Strategic Planning & Timelines

This brief by Health Reform GPS gives the background, key implementation dates, and key issues that surround essential community providers now that the Affordable Care Act has passed.

This brief gives a a summary of the changes the Affordable Care Act made to Medicaid and CHIP Maintenance of Effort Provisions. It outlines key implementation dates as well as key issues surrounding the subject.

States are developing strategies, timelines and action plans for implementing the ACA as well as conducting analysis on the impact that the law will have on state programs and budgets.

The National Conference of State Legislatures' (NCSL) has created a new state legislators' check list for health reform implementation.

In response to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, on July 29, 2010, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn issued Executive Order 2010-12 establishing the Healthcare Reform Implementation Council.

On August 20-21, 2010, the Advisory Council began the process of establishing task forces in six key areas: Medicaid Reform, Insurance Market Reform, Delivery and Payment Reform, Capacity, Technology, and Purchasers Perspective.