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/-LCenter for Health <strong>Care</strong> Strategies, Inc.
Affiliuted with the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and Internotionol Affairs atl Prnceton University
The Center for Health <strong>Care</strong> Strategies, Inc., (CHCS) was established in 1995 as a non-profit.
non-partisan policy and resource center affiliated with the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs at Princeton University. CHCS serves as the National Program Office for two
national initiatives of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF): the <strong>Medicaid</strong> <strong>Managed</strong> <strong>Care</strong>
Program and the Building Health Systemsfor People with Chronic Illnesses program. CHCS has
also received substantial funding from The Annie E. Casey Foundation to provide technical
assistance and information through its Children in <strong>Managed</strong> <strong>Care</strong> Initiative and to help CHCS further
develop its highly-rated Web site on health policy and managed care for vulnerable populations
(http://www.chcs.org).
The <strong>Medicaid</strong> <strong>Managed</strong> <strong>Care</strong> Program is a $21 million national initiative. Its goal is to make
managed care work for <strong>Medicaid</strong> recipients, especially those with chronic health conditions and
social problems. Under this program, CHCS administers a competitive grant program with awards of
-up to $500,000 to states, managed care organizations, and others directly involved in making
<strong>Medicaid</strong> managed care work. Thirty grants totaling more than $3 million have been made to date.
CHCS also serves as a resource center to state and local governments, health care organizations,
consumers, and the policy-making community on <strong>Medicaid</strong> managed care issues.
The Building Health Systems for People with Chronic Illnesses program has made grants
totaling approximately $10 million over the last three years. A new $3 million Call for Proposals
will be issued in September, 1997 for innovations in systems of care for people with chronic
conditions, particularly children with special health care needs, individuals with physical disabilities,
and those with mental illness.
The overall mission of CHCS is to promote the development and implementation of effective
health and social policy for all Americans. In all of its work, CHCS places a high premium on
finding practical solutions to current problems and promoting collaboration between the public and
private entities responsible for making health care programs work for those most vulnerable to shifts
in the political and fiscal environments. CHCS is staffed by individuals with a blend of experience
from the health care industry, state and federal governments, philanthropy, and the consulting sector.
The CHCS board is chaired by Karen Hein, M.D., Executive Officer of the Institute of
Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Hein is joined on the Board by Rhoda
Karpatkin, J.D., President of Consumers Union; Leonard Lieberman, J.D., former Chairman of
Supermarkets General Corporation; Frank McArdle, Ph.D., Principal of Hewitt Associates,_LLC;
Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D., James Madison Professor of Political Economy, Princeton University;
Michael Rothschild, Ph.D., Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton; George Strait, ABC
News Medical Correspondent; and Stephen A. Somers, Ph.D., President of the Center for Health <strong>Care</strong>
Strategies, Inc. For more information on CHCS or its programs, please contact us via the numbers or
addresses listed below.
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353 Nassau Street Princeton, NJ 08540 . Phone: 609-279-0700 . Fax: 609-279-0956 . E-mail: mailtchcs.org