- ACA Implementation & State Health Reform
- Coverage and Access
- Federal/State Issues
- Medicaid and CHIP
- Population and Public Health
- Providers and Services
- Acute Care
- Assisted Living
- Behavioral Health
- Case Management
- Child Development Services
- Chronic Care Management
- Community Health Centers
- Developmental Screening
- Early Childhood Services
- Emergency Care
- EPSDT
- Family Planning
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- Home & Community Based Services
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- Medical Homes & Health Homes
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- Oral Health
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- Quality, Cost, and Health System Performance
- ACOs
- Adverse Event Reporting
- Care Transitions
- Comparative Effectiveness
- Cost Sharing
- Delivery System Reform
- Fraud and Abuse
- Health Care Workforce
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- Managed Care
- Medical Homes & Health Homes
- Medical Malpractice
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- Payment Reform
- Performance Measurement
- Provider Payment Policy
- Quality Oversight
- Specific Populations
- Adolescents
- Childless Adults
- Children
- Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Dual Eligibles
- Elders
- Families
- Low Income People
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- Transitional Youth
- Vulnerable Populations
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- Youth
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- Youth in Juvenile Justice System
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Public Insurance Programs and Children with Special Health Care Needs, A Tutorial on the Basics of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program
This tutorial on the basics of Medicaid and CHIP is a collaboration of NASHP and the Catalyst Center: Improving Financing of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN). The tutorial gives a broad overview of Medicaid and CHIP, the many different populations these programs serve, the changes they are undergoing as a result of health care reform and some options to help readers think about opportunities to improve services for CSHCN through communication and collaboration with Medicaid and CHIP staff. The tutorial starts with an overview of how definitions of CSHCN may vary by agency or program, followed by eight major topic areas and then recommendations for steps Title V programs can take to build successful partnerships with public insurance programs.
February 2012» -
The Role of Children's Coverage Programs in a Changing Health Care Landscape: EPSDT, CHIP, and Health Care Reform
With the support of The Commonwealth Fund and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, in late 2010 NASHP convened an invitational leadership forum on the role of children’s coverage programs in a changing health care landscape. Participants included representatives from state Medicaid EPSDT and CHIP programs, Maternal and Child Health Title V, CMS and other children's health care experts. This brief captures the themes and explores the opportunities and challenges identified in that meeting to lay out a vision for how EPSDT and CHIP can work together to improve health coverage for children in the context of health care reform.
July 2011» -
What a Difference a Dollar Makes: Affordability Lessons From Children's Coverage Programs
States are responsible for on the ground implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including expanding coverage options through Exchanges and other health insurance programs. This brief examines the affordability of current children's coverage options and coverage under ACA. It also draws on lessons from the Children's Health Insurance Program, which can serve as a model for states as they implement affordability provisions in ACA.
April 2011» -
The Affordable Care Act and Children with Special Health Care Needs
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides states with some important tools that can be utilized to provide more continuous, adequate and affordable coverage for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). How the law is interpreted and whether implementation challenges are addressed with the unique needs of CSHCN in mind will shape how well the ACA fulfills its promise to this vulnerable population. This paper developed by the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) for the Catalyst Center at Boston University reviews and analyzes key provisions of the ACA relevant for CSHCN and provides suggestions for state policymakers.
Download here: The Affordable Care Act and Children with Special Health Care Needs
January 2011
