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CHIP Dental Coverage: An Examination of State Oral Health Benefit Changes as a Result of CHIPRA
Oral health remains a serious concern for the health and well being of children, especially those who are low-income. However, with the passage of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), all children enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will have a base level of dental coverage included in their benefit package. This brief provides a summary of the CHIP dental benefit changes under CHIPRA and examines the states that had voluntarily sought federal approval of current benefits, or made changes to their CHIP dental benefits as of September 2011.
Additionally, NASHP wrote a blog post about the dental brief and CHIPRA dental benefit, which is on the Georgetown Center for Children and Families' Say Ahhh! blog.
Blog: Children's Dental Health
By Leigha BasiniDecember 2011» -
Managing the "T" in EPSDT Services
The Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program is the child health component of Medicaid. Despite EPSDT’s broad benefits, studies and state policymakers’ experience suggest that not all children are receiving the services to which they are entitled. While many stakeholders understand the requirements that define EPSDT well child visits (commonly called screening visits) and their importance to supporting and promoting child health, the requirements that define EPSDT coverage for treatment (the “T” in EPSDT) are not as well understood. This brief explores states efforts and opportunities to improve access to treatment services in EPSDT.June 2010» -
Challenges for Decisionmakers: How Managed Competition Could Affect Children with Special Health Care Needs
This briefing report is written to alert public and private sector decision makers to the potential advantages and disadvantages of a health care reform strategy based on managed competition from the perspective of an important and vulnerable population -- children with special health care needs. Nearly a third of all children in the U.S. currently have a chronic physical, developmental, learning, emotional, and behavioral problem. A small but growing proporation of children -- 6 percent nationwide -- are limited in their ability to play or to attend school. Many of these children are poor; in fact, poor children are more likely to experience severe health problems than their nonpoor counterparts.
April 1994 -
Help Wanted: A Policymaker’s Guide to new Dental Providers Report
Access to dental care is an increasingly serious problem for many people in the United States, particularly for children. There is a shortage of private dentists and a limited availability of affordable, or government-supported dental care. This is further compounded by the small number of private dentists willing to participate in public health insurance programs, or treat young children and other underserved populations, especially in rural areas.May 2009 -
Analysis of State Regulations and Policies Governing the Operation and Licensure of Retail Clinics
The recent growth of retail clinics across the United States presents opportunities and challenges for states working to address access, costs, and quality issues within their health delivery systems. With more than 1,000 sites in 37 states, the emergence of retail clinics as an alternate provider has shaken up traditional health care models and can no longer be viewed as a passing trend for the following reasons: • Retail clinics are accessible. They are usually found in suburban settings within a drug store, grocery store, or mass merchandise store. They are open during evening and weekend hours, without waits or appointments. • Retail clinic services often cost less. Because clinics are mostly staffed by lower cost providers such as nurse practitioners and have lower overhead costs, prices for services can be substantially less than alternatives such as an emergency room or urgent care center.January 2009 -
A Medicaid Primer for Housing Officials
This primer describes the basic components of the Medicaid program. It is not a technical manual. Presented in a concise question and answer format, this document explains many of the features of what can be a complicated program. It is intended to be used to help housing agencies work with Money Follows the Person Demonstration grantees but may be useful to others who want to understand the basics of Medicaid. A joint publication of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy and the National Academy for State Health Policy. Published for the Community Living Exchange, funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).September 2007 -
Health Reform in Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont: An Examination of State Strategies to Improve Access to Affordable, Quality Care
This issue brief was prepared by NASHP for the Maine Health Access Foundation to examine the progress of health reform in Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont and to compare these three states’ efforts. The brief was developed and written by Neva Kaye and Andrew Snyder. The brief includes information on:March 2007 -
SCHIP at 10: Progress and Results
This fact sheet briefly explores some of the choices states have made in program design over the past ten years, the success achieved in enrollment and helping to reduce the uninsured, and the improved results in access to care and health outcomes for children with SCHIP coverage.March 2007 -
Maintenance Allowance Fact Sheet
This fact sheet briefly explains federal rules that allow states to provide home and community-based services waivers to individuals who would be eligible for services in an institution.October 2005 -
Assessment Instruments in 12 States
This report is a compilation and review of state long-term care assessment instruments and processes. The document identifies assessment instruments being used and reviews some of the variation across instruments and in the process for using them.January 2005
