Publications and Reports
Lauren R. Jahnke
As Sole Author,
Co-author, or Contributing Editor:
(See below for
editing/proofreading/formatting publications)
Author,
Decoding Health Insurance and the Alternatives: Options,
Issues, and Tips for Saving Money. Book written for
Vercura Publishing, Austin, Texas, 2021 (Revised Edition). (First
Edition published in 2020.) For sale on
Amazon.
Author, "Consultant's
Report on Options for Austin Food For Life." Report for
Austin Food For Life,
Austin, Texas.
September 2015.
First author, "Evolution
of Health Insurance Marketplaces: Experiences and Progress
in Reaching and Enrolling Diverse Populations."
Report for Kaiser Permanente and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Texas Health Institute,
Austin, Texas.
July 2015.
First author, "Snapshot
of Medicaid 1115 Waiver and Other State-Based Delivery
System Transformations."
Report for Blue Shield of California Foundation. Texas Health Institute,
Austin, Texas.
January 2015.
First author, "Marketplace
Consumer Assistance Programs and Promising Practices for
Enrolling Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities."
Report for the San Francisco Foundation. Texas Health Institute,
Austin, Texas.
May 2014.
Co-author, "Implementing
Cultural and Linguistic Requirements in Health Insurance
Exchanges." The Affordable Care Act & Racial and Ethnic
Health Equity Series, Report No. 1. Texas Health Institute,
Austin, Texas.
March 2013.
Co-author, "Impact
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Various
Population Groups in Texas, Final Preliminary Report."
Report for the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas at Rice
University and Methodist Healthcare Ministries. August 2010.
Co-author, "U.S.-Mexico
Mode 2 Imports and Exports of Health Services." Report
to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), Paris, France. March 2010.
Author, "Case
Study of the Breast Cancer Services Project."
Report for the
Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas, Austin, Texas.
April 2009.
Co-author, "Global Product Placement: Analysis of
Opportunities." Report for Dell, Inc., Round Rock, Texas.
June 2007. (I was main writer, along with two content
experts from Dell; proprietary, not available publicly.)
Co-author, "Creating
a Successful School-Based Mobile Dental Program."
Journal of School Health, vol. 77, no. 1, January
2007, pp. 1-6. (For the St. David’s Community Health
Foundation, Austin, Texas.)
Co-author,
Code
Red: The Critical Condition of Health in Texas.
The University of Texas System. 2006. Our
white papers on Medicaid/SCHIP and innovations in other
states appear as
Appendices B and C of the 2006 report.
Co-author,
U.S./Mexico Border Health Issues: The Texas Rio Grande
Valley. Regional Center for Health Workforce
Studies, Center for Health Economics and Policy, The
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
April 2003.
Co-author, "Toward
Better Access to Health Insurance Coverage for U.S. Retirees
in Mexico." Salud
Pública de México, vol. 43,
no. 1, January-February 2001, pp. 59-66.
Co-author,
The Cost of Cancer in Texas, 2nd ed. (Co-author
on part 1, first author on part 2, edited whole report.)
Texas Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition, Austin, Texas.
December 2001.
Contributing
Editor,
Getting What You Paid For: Extending Medicare to Eligible
Beneficiaries in Mexico. U.S.-Mexican Policy Report
No. 10, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at Austin. 1999.
Co-author,
The State of Public Health: Local and State Government
Issues in Texas. (Report resulting from HCR 44 of
the 75th Legislature; main researcher and writer of report
as a staff member for the HCR 44 workgroup.) Texas
Department of Health, Austin, Texas. December 1998.
Co-author,
Community Mental Health Centers Under Managed Care:
Authority or Provider?
Policy Research Project Report No. 128, Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin.
1998.
Co-author,
Consultant’s Report on the Tennessee Patient Advocacy Act of
1997. (Author of Chapter 3, “Managed Care Patient
Protections.”) Report by Research and Planning Consultants,
Inc., Austin, Texas. February 1998.
