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Petersen D, Ireys H, Ferry G, Foster L. 2014. How are CHIPRA quality demonstration states working together to improve the quality of health care for children?. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6 pp. (National evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Evaluation highlight no. 6)

Annotation: This document is sixth in a series that presents descriptive and analytic findings from the national evaluation of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) Quality Demonstration Grant Program. It illustrates how states are using partnerships to improve the quality of children’s health care. Topics include strategies that states are using to create and maintain cross-state relationships and the benefits and challenges of partnering.

Contact: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 427-1364 Web Site: http://www.ahrq.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Children', Demonstration programs, Health care systems, Program evaluation, Program improvement, Quality assurance, State programs, s Health Insurance Program

Ferry G, Ireys H, Peterson D, Zickafoose J. 2014. How are CHIPRA quality demonstration states designing and implementing caregiver peer support programs?. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6 pp., suppl. (1 p.). (National evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Evaluation highlight no. 7)

Cardwell A, Jee J, Hess C, Touschner J, Heberlein M, Alker J. 2014. Benefits and cost sharing in separate CHIP programs. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy; Washington, DC: Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, 127 pp.

Annotation: This report examines covered benefits, limitations, and premium and cost-sharing provisions in 2013 for 42 separate Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP) in 38 states. Contents include an overview of findings on separate CHIP benefits and cost-sharing policies and state-level summary tables of selected benefits and cost-sharing. Topics include benchmark choices and comparison to Medicaid benefits; outpatient and inpatient mental health and substance abuse services; physical, occupational, and speech/language therapies; dental services; and vision and hearing services.

Contact: National Academy for State Health Policy, 10 Free Street, Second Floor, Portland, ME 04101, Telephone: (207) 874-6524 Secondary Telephone: (202) 903-0101 Fax: (207) 874-6527 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nashp.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Benchmarking, Child health services, Children', Cost sharing, State programs, s Health Insurance Program

Acoca L, Stephens J, Van Vleet A. 2014. Health coverage and care for youth in the juvenile justice system: The role of Medicaid and CHIP. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 14 pp. (Issue brief)

Annotation: This brief provides an overview of the health and mental health needs of girls and boys in the juvenile justice system and the role of Medicaid in addressing those needs. It focuses on the circumstances of those girls and boys who are placed in juvenile justice residential facilities, the discontinuity of Medicaid coverage for those youth, and the options for improving coverage, continuity of care and access to needed services post-discharge, including opportunities provided by the Affordable Care Act.

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: Access to health care, Data, Health insurance, High risk adolescents, Juvenile justice, Medicaid, Mental health, Program improvement, State Children', Youth, s Health Insurance Program

Hossain M, Coughlin R, Zickafoose J. 2014. CHIPRA quality demonstration states help school-based health centers strengthen their medical home features. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6 pp. (National evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Evaluation highlight no. 8)

Annotation: This document is the eighth in a series that presents descriptive and analytic findings from the national evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) Quality Demonstration Grant Program. The document focuses on a joint CHIPRA quality demonstration project in Colorado and New Mexico in which the quality improvement goals include integrating the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) approach into school-based health centers (SBHCs). The document describes what motivated the states and SBHCs to adopt the PCMH approach, actions they are taking to strengthen SBHCs' medical home features, changes in the states' health care policies that are relevant to SBHCs being recognized as PCMHs, and what other states can do if they are interested in supporting SBHCs in their efforts to become medical homes.

Contact: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 427-1364 Web Site: http://www.ahrq.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Children', Colorado, Demonstration programs, Medical home, New Mexico, Policy development, Program evaluation, Program improvement, Quality assurance, School based clinics, State programs, s Health Insurance Program

Albritton E, Petersen D, Edmunds M. 2014. How are CHIPRA quality demonstration states supporting use of care coordinators?. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 8 pp. (National evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Evaluation highlight no. 9)

Annotation: This document focuses on how six states (Alaska, Idaho, Massachusetts, Oregon, Utah, and West Virginia) are using grant funds to support practices' use of care coordinators by providing training, technical assistance, and/or funding as practices implement client-centered medical home models. Topics include state-level requirement, care coordinator approach, funding source, hiring responsibility, employer, and hours worked.

Contact: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 427-1364 Web Site: http://www.ahrq.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Children', Demonstration programs, Program coordination, Program evaluation, Quality assurance, State programs, s Health Insurance Program

Albritton E, Edmunds M, Thomas V, Peterson D, Ferry G, Brach C, Bergofsky L. 2014. Engaging stakeholders to improve the quality of children's health care. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 40 pp. (National evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Implementation guide no. 1)

Annotation: This guide is designed to help state officials and other program administrators engage and partner with stakeholders in initiatives to improve the quality of child health care. The guide describes a five-step approach to engage stakeholders. Topics include defining the goals, scope, and institutional home of the stakeholder engagement process; determining who to engage; building the stakeholder group structure; convening and disseminating; and assessing the quality and results of the engagement.

