter on Accounting Disclosure. August 2011
- Link to CHP Comment Letter on Conditions of Participation. December 2011
- Link to CHP Statement on HHS Women's Preventive Services Rule. January 2012
Ohio Budget - SFY 2012-2013
- Link to 5/22/11 Cincinnati Enquirer guest column by MHP CEO James May.
- Link to 6/23/11 CHP Letter on Ohio Budget.
- Link to 7/26/11 OHA Overview on State Budget Bill Healthcare Provisions.
Tax Exempt Status
Health Care Quality
- Link to Jane Crowley Presentation to AHRQ - November 2010.
- Link to Statement by Michael Connelly to IOM Committee - January 2011.
- Link to Statement by Michael Connelly on Protect Life Act - February 2011.
- Link to CHP Annual Report on Quality and Patient Safety for 2010.
- Link to Healthcare Quallity Coalition Letter to IOM Committee - June 2011.
- Link to Healthcare Quality Coalition Letter to CMS - August 2011.
- Link to Ohio Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety - December 2011.
Medicare Shared Savings / ACO Proposed Rule
- Link to The Academy Advisors Comment Letter on ACO Proposed Rule - June 2011.
- Limk to CMS ACO Fact Sheet: General Summary - October 2011.
- Link to CMS ACO Fact Sheet: Quality - October 2011.
- Link to CMS ACO Fact Sheet: Providers - October 2011.
- Link to CMS ACO Fact Sheet: Rural Providers - October 2011.
- Link to CMS ACO Fact Sheet: Assignment of Beneficiaries - October 2011.
- Link to CMS ACO Fact Sheet: Shared Savings Methodology - October 2011.
- Link to CMS ACO Fact Sheet: Advance Payment - October 2011.
CHP Ohio News
- Link to 8/5/11 Cincinnati Business Courier CHP in Ohio Market.
- Link to CHP Overview of Ohio Ballot Issues - September 2011.
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