Health Policy

September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic

Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research

May 2, 2013 | Program Result Report

Scholars in Health Policy Research builds a field of creative thinkers in the field of health policy. Recent graduates of PhD programs in economics, political science, and sociology study health policy at one of three universities for two years.

Use of the Integrated Health Interview Series

March 30, 2012 | Journal Article

The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has collected annual data on Americans since 1957 but multiyear analysis of the data has been problematic. This paper examines the recent Integrated Health Interview Series, which provides online access to ...

Health Tracking

March 19, 2012 | Program Result Report

Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.

Breaking Gridlock

April 1, 2011 | Journal Article

A broad look at decades of health policy successes and failures in Congress.

Radiologists Seek a Greater Role In Health Policy Formulation

July 12, 2011 | Story

A Scholar's new study reveals the public health risks of current radiology practices and the need for new professional standards.

Data and Methods to Facilitate Delivery System Reform

October 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Support for a Nonpartisan, Informal Information Exchange

April 18, 2011 | Program Result Report

The National Health Policy Forum provides a nonpartisan, informal and private exchange of information and ideas about health policy among congressional and executive agency policy-makers and their staffs.

Health Policy Tracking Service Provides Information on State Health Policy Legislation

August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report

The Health Policy Tracking Service provides information on important developments in state legislation, policies and programs affecting health care, primarily through Web-based reports and databases.

Keeping the Press and Congressional Staff Informed about Health Care Policy

August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report

In early 2006, RWJF provided a renewal grant to the Alliance for Health Reform to continue its work informing congressional staff and journalists about health care issues. Funding extended from February 2006 to November 2008.

The Meaningful Use Stage 2 Final Rule

September 5, 2012 | Issue Brief

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule on the Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet to qualify as meaningful users of electronic health records (EHRs) and receive incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.