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Office of Health Policy (HP)

The Office of Health Policy (HP) provides a cross-cutting policy perspective that bridges Departmental programs, public and private sector activities, and the research community, in order to develop, analyze, coordinate and provide leadership on health policy issues for the Secretary. HP carries out this mission by conducting policy, economic and budget analyses, assisting in the development and review of regulations, assisting in the development and formulation of budgets and legislation, assisting in survey design efforts, as well as conducting and coordinating research, evaluation, and information dissemination on issues relating to health policy.

HP is organized in four divisions that align with major Department programs :

Division of Health Care Financing Policy (HFP)
Division of Public Health Services (PHS)
Division of Health Care Access and Coverage (HAC)
Division of Health Care Quality and Outcomes (HQO)

Health Policy Research:

  • Reports to Congress
  • Affordable Care Act Research & Issue Briefs
  • HP Authored or Sponsored Work Published in Journals

Other Helpful Information:

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Reports

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Report

Effects of Implementing State Insurance Market Reform, 2011 - 2012

Environmental Scan

Environmental Scan to Identify the Major Research Questions and Metrics for Monitoring the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Safety Net Hospitals

Report to Congress

Report to Congress on Workplace Wellness

One provision of the Public Health Service Act (Section 2705(m)(1)), as amended by the Affordable Care Act, directs that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and Labor, gather relevant information from employers who provide
Report

Seventy-one million additional Americans are receiving preventive services coverage without cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act ensures that most insurance plans (so-called ‘non-grandfathered’ plans) provide coverage for and eliminate cost-sharing on certain recommended preventive health services, beginning on or after September 23, 2010.
ASPE Issue Brief

Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Income Conversion Methodologies

Medical Care Economic Risk: Measuring Financial Vulnerability from Spending on Medical Care

ASPE Issue Brief

Health Insurance Premium Increases in the Individual Market Since the Passage of the Affordable Care Act

Report

Affordable Care Act Expands Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits and Federal Parity Protections for Over 62 Million Americans

The Affordable Care Act builds on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 to extend federal parity protections to 62 million Americans. The parity law aims to ensure that when coverage for mental health and substance use conditions is provided, it is generally comparable to coverage for medical and surgical care.
Report

Affordable Care Act Expands Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits and Federal Parity Protections for 62 Million Americans

By: Kirsten Beronio, Rosa Po, Laura Skopec, Sherry Glied

Recommendations for Monitoring Access to Care among Medicaid Beneficiaries at the State-level