What's New From CCF
(1/24/12)
Homeless Children Need Better Connections to Medicaid
A National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH) report estimates that one in 45 children are homeless each year in the United States. Virtually all homeless children, unless they are undocumented, should be eligible for Medicaid. Yet many may not be enrolled, particularly because of their unstable housing arrangements.Blog: Samantha Garvey Helps Shed Light on the Plight of the 1 in 45 Children who are Homeless
(1/18/12)
CCF Releases Two New Reports on Health Coverage
CCF’s released two new reports published with the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. The first is the annual 50-state survey of eligibility, enrollment, renewal, and cost-sharing in Medicaid and CHIP. It found that 29 states moved to reach more children and families by improving coverage through targeted expansions and simplifications. The second examines four states’ (Alabama, Iowa, Massachusetts, and Oregon) success in covering children.Performing Under Pressure: Annual Findings of a 50-State Survey of Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost-Sharing Policies in Medicaid and CHIP, 2011-2012 • Secrets to Success: An Analysis of Four States at the Forefront of the Nation’s Gains in Children’s Health Coverage • Blog: Medicaid and CHIP - Performing Under Pressure
(1/9/12)
Essential Health Benefits – The Children’s Perspective
At first blush the essential health benefits guidance sounds a bit like
the CHIP model, however, there are many ways in which this new guidance
differs from CHIP. Read Joan Alker’s first in a series of blogs on
Essential Health Benefits to learn more.Blog: Essential Health Benefits - The Children's Perspective
(1/9/12)
ACA Helps Fund School-Based Health Clinics
A little known provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Section 4101(a)) is providing funding for construction, renovation, and equipment for School-Based Health Clinics. The first two rounds of grants- awarded in July and December of 2011- were disbursed to 321 community and academic health centers, hospitals, and public health departments across the country.Blog: Health Care Reform Funding for School-Based Health Centers Helps Keep Students in School and Learning
A Tale of Two States – MD Secures Performance Bonus & PA Misses Out
Maryland received the highest performance bonus awarded by CMS this year in recognition for its efforts to identify and enroll eligible children in Medicaid and CHIP. Maryland enrolled an additional 41,000 children in FY 2011 alone. Meanwhile, neighboring Pennsylvania increased its Medicaid enrollment between 2008-09 and 2010-11 by more than 10%, but left an estimated $300 million on the table by failing to implement three more simplification strategies.Blog: Pennsylvania Misses Out on Performance Bonus by Failing to Simplify Enrollment • Blog: Maryland Kids Win with CHIPRA Performance Bonus
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