Co-author, "Trade in Health Care Products between the United
States and Mexico." Chapter 1 in book entitled
NAFTA and Trade in Medical Services between the U.S. and
Mexico. U.S.-Mexican Policy Report No. 7, Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at
Austin. 1997.
Co-author,
"A Framework for Developing Standard Operating Procedures." Drug
Information Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, October 1994,
pp. 937-941.
As Copyeditor/Proofreader/Formatter:
Editing and layout of
Intelligence in Defense of Democracy. Policy Research Project Report
No. 221, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2022.
Editing and layout of
Domestic Terrorism in the Digital Age. Policy Research Project Report
No. 220, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2021.
Editing and layout of
Testing Methods for Austin
Workforce Program Evaluation. Policy Research Project Report
No. 213, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2020.
Editing and layout of
Extending Electric Service to Rural
Nepal. Policy Research Project Report
No. 212, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2020.
Editing and layout of
Interagency Performance in Counterterrorism Operations:
Implications for the “Gray Zone.”
Policy Research Project Report
No. 201, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2018.
Editing and layout of
The Impact of Securitization on Central American Migrants. Policy Research Project Report
No. 199, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2018.
Editing and layout of
Organized Crime and Central American Migration in Mexico. Policy Research Project Report
No. 198, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2018.
Editing and layout of
Young, Hip Austin is Getting Old: A New Experiment in
Confronting the Challenge. Policy Research Project Report
No. 197, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2018.
Editing and proofreading of Alejandro Ibarra-Yunez, Mary
Collins, and James Mahady, "Comparative
Analysis of Mexico’s Independent System Operator with U.S.
Peers: Institutional Assessment Structures and Performance
Metrics."
Contaduria y Administracion, vol 66, iss 1, 2019.
Editing and layout of
Security Policy in Mexico:
Recommendations for the 2018 Presidential Elections. Policy Research Project Report
No. 193, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2017.
Editing, proofreading, and research of "Advancing
Health Equity in the Health Insurance Marketplace: Results
from Connecticut’s Marketplace Health Equity Assessment Tool."
Texas Health Institute, Austin, Texas. October 2016.
Editing and proofreading on "In the Wake of the Affordable Care Act: Understanding
Community Barriers and Facilitators to Health Care Access;
Findings from a Community-Based Survey of South Sacramento."
Texas Health Institute, Austin, Texas. September 2016.
Editing, layout, and cover design of
Sustainability of Engineered Rivers in Arid Lands:
Euphrates-Tigris and Rio Grande/Bravo. Policy Research Project Report
No. 190, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2016.
[Also for sale on
Amazon]
Editing and layout of Intelligence and National Security in
American Society. Policy Research Project Report
No. 189, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2016.
Editing and layout of
A Better Life for Low-Income Elders
in Austin. Policy Research Project Report
No. 188, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2016.
Editing and layout of
Renewable Energy Technology for Development in a Remote
Area: Oki Islands, Japan. Policy Research Project Report
No. 187, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2016.
Editing and layout of
Technology Entrepreneurship in Indonesia and Kenya. Policy Research Project Report
No. 183, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2015.
Editing and layout of
Improving Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services
Integration with Local Healthcare Networks.
Policy Research Project Report No. 182, Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin.
2015.
Editing and layout of
An Assessment of Mental Health Services for Veterans in the
State of Texas. Policy Research Project Report
No. 180, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2015.
Editing and layout of
International Water Quality Management in the
Lower Rio Grande/Río Bravo. Policy Research Project Report
No. 177, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2013.
Editing and layout of
Economic and Regulatory Challenges and
Opportunities for US-Mexico Electricity Trade and
Cooperation. Policy Research Project Report
No. 174, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2012.
Editing and formatting of
Houses Made of Wood and Light: The Life and Architecture of
Hank Schubart,
by Michele Dunkerley. University of Texas Press, Austin,
Texas. 2012.
Editing and formatting of "Access to Health Services for
Immigrants in the USA: From the Great Society to
the 2010 Health Reform Act and After,"
by David C. Warner.
Ethnic and Racial Studies
vol 35, iss 1, 2012, pp. 40-55.
