Putting CHIPRA to Work:

New Opportunities to Expand Health Coverage and Enroll Eligible Children

March 29-30, 2009

Conference Materials

• Agenda
• Participant List
• Resource List
  
• Evaluation
• Reimbursement Form

Session Slides and Handouts

Day 1: Sunday, March 29, 2009

1:00 to 1:30      Welcome and Introductions (Judy Solomon, CBPP and Cindy Mann, CCF)

1:30 to 2:30      Overview of CHIPRA Legislation and Timeline (Jocelyn Guyer, CCF)

Handouts:

CHIPRA 2009 Overview and Summary, CCF

CHIPRA 2009 Key Implementation Dates, CCF

2:30 to 3:30      Financing (Matt Broaddus, CBPP)

Handouts:

States' 2009 and 2010 CHIP Allotments: Projected Under Recently Passed Children's Health Care Legislation, CBPP

Guidance: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, CMS

Recovery Act Provides Much-Needed, Targeted Medicaid Assistance to States, CBPP

States' Projected FMAPs Under the Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, CBPP

3:45 to 4:45      Eligibility (Judy Solomon and Sarah Lueck, CBPP)

Handouts:

States Should Tap New Tools to Help Medicaid Beneficiaries Maintain Coverage, CBPP

Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility is Protected for Jobless Families that Receive Boost in Unemployment Benefits, CBPP

4:45 to 5:30      Messaging for the Next Phase (Colleen Chapman, Spitfire Strategies)

Day 2: Monday, March 30, 2009

The CHIP Fix: Permanent Funding for Qualifying States (Tricia Brooks, CCF)
Sinking Our Teeth Into Dental Benefits (Meg Booth, Children's Dental Health Project)
Update on Medicaid Regs (Allison Orris, CBPP)
          Handout: Status of Medicaid Regs - April 2009, CBPP
CHIP Waivers for Parents and Adults (Cindy Mann, CCF)

Removing the 5-Year Waiting Period: Coverage for Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women (Liz Arjun, CCF and Sonal Ambegaokar, NILC)

Handouts:
Election Night Poll, First Focus
State-Funded Medical Assistance Programs, NILC
State-Funded SCHIP Programs, NILC

Express Lane: In Six Items (More or Less) (Dawn Horner, CCF and Donna Cohen Ross, CBPP)

Promoting Children's Health: Quality and Access Provisions in CHIPRA (Jocelyn Guyer, CCF and January Angeles, CBPP)

CHIPRA Changes to the Citizenship Documentation Requirement (Donna Cohen Ross, CBPP and Tricia Brooks, CCF)

Incentives to Enroll Eligible Children: The Medicaid Performance Bonus and Outreach Grants (Joe Touschner and Tricia Brooks, CCF and Donna Cohen Ross, CBPP)

Up Close and Personal on Premium Assistance and Buy-In Programs (Joan Alker, CCF)