Policy, system and environmental change is a way of thinking about how to effectively improve health in a community.

A policy brief (pdf, 8 pages) summarizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, with analysis of state options for expanding Medicaid coverage.

A policy brief (pdf, 6 pages) summarizing the Governor’s Office of Health Transformation’s “Medicaid Eligibility Modernization Project.”

Recognizing the need to respond to current financial and political challenges and to propose new approaches to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of local public health in Ohio, AOHC established

A policy brief (pdf, 8 pages) that summarizes major provisions of the “exchange establishment and functions” final rule released by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

A brief outlining stakeholder considerations of the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) exchange establishment and eligibility final rule and Medicaid final rules.

Modeled after HPIO’s Ohio Medicaid Basics publication, Health Data Transparency Basics provides an overview of the availability...

An update to our May 2011 publication on the Medicare Shared Savings Program, with a summary of the final rules adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services.

An HPIO policy brief (pdf, 8 pages) that summarizes select key findings from the Ohio Department of Insurance’s analysis of the Affordable Care Act’s impact on Ohio consumers and businesses.

An HPIO policy brief (pdf, 12 pages) that outlines key choices Ohio will have to make on health insurance exchanges, what other states are doing, and summarizes the proposed rules on exchanges.