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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.

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.

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

Ferry GA, Ireys HT, Foster L, Devers KJ, Smith L. 2013. How are CHIPRA demonstration states approaching practice-level quality measurement and what are they learning?. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6 pp. (National evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Evaluation highlight no. 1)

Annotation: This report discusses early accomplishments, challenges, and lessons learned from four states (Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania) that are pursuing practice-level quality measurements aimed at improving child health care under the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) Quality Demonstration Grant Program. The report describes the states’ efforts to select meaningful measures, adapt health plan and state-level measures for practice-level reporting, and use technology to collect measurement data.

Keywords: Children's Health Insurance Program, Data collection, Demonstration programs, Maine, Massachusetts, Measures, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Program evaluation, Quality assurance, State programs

Harty M, Horton K. 2013. Using Medicaid to advance community-based childhood asthma interventions: A review of innovative Medicaid programs in Massachusetts and opportunities for expansion under Medicaid nationwide. Washington, DC: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy, Childhood Asthma Leadership Coalition, 13 pp. (Issue brief)

Annotation: This report reviews community asthma interventions, describes new initiatives under way in Massachusetts to promote community-based asthma prevention for children, and discusses opportunities for state Medicaid programs to incorporate these interventions into Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program programs nationwide. The report also provides information about the prevalence and burden of childhood asthma and discusses existing Medicaid authority to increase community-based asthma intervention.

Keywords: Asthma, Intervention, Child health, Children's Health Insurance Program, Community programs, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Prevention, State initiatives

Hensley-Quinn M, Hess C. 2013. How CHIP can help meet child specific requirements and needs in the exchange: Considerations for policymakers. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, 9 pp. (Briefing)

Annotation: This brief explores how states may be able to use the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to help meet some of the child-specific requirements for exchanges in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. Topics include child-specific coverage for exchanges, CHIP as a tool to meet exchange requirements, and how states can use CHIP in the exchange.

Keywords: Child health, Children's Health Insurance Program, Health insurance, Legislation, State programs

Childhood Asthma Leadership Coalition. 2013. Ensuring stable and continuous health insurance coverage for children with asthma. Washington, DC: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy, 5 pp. (Leveraging Affordable Care Act opportunities to improve childhood asthma outcomes)

Annotation: This report provides information about how advocacy organizations can mobilize around Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) provisions to improve health outcomes for children most at risk for asthma. The report describes several ACA provisions and implementation activities that target stability and continuity of health insurance for children, including (1) heath insurance coverage of preventive health services, (2) development of an essential health benefit for all individuals securing insurance through state health insurance exchanges, (3) streamlining enrollment procedures under Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and state exchanges, (4) expanding Medicaid to cover individuals with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty line, and (5) enhanced Medicaid payments to primary care physicians.

Keywords: Access to health care, Advocacy, Asthma, Child health, Children's Health Insurance Program, Enrollment, Health insurance, Health services, High risk children, Legislation, Low income groups, Medicaid, Prevention, Reimbursement, State programs, Treatment

Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors and Medicaid-CHIP State Dental Association. 2013. Opportunities for collaboration between state oral health programs and state Medicaid-CHIP oral health programs. Sparks, NV: Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors, 9 pp.

Annotation: This document is designed to help states improve collaboration between state oral health programs and state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs. Contents include a discussion of the importance of oral health; a description of the programs and related professional associations; a framework for considering the benefits of collaboration; and examples of collaboration in Alaska, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Michigan.

Keywords: Children's Health Insurance Program, Collaboration, Medicaid, Oral health, Program improvement, State programs

Prater W, Alker J. 2013. Aligning eligibility for children: Moving the stairstep kids to Medicaid. Melo Park, CA: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation, 11 pp.

Annotation: This brief examines how the transition of children from the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to Medicaid after the Affordable Care Act goes into effect will affect children, families, and states. The brief offers an introduction to the issue and and overview (including the number of children affected, how children and families will be affected, benefits, cost sharing, enrollment and renewal procedures, access to care, fiscal impact on states, and administrative efficiency). The brief also discusses lesson learned from New York and Colorado from their early transition of coverage (including how children have transitioned, how families have been notified about changes, how delivery systems have affected alignment, and how providers were engaged in the process). Other models used to coordinate CHIP and Medicaid are also discussed.

Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescents, Children, Children's Health Insurance Program, Colorado, Costs, Eligibility, Enrollment, Families, Health care delivery, Health care reform, Infants, Legislation, Low income groups, Medicaid, New York, Program coordination, State programs, Statistical data, Transitions

Burton R, Hill I, Devers KJ. 2013. How are CHIPRA demonstration states working to improve adolescent health care?. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6 pp. (National evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Evaluation highlight no. 3)

Annotation: This report discusses barriers states participating in the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 Quality Demonstration Grant Program have encountered in their efforts to improve adolescent health care, identifies strategies to address these barriers, and suggests actions states can take to enhance adolescent health care. The purpose of this program is to identify effective, replicable strategies for enhancing the quality of health care for children. The report provides background, presents findings, and discusses implications. Key messages from the report are also presented.

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

McMorrow S, Christensen A, Natzke B, Devers K, Peters R. 2013. How are states and evaluators measuring medical homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program?. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6 pp. (National evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Evaluation highlight no. 2)

Annotation: This document presents preliminary statistics on the extent to which demonstration practices in six states exhibit the attributes of a medical home. Topics include characteristics of medical home assessment tools, domains and topics on the index used to evaluate the demonstration projects, and the distribution of baseline scores across 63 intervention practices.

Keywords: , Children's Health Insurance Program, Demonstration programs, Measures, Medical home, Program evaluation, Quality assurance, State programs, Statistical data

National Governors Association. 2013. 2012 maternal and child health update: The changing environment of Medicaid/CHIP coverage for children and improving birth outcomes. Washington, DC: National Governors Association, 4 pp. (Issue brief)

Annotation: This issue brief summarizes data gathered by the National Governor's Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices through a 2012 survey that focused on the changing maternal and child health environment for states. With an emphasis on Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for children, the brief highlights key findings on Medicaid and CHIP populations enrolled in managed care, the method of payment for medical homes in 2012, and the MCH initiatives that states and territories are involved in.

Keywords: Children's Health Insurance Program, Data, MCH programs, Medicaid, National surveys, State programs, Statistics

Courtot B, Coughlin TA, Lawton E. 2013. Medicaid and CHIP managed care payment methods and spending in 20 states: Final report to the Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 51 pp.

Annotation: This report, which is a companion to the Medicaid and CHIP Risk-Based Managed Care in 20 States report, focuses on 20 states' Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care payment methods and spending. The states are Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. The report addresses two research questions: (1) how do the 20 states establish capitation rates in their Medicaid and CHIP managed care programs, and how have their approaches to and policies for rate setting changed over the past decade and (2) how does monthly Medicaid spending for four distinct managed care enrollee populations (adults and children, with and without disabilities) vary among the 20 states? The report introduces the issues and presents the study approach, methods, findings, and a discussion.

Keywords: Adults, Arizona, California, Children, Children's Health Insurance Program, Connecticut, Costs, Delaware, Disabilities, Florida, Managed care, Maryland, Massachusetts, Medicaid, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, State programs, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin

U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2013. Children's health insurance: Information on coverage of services, costs to sonsumers, and access to care in CHIP and other sources of insurance. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 52 pp.

Annotation: This report provides a baseline comparison of coverage and costs to consumers in separate Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) plans and benchmark plans in select states; describes how coverage and costs might change in 2014; and describes how access to care by CHIP children compares to other children nationwide. Examples are provided from five states: Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, New York, and Utah.

Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Children's Health Insurance Program, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, New York, Utah, Case studies, Families, Health care financing, State programs

Lallemand NC, Richardson E, Devers K, Simpson L. 2013. How the CHIPRA quality demonstration elevated children on state health policy agendas. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6 pp. (National evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Evaluation highlight no. 4)

Annotation: This document is the fourth 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 Program. It provides examples of activities in five states (Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Oregon) and how they used the CHIPRA quality demonstration grants to elevate children's health care issues on their states' health policy agendas.