Contact: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 427-1364 Web Site: http://www.ahrq.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Children', Demonstration programs, Group processes, Participation, Program evaluation, Program improvement, Quality assurance, State programs, s Health Insurance Program

McManus MA, Fox HB. 2014. Lack of comparability between CHIP and ACA qualified health plans. Washington, DC: National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health , 34 pp. (Fact sheet; no. 11)

Annotation: This fact sheet compares benefits and cost-sharing requirements in separate non-Medicaid Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIPs) and child-only qualified health plans available to families with low and moderate incomes in five geographically representative states -- Colorado, Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and West Virginia -- that enroll all or almost all of CHIP-eligible children in separate programs. Contents include a brief summary of each state's current CHIP eligibility levels for its separate CHIP programs, type of CHIP benefit package, and type of health insurance exchanges. Additional topics include coverage for 28 mandatory and optional service categories defined under the CHIP statute.

Contact: National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, 1615 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 223-1500 Fax: (202) 429-3557 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.thenationalalliance.org/ Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Children', Colorado, Comparative analysis, Cost sharing, Eligibility, Georgia, Health care reform, Individualized health plans, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oregon, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, State programs, Texas, West Virginia, s Health Insurance Program

Bly A, Lerche J, Rustagi K. 2014. Comparison of benefits and cost sharing in children's health insurance programs to qualified health plans. Englewood, CO: Wakely Consulting Group, 177 pp.

Annotation: This report presents findings from an analysis of the benefit and cost-sharing differences of health coverage provided through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and qualified health plans (QHPs) offered through the marketplaces. The analysis provides information on the potential benefit and cost-sharing impact to CHIP beneficiaries should CHIP not be continued, resulting in current enrollees migrating into QHPs available through the marketplaces. The analysis focuses on 35 states including states that operate CHIP separate from Medicaid and states with CHIP combined with Medicaid.

Contact: Wakely Consulting Group, 9777 Pyramid Court, Suite 260, Englewood, CO 80112, Telephone: (720) 226-9800 Fax: (720) 226-9820 Web Site: http://www.wakely.com Available from the website.

Keywords: Children', Cost sharing, Health care reform, Medicaid, State programs, s Health Insurance Program

American Academy of Pediatrics and National Academy for State Health Policy. 2014. State CHIP fact sheets. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, 102 pp.

Annotation: These fact sheets provide information on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for each state. Contents include data on enrollment and participation rates, the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) eligibility levels, benefits offered and cost sharing requirements, as well as information about enrollment and renewal simplifications, and quality measures and other general program characteristics.

Contact: National Academy for State Health Policy, 10 Free Street, Second Floor, Portland, ME 04101, Telephone: (207) 874-6524 Secondary Telephone: (202) 903-0101 Fax: (207) 874-6527 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nashp.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Children', Costs, Data, Eligibility, Enrollment, Measures, Participation, Program descriptions, Quality assurance, State programs, s Health Insurance Program

Foster L. 2014. How are CHIPRA quality demonstration states testing the Children's Electronic Health Record Format?. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 7 pp. (National evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Evaluation highlight no. 10)

Annotation: This document is the 10th in a series that presents findings from the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) Quality Demonstration Grant Program. It focuses on the roles of two states -- North Carolina and Pennsylvania --to test the Children's Electronic Health Record (EHR) Format (the Format) to improve the quality of health care for children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP. Contents include key messages, background, findings, conclusion, and implications. Topics include how well the Format's requirements support the provision of primary care to children and how readily the requirements can be incorporated into existing EHRs.

Contact: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 427-1364 Web Site: http://www.ahrq.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Children, Children', Demonstration programs, Medicaid, Medical records, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Program improvement, Quality assurance, State programs, s Health Insurance Program

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 2014. Making connections: Strategies for strengthening care coordination in the Medicaid benefit for children and adolescents. Baltimore, MD: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 27 pp.

Annotation: This guide presents proven strategies for strengthening care coordination to increase the effective use of services covered by Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP). The guide describes four strategies that have been implemented by multiple states and have produced outcomes demonstrating the value of improved care coordination. The strategies include building care coordination into provider standards for medical homes, supporting primary care providers through care coordination entities, building care coordination requirements into managed care contracts, and implementing a multifaceted intervention to improve coordination across systems. Examples and resources for states are included.

Contact: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Telephone: (800) 633-4227 Secondary Telephone: (877) 267-2323 Fax: Web Site: https://www.cms.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Children', Coordination, EPSDT, Health care systems, Health care utilization, Managed care, Medical home, Primary care, Program improvement, State programs, s Health Insurance Program

Forsberg VC, Peters R, Napoles AI, Shah A, Ramos C, Devers K. 2014. Environmental scan and literature review: Factors that influence preventive service utilization among children covered by Medicaid and CHIP–Improving quality of care in Medicaid and CHIP through increased access to preventive services. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 56 pp.

Annotation: This document summarizes preventive service use patterns and barriers among infants, children, and adolescents enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, documented cost and health outcomes associated with prevention, and activities and efforts designed to improve preventive service rates and outcomes. Activities are organized according to their target (state, Medicaid/CHIP, providers and delivery systems, or patients). A companion review focuses on the use of preventive services by adults enrolled in Medicaid.

