Health policy thrives on a combination of research, analysis, politics, journalism and ideological interpretation from and by academics, think tanks, foundations, associations and government agencies. Because of the size of health care spending in America and the active participation of literally thousands of specialty associations, information is not hard to come by. It is our goal to make simpler your task of referencing a variety of these resources.

We are always interested in new resources, please send us your recommendations.

University of St. Thomas

Opus College of Business
Center for Health & Medical Affairs
Health Care UST MBA
Executive and Professional Education

Federal

Health Reform
http://www.healthcare.gov/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
http://www.cms.gov/
Agency for Healthcare, Research and Quality (AHRQ)
http://www.ahrq.gov/
Congressional Research Service – Summary of PPACA bill
http://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
http://www.cbo.gov/
Medicare payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
http://www.medpac.gov/
Text of the Affordable Care Act
http://www.healthcare.gov/law/full/index.html
Insurance Options for individuals and business
http://finder.healthcare.gov/
Public reporting of quality by hospitals, doctors, nursing homes, home health agencies and dialysis providers
http://www.healthcare.gov/prevention/index.html
Institute of Medicine (IOM)
http://www.iom.edu/

Congressional Committees

Senate Finance Committee – A.C.A. Bill
http://finance.senate.gov/issue/?id=07CDCA4E-7368-489B-8A51-575BE1D56A23
Senate HELP Committee – A.C.A. Bill
http://help.senate.gov/
House Committee on Ways and Means – Health Care
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Search/Results.htm?cx=015261568882729536952%3Alqvtkz4kl4q&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=Health+Care#1032
House Committee on Energy and Commerce – Democratic – Health Reform
http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?q=bill/health-care-reform
House Committee on Energy and Commerce – Republican – Health Reform
http://energycommerce.house.gov/subcommittees/health

State

Minnesota Department of Health
http://www.health.state.mn.us/
SHADAC
http://www.shadac.org/
Minnesota Community Measurement
http://www.mncm.org/site/
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)
http://www.icsi.org/
Stratis Health
http://www.stratishealth.org/index.html
Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange (Marketplace)
http://mn.gov/hix/
Minnesota Quality measures
http://www.health.state.mn.us/healthreform/measurement/index.html

Foundations

Kaiser Commission on the Medicaid and the Uninsured**
http://healthreform.kff.org/
Kaiser Health News**
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/
** These two sites are the simplest way to follow the health care debate and the A.C.A. implementation.
Commonwealth Fund
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Health-Reform.aspx
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
http://www.rwjf.org/
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
http://www.aei.org/
Brookings Institution
http://www.brookings.edu/
ACO Learning Network
http://www.acolearningnetwork.org/ 

Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/
New American Foundation
http://www.newamerica.net/
Orlikoff Reinertsen Boardworks
http://www.orboardworks.com/

Blogs

AHRQ Press Releases
http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/
CMS Highlights
http://www.medscape.org/sites/advances/healthcare-updates
Health Affairs Blog
http://healthaffairs.org/blog/
ICSI Health Care Blog
http://icsihealthcareblog.wordpress.com/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/tag/institute-for-healthcare-improvement/
University of St. Thomas High Performance Health Care Blog
Health News Watchdog Blog
http://healthnewsreview.org/blog/

Other

Council of Affordable Physician Practices – Accountable Care Facts

http://www.accountablecarefacts.org/