Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 22, 2024 – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a regulation that would strengthen the Health Insurance...
Delivering High-Quality, High-Value Care to Childbearing Women and Babies: Policymakers Can Make a Difference
Policymakers can help promote safe, healthy childbirth experiences for women and babies in the United States with wiser use of resources.
CBC MSSP ACO Comments and Supporting Documents
The Campaign for Better Care (CBC) (led by the National Partnership for Women & Families) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) proposed rule.
CPeH 2014 Activities and Accomplishments
List of CPeH 2014 Activities and Accomplishments
Why the Affordable Care Act Matters for Women: Expanding Medicaid
Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the cost of health insurance placed a particular burden on lower-income women who needed health care services but often struggled to pay insurance premiums and the out-of-pocket costs of care.
What Health IT Means For Women
On average, women use the health care system to a greater extent than men, and thus stand to benefit more from greater access to their own health information and electronic tools that help them manage their health and coordinate their care.
Consumer Benefits of Health IT
This fact sheet outlines how health information technology supports patients and family caregivers (revised version).
Why the Affordable Care Act Matters for Women: Health Insurance 101
Women need the right tools and information to access affordable, quality care and make the best health care choices for their families and for themselves.
Why the Affordable Care Act Matters For Women: Choosing a Health Plan 101
Many women have questions about health insurance, the new insurance marketplace, and how to choose the best health plan for themselves and their families. While every family will have unique health care needs, the following information can help women make the best...
Consumer Engagement in a Multi-Stakeholder Group
It is critically important to include consumer perspectives in multi-stakeholder health care quality improvement initiatives.
Health Care Acronyms
This document contains frequently-used health care acronyms.
Health Care Glossary
This document contains the definitions of frequently-used health care terms.
Consumer Principles for Health and Care Planning in an Electronic Environment
Consumers envision the next generation of care plans as a multidimensional, person-centered planning process built on a dynamic, electronic platform. The Consumer Partnership for eHealth developed a set of Consumer Principles to guide policy efforts to build the...
How Consumer Advocates Can Get Involved
To effectively advocate for a medical home that is truly patient centered, it is necessary to understand some of the changes that need to happen in the health care system.
Why Consumer Advocates Should Get Involved
The medical home model is gaining momentum nationwide as a way to improve the quality of care and reduce costs by offering more accessible, comprehensive, and coordinated primary care.
Health Information Technology: The Foundation for Health Reform
Health information technology (health IT) is a foundational component of a more patient-centered, effective and efficient health care system where women and their health care providers have access to the information they need anytime, anywhere.
Leveraging Meaningful Use to Reduce Health Disparities: An Action Plan
Health information technology offers great promise in addressing and reducing health disparities, yet there has been little actual progress on this critical issue. The Consumer Partnership for eHealth has created an evidence-based action plan for leveraging the EHR...
Why the Affordable Care Act Matters for Women: The Requirement to Have Health Insurance
In 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will make it easier for millions of women to find and enroll in a more affordable health plan that best meets their needs and the needs of their families.
Why the Affordable Care Act Matters for Women: Health Insurance Marketplaces
Starting in 2014, most people will be required to have health insurance, either through employer-provided insurance, a federal program like Medicare or Medicaid, or individually purchased coverage.
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...
Consumer Partnership for eHealth
CPeH amplifies the consumer voice to ensure that health IT initiatives and policies are implemented according to the needs of patients and families.