Contact: Urban Institute, 500 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20024, E-mail: https://www.urban.org/about/contact-us Web Site: http://www.urban.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, Barriers, Children, Children', Costs, Health care utilization, Infants, Literature reviews, Medicaid, Preventive health services, Program improvement, Quality assurance, State programs, Trends, s Health Insurance Program

Ramos C, Spencer AC, Shah A, Palmer A, Forsberg VC, Devers K. 2014. Environmental scan and literature review: Factors that influence preventive service utilization among adults covered by Medicaid–Improving quality of care in Medicaid and CHIP through increased access to preventive services. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 55 pp.

Annotation: This document summarizes preventive service use patterns and barriers among adults enrolled in Medicaid in order to identify potential opportunities and strategies to promote preventive service use. It explores the influence of a variety of factors that affect the use of preventive services including policy decisions at the federal and state levels, and barriers and facilitators at the delivery system, provider, and patient levels, and how these factors potentially influence use. Evidence around health and costs associated with preventive services use is also summarized. A companion review focuses on the use of preventive services by infants, children, and adolescents enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.

Contact: Urban Institute, 500 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20024, E-mail: https://www.urban.org/about/contact-us Web Site: http://www.urban.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adults, Barriers, Children', Costs, Health care utilization, Literature reviews, Medicaid, Preventive health services, Program improvement, Quality assurance, State programs, Trends, s Health Insurance Program

Pew Charitable Trusts and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. 2014. Children's Health Insurance Program: A 50-state examination of CHIP spending and enrollment. Philadelphia, PA: Pew Charitable Trusts, 21 pp.

Annotation: This report examines key facets of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and how it is administered, analyzing data on CHIP spending and enrollment for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report also examines data on other insurance coverage and spending, state revenue, and overall national health expenditures.

Contact: Pew Charitable Trusts, One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street, Suite 1700, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7077, Telephone: (215) 575-9050 Fax: (215) 575-4939 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.pewtrusts.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Comparative analysis, Costs, Enrollment, Research, State Children', State programs, Trends, s Health Insurance

Mathematica Policy Research and Urban Institute. 2014. CHIPRA mandated evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: Final findings. Ann Arbor, MI: Mathematica Policy Research, 130 pp.

Medicaid-CHIP State Dental Association, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Oral Health Program Quality, Policy, and Financing. 2014. 2013 national profile of state Medicaid and CHIP dental screening: Program report–Pregnant women CDT level data: Medicaid program calendar year–2013. Washington, DC: Medicaid-CHIP State Dental Association, 27 pp.

Annotation: This report provides information about the Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT Code) used to report preventive oral health services for pregnant women on state Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) claims. Contents include information derived from a national survey of Medicaid and CHIP oral health programs for calendar year 2013, organized by state.

Contact: Medicaid | Medicare | CHIP Services Dental Association, 4411 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., #104, Washington, DC 20008, Telephone: (202) 855-3993 Fax: (202) 248-2315 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.medicaiddental.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Children', Data collection, Health services delivery, Medicaid, National surveys, Oral health, Oral health care, Pregnant women, Preventive health services, Reimbursement, Screening, State programs, s Health Insurance Program

O'Hare W. 2014. Rural children increasingly rely on Medicaid and state child health insurance programs for health insurance. [Washington, DC]: First Focus, 56 pp.

Annotation: This report focuses on differences in health insurance coverage and type among children residing in metropolitan areas vs. those residing outside of these areas. Topics include child health insurance trends from 2000 to 2012; source of health insurance; children who lack health insurance; children in families with low incomes; and differences by state, county, and congressional district.

Contact: First Focus, 1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 650, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 657-0670 Fax: (202) 657-0671 Web Site: http://www.firstfocus.net Available from the website.

Keywords: Children, Children', Comparative analysis, County programs, Health insurance, Low income groups, Medicaid, Metropolitan areas, Rural population, State programs, Trends, s Health Insurance Programs

Yocom CL. 2014. Children's health insurance: Cost, coverage, and access considerations for extending federal funding. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 10 pp.

Annotation: This testimony identifies issues related to extending federal funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and addresses considerations related to cost, coverage, and access in CHIP.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website. Document Number: GAO-15-268T.

Keywords: Access to health care, Children', Costs, Financing, Financing, Health care reform, Medicaid, State programs, s Health Insurance Program

Howle EM. 2014. California Department of Health Care Services: Weaknesses In Its Medi-Cal Dental Program limit children's access to dental care. Sacramento, CA: California State Auditor, 86 pp. (Report 2013-125)

Annotation: This report presents findings on how the Medi-Cal Dental Program is fulfilling its mandate to ensure that child beneficiaries receive oral health care. Contents include data from California's Medi-Cal and Healthy Families dental programs, recommendations for action, and a response from the Department of Health Care Services.

Contact: California State Auditor, 621 Capitol Mall, Suite 1200, Sacramento, CA 95814, Telephone: (916) 445-0255 Secondary Telephone: (916) 445-0033 Web Site: http://www.auditor.ca.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Barriers, California, Children, Children', Health care utilization, Medicaid, Oral health, Oral health care, State programs, s Health Insurance Program
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