Deborah Erickson, alaska Health Care Commissin, delivered this overview of the State of Alaska\'s response to Federal Health Care Reform at the Sept. 2, 1010, Alaska Provider Forum.

1. The View from State Government’s Hill
Anchorage Health Care Provider Community Forum
Deborah Erickson, Alaska Health Care Commission
September 2, 2010

2.  Employer
 Private Insurance Market
Regulator
 Medicaid Program
Administrator
 Public Health Service Provider
 Safety Net Service Support
 Health Care Delivery System
Planning & Development

3.  Alaska is participating as a
plaintiff in the 20‐state
lawsuit led by Florida.
 Challenging the
Constitutionality of:
 The individual mandate
requiring individuals to
purchase health insurance
 Unfunded mandates
imposed on state
governments

5.  Implement Employer Requirements
 Implement Medicaid Expansion
 State Options
 High Risk Pool
 Early Retirees Reinsurance Program
 Health Insurance Exchange
 Insurance Market Reforms
 Early Medicaid Expansion
 Service Delivery and Payment Reforms
 Public Health & Prevention Programs
 Health Workforce Development Programs 5

6. 1. Budgetary Costs
2. Changes to State Statutes and Regulations
3. Agency Policy and Programmatic Changes
4. New Employer Obligations
5. State Flexibility
6. Role in the Health Care System 6

7.  State Operating Budget ($7.3 B (FY 11; w/o debt))
 Medicaid $1.4 B (DHSS $2.3 B)
 Education 1.4 B
 Transportation .7 B
 University of Alaska .8 B
 Public Safety .2 B
 Courts .1 B
 Corrections .3 B

8.  AK DHSS’s Health Care Reform Agenda
 Alaska Health Care Commission
 Medicaid Reform
 Care Management
 Health Information Technology (EHR/HIE)
 Workforce Development
 Alaska Health Care Commission’s Agenda
 Access
 Cost
 Quality
 Prevention

9. For More Information Please Visit:
Alaska’s federal health care law information
website at:
http://hss.state.ak.us/fedhealth/
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