Editing and formatting of "Rate Analysis and
Recommendations Report," "Rate Analysis and Recommendations
Summary Report," and "Proposed Austin Energy Electric Rate
Schedule." Austin Energy, Austin, Texas. August 2011.
Editing and layout of
Title Insurance Regulation in Texas:
Challenges and Opportunities. Policy Research Project Report
No. 171, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2011.
Editing and layout of Used Motor Oil Management in the
Ciudad Juarez Area. Special Project Report, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2010.
Editing and layout of
Extending Medicare to Mexico: Impact
on Mexican-Born Beneficiaries. Policy Research Project
Report No. 168, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs,
The University of Texas at Austin. 2010.
Editing and layout of
Sustainable Energy Options for
Austin Energy. Policy
Research Project Report No. 166, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2009.
Editing and layout of Analysis of Reinsurance and
High-Risk Pool Options for Health Insurance in Texas.
Center for Health and Social Policy, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2008.
Editing and layout of Executing Government Transformation:
Case Studies of Implementation Challenges. Policy
Research Project Report No. 164, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2008.
Editing and layout of Reducing the Carbon Footprint of
Global Transportation, Volumes I, II, and III. Policy
Research Project Report No. 163, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2008.
Editing and layout of
The Future of the South Saskatchewan
River Basin: Stakeholder Perspectives. Policy Research
Project Report No. 162, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2008.
Editing and layout of
What do Groundwater Users Want?
Desired Future Conditions for Groundwater in the Texas Hill
Country. Policy Research Project Report No. 161, Lyndon
B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas
at Austin. 2008.
Editing and layout of
Medicare in Mexico: Innovating for
Fairness and Cost Savings. Policy Research Project
Report No. 156, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs,
The University of Texas at Austin. 2007.
Editing and formatting of Big Choices: The Future of
Social Security. Big Choices Series No. 3, Center for
Health and Social Policy, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2007.
Editing and layout of
Care that Pays for Itself? Community
Initiatives to Reduce the Cost of Uncompensated Health Care.
Policy Research Project Report No. 151, Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin.
2006.
Editing and formatting of
Big Choices: The Future of Health Insurance for Older
Americans. Big Choices Series No. 2, Center for
Health and Social Policy, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2006.
Editing and formatting of
Big Choices: The Future of Health Care for America's
Families. Big Choices Series No. 1, Center for
Health and Social Policy, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2005.
Editing and formatting of
Cross-Border Health Insurance: Options for Texas.
U.S.-Mexican Policy Studies Series, Policy Report No. 12,
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University
of Texas at Austin. 2004.
Editing and formatting of
The Future of Labor Unions: Organized Labor in the 21st
Century. Institute and Seminar Proceedings Series,
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University
of Texas at Austin. 2004.
Editing and layout of
Health Workforce Needs: Opportunities for U.S.-Mexico
Collaboration. Regional Center for Health Workforce
Studies, Center for Health Economics and Policy, The
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
December 2003.
Editing and layout of
Investing in Texas, Financing Health Coverage Expansion:
Conference Proceedings. Center for Health and Social
Policy, Policy Paper No. 1, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2003.
Editing and layout of
Investing in Texas, Financing Health Coverage Expansion:
Conference Background Papers. Center for Health and
Social Policy, Policy Paper No. 2, Lyndon B. Johnson School
of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2003.
Editing and layout of
Expanding Health Care Coverage for the Uninsured in Texas.
Policy Research Project Report No. 141, Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at
Austin. 2001.
Editing and layout of
Three Technical Papers on a Research and Demonstration
Waiver for Medicare Coverage in Mexico. U.S.-Mexican
Occasional Paper No. 7, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 1999.
Editing and layout of
Medicare Benefits for Recipients Living in Mexico:
Proceedings of a Conference. U.S.-Mexican Occasional
Paper No. 8, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at Austin. 1999.
(Note: Reports above that say "layout" were printed directly from my formatted Word and PDF files, and reports that say "formatting" were formatted by me in a Word template and then typeset by someone else before publication.)