Julia F Costich
Biographic Data
| ID | 5949391 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia F Costich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia F |
| FAMILY NAME | Costich |
| SIGNATURE | COSTICH J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kentucky Department for Public Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8687-4478 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Heroin and fentanyl overdoses in Kentucky
Regulatory Enforcement and Fiscal Impact in Local Health Agencies
Objectives. We used a cross-sectional, retrospective study design to analyze the association between local health agency regulatory activities and revenues from nonclinical fees and fines (NFF). Methods. We extracted data from the 2010 National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Profile Survey, the most recent report including NFF information, and used 2-part multivariable regression models to identify relationships between …
Public Health Departments and Accountable Care Organizations
We examined areas of potential collaboration between accountable care organizations and public health agencies, as well as perceived barriers and facilitators. We interviewed 9 key informants on 4 topics: advantages of public health agency involvement in accountable care organizations; services public health agencies could provide; practical, cultural, and legal barriers to accountable care organization–public health agency involvement; and busin…
Population Health, Public Health, and Accountable Care
To identify roles for public health agencies (PHAs) in accountable care organizations (ACOs), along with their obstacles and facilitators, we interviewed individuals from 9 ACOs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payers. We learned that PHAs participate in ACO-like partnerships with state Medicaid agencies, but interviewees identified barriers to collaboration with Medicare and commercial ACOs, including Medicare participation requirem…
Ingram et al. Respond
Ingram et al. Respond Affiliation Richard C. Ingram MEd, DrPH, Julia F. Costich JD, PhD, and F. Douglas Scutchfield MDRichard C. Ingram, Julia F. Costich, and F. Douglas Scutchfield are with the Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Julia F. Costich, JD, PhD, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Kentucky College of Publi…
Local Health Departments as Essential Community Providers for Health Benefits Exchange Plans
The Affordable Care Act requires health plans’ networks to include “essential community providers” (ECPs). Local health departments (LHDs) can be ECPs, typically for tuberculosis and sexually transmitted disease–related services or family planning. An ECP status may be controversial if it jeopardizes core population health services or competes with community partners. Some LHDs already bill for ECP services, but independent billing functions coul…
Local Legal Infrastructure and Population Health
Objectives. We explored the association between the legal infrastructure of local public health, as expressed in the exercise of local fiscal and legislative authority, and local population health outcomes. Methods. Our unit of analysis was public health jurisdictions with at least 100 000 residents. The dependent variable was jurisdiction premature mortality rates obtained from the Mobilize Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) database. Our pr…
Effects of Premium Increases on Enrollment in SCHIP
This study examines the effects of new and higher premiums on SCHIP enrollment in Kansas, Kentucky, and New Hampshire--three states that implemented premium changes in 2003. We used state administrative enrollment records from 2001 to 2004-2005 to track changes in total caseloads, new enrollments, and disenrollment timing in premium-paying categories of SCHIP before and after the premium changes were implemented. Premium hikes were associated wit…
The Poetry of Change
Population Health, Public Health, and Accountable Care
To identify roles for public health agencies (PHAs) in accountable care organizations (ACOs), along with their obstacles and facilitators, we interviewed individuals from 9 ACOs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payers. We learned that PHAs participate in ACO-like partnerships with state Medicaid agencies, but interviewees identified barriers to collaboration with Medicare and commercial ACOs, including Medicare participation requirem…
Public Health Departments and Accountable Care Organizations
We examined areas of potential collaboration between accountable care organizations and public health agencies, as well as perceived barriers and facilitators. We interviewed 9 key informants on 4 topics: advantages of public health agency involvement in accountable care organizations; services public health agencies could provide; practical, cultural, and legal barriers to accountable care organization–public health agency involvement; and busin…
Local Health Departments as Essential Community Providers for Health Benefits Exchange Plans
The Affordable Care Act requires health plans’ networks to include “essential community providers” (ECPs). Local health departments (LHDs) can be ECPs, typically for tuberculosis and sexually transmitted disease–related services or family planning. An ECP status may be controversial if it jeopardizes core population health services or competes with community partners. Some LHDs already bill for ECP services, but independent billing functions coul…
Local Legal Infrastructure and Population Health
Objectives. We explored the association between the legal infrastructure of local public health, as expressed in the exercise of local fiscal and legislative authority, and local population health outcomes. Methods. Our unit of analysis was public health jurisdictions with at least 100 000 residents. The dependent variable was jurisdiction premature mortality rates obtained from the Mobilize Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) database. Our pr…
The Poetry of Change
Effects of Premium Increases on Enrollment in SCHIP
This study examines the effects of new and higher premiums on SCHIP enrollment in Kansas, Kentucky, and New Hampshire--three states that implemented premium changes in 2003. We used state administrative enrollment records from 2001 to 2004-2005 to track changes in total caseloads, new enrollments, and disenrollment timing in premium-paying categories of SCHIP before and after the premium changes were implemented. Premium hikes were associated wit…
Local Legal Infrastructure and Population Health
Objectives. We explored the association between the legal infrastructure of local public health, as expressed in the exercise of local fiscal and legislative authority, and local population health outcomes. Methods. Our unit of analysis was public health jurisdictions with at least 100 000 residents. The dependent variable was jurisdiction premature mortality rates obtained from the Mobilize Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) database. Our pr…
Local Health Departments as Essential Community Providers for Health Benefits Exchange Plans
The Affordable Care Act requires health plans’ networks to include “essential community providers” (ECPs). Local health departments (LHDs) can be ECPs, typically for tuberculosis and sexually transmitted disease–related services or family planning. An ECP status may be controversial if it jeopardizes core population health services or competes with community partners. Some LHDs already bill for ECP services, but independent billing functions coul…
Regulatory Enforcement and Fiscal Impact in Local Health Agencies
Objectives. We used a cross-sectional, retrospective study design to analyze the association between local health agency regulatory activities and revenues from nonclinical fees and fines (NFF). Methods. We extracted data from the 2010 National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Profile Survey, the most recent report including NFF information, and used 2-part multivariable regression models to identify relationships between …
Public Health Departments and Accountable Care Organizations
We examined areas of potential collaboration between accountable care organizations and public health agencies, as well as perceived barriers and facilitators. We interviewed 9 key informants on 4 topics: advantages of public health agency involvement in accountable care organizations; services public health agencies could provide; practical, cultural, and legal barriers to accountable care organization–public health agency involvement; and busin…
Population Health, Public Health, and Accountable Care
To identify roles for public health agencies (PHAs) in accountable care organizations (ACOs), along with their obstacles and facilitators, we interviewed individuals from 9 ACOs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial payers. We learned that PHAs participate in ACO-like partnerships with state Medicaid agencies, but interviewees identified barriers to collaboration with Medicare and commercial ACOs, including Medicare participation requirem…
Ingram et al. Respond
Ingram et al. Respond Affiliation Richard C. Ingram MEd, DrPH, Julia F. Costich JD, PhD, and F. Douglas Scutchfield MDRichard C. Ingram, Julia F. Costich, and F. Douglas Scutchfield are with the Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Julia F. Costich, JD, PhD, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Kentucky College of Publi…
Heroin and fentanyl overdoses in Kentucky
Medicine (7 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Public Health Policies and Education (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Population (4 works)