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Reyna S, Anderson S, Yang S, Rosenbach M. 2024. Recommendations for improving oral health care access, quality, and outcomes and advancing equity in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program . Princeton, NJ: Mathematica, 35 pp.

Annotation: This report describes the framework that the 2023 Medicaid and CHIP Oral Health Initiative (OHI) Workgroup used to set priorities for improving oral health care access, quality, and outcomes and advancing health equity in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The report also summarizes workgroup input for the following focus areas: strategic priorities, strategies, and measures for monitoring progress for the next phase of the OHI. It provides background on why good oral health is important and about what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has done to achieve the goal of improving oral health care for Americans, as well as about the workgroup’s charge.

Contact: Mathematica , P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393, Telephone: (609) 799-3535 Fax: (609) 799-0005 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to oral health care, Medicaid: Children', Oral health, Quality improvement, s Health Insurance Program

Horner DC, Morrow B. 2006. Opening doorways to health care for children: 10 steps to ensure eligible but uninsured children get health insurance. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Children's Partnership, 14 pp.

Annotation: This report, which is intended primarly for federal policymakers and staff and advocates for children as well as for state and local leaders, outlines steps to help insure children who are eligible for public health insurance but who are not insured. The report, which contains an executive summary, is divided into the following sections: (1) lessons from the states, (2) 10 steps to effective enrollment, (3) a closer look at the most promising enrollment doorways, and (4) moving forward. The report includes one appendix: federal Medicaid and SCHIP rules. A conclusion and endotes are included.

Contact: Kaiser Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 1330 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 347-5270 Fax: (202) 347-5274 E-mail: http://www.kff.org/about/contact.cfm Web Site: http://kff.org/about-kaiser-commission-on-medicaid-and-the-uninsured/ Available from the website.

Keywords: Children, Eligibility, Enrollment, Health insurance, Low income groups, Medicaid: State Children', State programs, Uninsured persons, s Health Insurance Program

Cunningham PJ, Reschovsky JD, Hadley J. 2002. SCHIP, Medicaid expansions lead to shifts in children's coverage. Washington, DC: Center for Studying Health System Change, 6 pp. (Issue brief; no. 59)

Annotation: This report discusses expansions in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and how these changes have led to shifts in children's health insurance coverage because certain newly eligible children switched from private to public coverage. The report provides an overview of SCHIP and discusses the changing proportions of uninsured children, varying coverage rates by state, outreach to eligible families, and the effect of state budget cuts. Statistical information is presented in figures and tables throughout the report. The report includes endnotes.

Contact: Mathematica , P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393, Telephone: (609) 799-3535 Fax: (609) 799-0005 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com Available from the website.

Keywords: Budgets, Children, Eligibility, Enrollment, Families, Health insurance, Medicaid: Low income groups, Outreach, State Children', Uninsured persons, s Health Insurance Program
   

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