Research Library
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A Look at the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2012 Family and Medical Leave Act Employee and Worksite Surveys
A Look at the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2012 Family and Medical Leave Act Employee and Worksite Surveys
Health IT Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan for Public Comment
Dear Dr. Mostashari: Thank you for your leadership in developing the Health IT Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan, which makes several important recommendations to promote the use of health IT to make care safer, as well as continuously improve the safety of health IT itself. We firmly believe that electronic health records and other forms of health IT must be safe, and agree that this issue is most effectively viewed in the broader context of patient safety, as recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in its 2011 report Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care.
Using Health Care Well: Briefing Paper for Policymakers
How Workplace Leave Policies Support National Health Care Transformation Policymakers, health care systems and providers, and employers are working to promote the effective and efficient use of health care services and reduce overall health care costs. Reimagining and reshaping health care through delivery system reforms and quality improvements are key components of health care transformation.
Using Health Care Well: Strategy Memo for Advocates
Connecting Workplace Leave Policies to National Health Care Transformation The National Partnership for Women & Families conducted a series of interviews with stakeholders from the private, nonprofit and public sectors to understand whether emerging trends in United States health care policies provided new openings for advancing workplace leave policies. This research was designed to investigate opportunities to tie workers' access to workplace leave for their own health needs and the health needs of their loved ones (earned paid sick days and paid family and medical leave) to government, provider and employer efforts to improve health care utilization and delivery systems, promote prevention and wellness, improve caregiver engagement and reduce health care spending.
Standing Up for Women & Families in 2013: A Legislative Agenda
In 2013, we urge you to stand up for women and families by supporting: Quality, Affordable Health Care; Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care, Including Contraception, Abortion and Maternity Care; Paid Sick Days, Paid Family and Medical Leave, and Expanded Access to the Family and Medical Leave Act; A Secure Safety Net that Preserves Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Benefits; Equal Pay for Women and an End to Employment Discrimination of All Kinds; A Fair and Diverse Judiciary
Using Health Care Well: Briefing Paper for Health Care Providers
How Workplace Leave Policies Support National Health Care Transformation Health care providers and systems, policymakers and purchasers are working to promote the effective and efficient use of health care services, improve quality, and reduce overall health care costs. Reimagining and reshaping health care through delivery system reforms and quality improvements are key components of health care transformation.
Using Health Care Well: Briefing Paper for Employers
How Workplace Leave Policies Support National Health Care Transformation Employers, health care providers and policymakers are pursuing improvements in health care services and delivery while seeking to reduce health care costs. Reimagining and reshaping health care through delivery system innovations and quality improvements are key components of health care transformation.
Banning Coverage of Abortion in Multi-State Insurance Plans: Moving in the Wrong Direction
The “Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act” or “SAFE Act” (H.R. 346), and the Senate version of this badly misnamed legislation, the “Preventing the Offering of Elective Coverage of Taxpayer-Funded-Abortion Act of 2013” or “PROTECT Act” (S. 154), would prohibit private insurance coverage of abortion in federally administered multi-state plans established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). These bills, introduced by Representative Alan Nunnelee (R-MS) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), are part of a nationwide effort to limit women’s access to abortion by banning insurance coverage for it.
Comments from the National Partnership on Proposed Rules for Employer Wellness Programs
The National Partnership for Women & Families appreciates the opportunity to comment on the proposed rules for employer wellness programs. The National Partnership represents women and families across the country. As health care purchasers, consumers, and decision makers for themselves and their families women are keenly interested in wellness and prevention of illness.
Proposed Criteria for Stage 3 Meaningful Use (January 2013)
CPeH appreciates the opportunity to provide input on Stage 3 advancements in the definition of meaningful use of health IT.
Consumer Partnership for eHealth Comments on Stage 3 Meaningful Use EHR Program
CPeH appreciates the opportunity to provide input on Stage 3 advancements in the definition of meaningful use of health IT. In Stages 1 and 2, the Meaningful Use Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive program created foundational capabilities for delivering care differently and supporting payment models that incentivize the kind of health care individuals need and deserve. In Stage 3, we need to begin movement beyond the medical model to a more comprehensive, person- and family-centered model for supporting health and wellness.
2013 Work Family Strategy Council Federal Policy Agenda
challenges as personal and individual, but the reality is that nearly all workers – whether old or young, married or single, parent or not – will face urgent personal and family needs at some point in their lives. Children are born, elderly relatives need care, childcare needs arise, and yet there’s no national standard for addressing these challenges.
Senate Bill for the Healthy Families Act in the 113th Congress
A BILL To allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
Latinas and the Wage Gap
FACT SHEET | A look at what the wage gap means for Latinas, especially in the 20 states with the largest populations of employed Latina women.
5 Reasons Expanding Medicaid Coverage Matters to Women and Families
The Medicaid expansion included in the Affordable Care Act is an historic opportunity to extend much needed health care coverage to millions of lower income Americans. Traditionally, Medicaid coverage has been limited to only to certain segments of the low-income adult population – parents whose dependent children live with them, disabled individuals, and pregnant women (but only for the duration of their pregnancy and 60 days afterward).
Standing Up for Women & Families in 2013
The National Partnership for Women & Families is dedicated to expanding opportunities for women and improving the well-being of our nation’s families. For more than 40 years, we have worked to promote fairness in the workplace, reproductive health and rights, access to quality, affordable health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family.
African American Women and the Wage Gap
FACT SHEET | A look at what the wage gap means for African American women, especially in the 20 states with the largest populations of employed African American women.
Medicaid Primer: Ensuring Basic Health Care for Millions of Women and Children
Medicaid provides critical health care for millions of lower income women and children who otherwise would be uninsured. At all ages, women and girls make up the majority of enrollees in Medicaid.
Why Medicare Matters for Women in Alabama
Medicare is a linchpin of financial and health security for millions of older women – including more than 447,000 older women in Alabama – guaranteeing them coverage for affordable, quality health care.
Leveling the Playing Field
FACT SHEET | The connection between the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
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