Health Reform

ASTHO's Response to Health Reform

ASTHO's Health Reform Action Team helps members and affiliate organizations respond to the public health provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

What's New

Prevention is Key: States Receive Community Transformation Grants for Capacity Building and Implementation

ACA Funding Opportunities for Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs

CDC Announces Community Transformation Grants for States

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We communicate via newsletter, all-member calls, documents, and rapid technical assistance. This team works with ASTHO's Health Reform Committee, which is chaired by Mary Selecky (Washington state).

If you have any questions related to the implementation of the ACA, please contact infocenter@astho.org.

Affordable Care Act Analyses

Health Care Workforce and Primary Care Provisions in PPACA

Health IT/Public Health Informatics Provisions in PPACA

Home Visiting Provisions in PPACA

Immunization Provisions in PPACA and HCERA

Public Health Workforce Provisions in PPACA

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Analyses from Other Organizations

American Hospital Association Summary of Legislation

Congressional Research Service Summary of Act

George Washington University Summary of Provisions

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Funding

Check here for updates as new funding opportunities become available.

Latest Awards

Sep 24, 2010HHS Awards $320M to Expand Primary Care Workforce
Includes funding to state health departments to assess their state's current health workforce.

Sep 24, 2010HHS Awards Nearly $100M in Prevention and Wellness Funding
Initiatives will support public health infrastructure, HIV/AIDS prevention and testing, tobacco and obesity prevention, epidemiology and laboratory capacity, and behavioral health.

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