Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Comments

Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families contributes an independent perspective to the public dialogue on the future of Medicaid through the lens of children and their families.

State CHIP Snapshots

The Role of CHIP in Children’s Coverage In 2016 the children’s health insurance coverage rate in the United States dropped to just above 95 percent, an impressive achievement. Key to this success is the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides coverage to children who do not qualify for Medicaid but whose families cannot otherwise afford […]

Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA State Snapshots

How Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA Cover Children Children’s health insurance coverage has reached historic levels in the United States, thanks to Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA. The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) created factsheets for the nation as well as all 51 states (including the […]

2017 Annual Conference

We hope you enjoyed the conference! Here are some of the resources presented by are speakers.  

Medicaid/CHIP Managed Care Series

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized sweeping Medicaid and CHIP managed care regulations earlier this year. The rules cover a wide range of topics important to children and low-income families such as improving consumer information, enhancing the beneficiary experience, assuring network adequacy and access to services, advancing quality, and ensuring accountability and transparency. The sheer […]

2016 Annual Conference

Georgetown University Center for Children and Families’ 2016 Annual Conference was held on July 27-29, 2016 at the Omni Shoreham (2500 Calvert Street NW) in Washington, D.C.