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

Foster L. 2013. How are CHIPRA quality demonstration states encouraging health care providers to put quality measures to work?. Rockville, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6 pp. (National evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: Evaluation highlight no. 5)

Annotation: This document is the fifth in a series that presents interim findings from the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) Quality Demonstration Program. It compares and contrasts two projects that use quality measures to drive quality improvement including a pay-for-performance program in Pennsylvania that encourages health systems to use electronic health records and a state-led learning collaborative in South Carolina that encourages primary care practices to be more quality-oriented.

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

Hensley-Quinn M, Snyder A. 2013. Managing program change: Experience from maximizing enrollment states in leadership, culture change, coordination and data. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, 33 pp.

Annotation: This report shares the successes and challenges that state teams experienced as they worked to streamline eligibility and enrollment systems for children and those eligible for coverage within the context of a recession, elections, and the enactment of major federal laws including the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Contents include background, key areas of state work, lessons for other states, future directions, and conclusion. Topics include providing leadership to achieve culture change, analyzing and using information and data, and coordinating across programs and agencies.

Keywords: Children's health insurance program, Eligibility, Enrollment, Health care reform, Leadership, Management, Measurement, Organizational change, Program coordination, Service delivery systems, State programs

Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services. 2012–2015. CMS learning lab: Improving oral health through access. Baltimore, MD: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, multiple items.

Annotation: This webinar series provides information for states and their collaborative partners to improve access to oral health services for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Topics include developing state oral health action plan using state data, successful beneficiary outreach strategies, quality improvement processes, engaging more dentists to care for young children, dental sealants, and promoting oral health through the Medicaid benefit for children and adolescents. An informational bulletin about the series, presentation slides, audiorecordings, and related resources are available.

Keywords: Children, Children's health insurance program, Community action, Data, Dental sealants, Health promotion, Medicaid, Oral health, Planning, Program improvement, State agencies

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. 2012. Secrets to success: An analysis of four states at the forefront of the nation's gains in children's health care coverage. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 23 pp. (Policy brief)

Annotation: This report examines the experiences of four different states in improving the health coverage of children in recent years through Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Based on site visits and interviews with key stakeholders in the states of Iowa, Oregon, Alabama, and Massachusetts, the report discusses the common themes underlying states' successful efforts. The report also provides background information on trends in coverage of children, the research methods used in the report analysis, key findings, and remaining challenges and next steps. The appendices provide data on the uninsured rates of children by state (2008-2010), along with state profiles for Iowa, Oregon, Alabama, and Massachusetts.

Keywords: Child health, Children's Health Insurance Program, Data, Medicaid, State programs, Trends

Brooks T, Guyer J. 2012. CHIPRA at work three years later: Shaping state actions and connecting children to coverage. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, 5 pp.

Annotation: This report examines the success of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) three years after it was signed into law. It discusses the effectiveness of CHIPRA in the states and describes how states have each benefited from one or more of the law’s opportunities to advance coverage for children. Included is a description of how CHPRA lightened the paperwork load for families and states, supported and rewarded enrollment state efforts, and otherwise encouraged states to extend their access to families. Figures show the number of states taking advantage of CHPRA tools and incentives and how the uninsured rate of children has declined over the past three years even has child poverty rates have increased.

Keywords: Access to health care, Children's Health Insurance Program, Evaluation, Program improvement, Progress reports, State programs

Dorn S. 2012. The future of Healthy Families: Transitioning to 2014 and beyond. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 13 pp.

Annotation: This issue brief summarizes research examining the potential impact of moving children currently receiving health coverage through California’s Healthy Families Program into Medi-Cal or the California Health Benefit Exchange. The research (commissioned by the 100% Campaign, a collaborative effort of Children Now, The Children’s Partnership, and Children’s Defense Fund-California) examines various scenarios for the future of Healthy Families and makes recommendations on which of the children in that program (based on income levels) should be moved into Medi-Cal. The brief includes a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages for low-income children in each of four scenarios, and suggests policy directions based on the findings.

Keywords: California, Children, Low income groups, Outcome evaluation, Policy development, Program improvement, Research, State Children's Health Insurance Program, State programs
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