Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Decline Suggests the Child Uninsured Rate May Rise Again
Executive Summary There is no debate over the fact that children are losing Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage. Overall, more than 828,000, or 2.2 percent, fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP, combined, at the end of 2018 than the previous year. A drop in child enrollment is unusual; between 2000 […]
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Despite getting a 6-year extension, CHIP faces a funding cliff, experts warn
FierceHealthcare By: Paige Minemyer Though Congress renewed CHIP for six years in a stopgap spending measure, the insurance program that covers more than 9 million kids could still face financial issues down the line.The spending bill, President Donald Trump signed into law earlier this month, would extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program for six years, but experts […]
Percent of Children Covered by Medicaid/CHIP by Congressional District, 2016
Notes: Children are defined as under 18 years of age. Children with two or more types of coverage are not included in the map. The congressional district boundaries displayed were in effect for the 114th Congress. Source: Georgetown University Center for Children and Families analysis of the single-year estimates of summary data from the 2016 […]
New Recommendations for the Child Core Set of Quality Measures in Medicaid and CHIP
Recently, the National Quality Forum (NQF) released its annual report on opportunities to strengthen the child core set of quality measures in Medicaid and CHIP. The initial core set was released in 2010 and its underlying legislative mandate requires CMS to update the core set annually. NQF partners with CMS and a multi-stakeholder Medicaid workgroup […]
Comments on Mandatory Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Core Set Reporting Proposed Rule
Georgetown University Center for Children and Families submitted the following comments on Medicaid Program and CHIP; Mandatory Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Core Set Reporting; Proposed Rule – CMS-2440-P. CCF Comments Core Set Quality NPRM 10-20 Final
Estimating 2016 Federal CHIP Allotments (and the bump!)
If you’re like us at CCF, you’ve been really curious about 2016 CHIP allotments under the recent CHIP extension in MACRA. We worked with our friends at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities to estimate federal allotments for the 2016 federal fiscal year (1st column), which began October 1, using state-reported May estimates of […]
Congress’s failure to re-up CHIP funding shows its striking ineptitude
Washington Post By: Editorial Board Disagreement in Congress is not necessarily a sign of dysfunction. But when both parties broadly agree that something should happen yet serially fail to follow through, the nation’s leaders look particularly inept. … Democrats and Republicans in Congress created CHIP in 1997 to assist families who make too much to […]
State Opportunities to Leverage Medicaid and CHIP Coverage to Improve Maternal Health and Eliminate Racial Inequities
Introduction Medicaid and CHIP provide coverage for millions of pregnant people to access essential prenatal, birth-related, and postpartum care each year.[1] Policymakers are taking a fresh look at Medicaid and CHIP options to support better maternal health outcomes in response to the nation’s worsening maternal mortality crisis, the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. […]
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States Prepare For Losing CHIP Funding Despite Reassurances From Congress
InsideHealthPolicy By: Michelle Stein States have started preparing in case federal funds for the Children’s Health Insurance Program run out, the National Academy for State Health Policy said, and CMS recently discussed CHIP contingency plans with state officials, though states received assurances of bipartisan support for CHIP by Senate Finance Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and […]
GAO Releases Preliminary CHIP Check-In
By Joe Touschner A new study from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) takes an initial look at how CHIP compares to private health coverage for children. It examined benefits, costs, and access to care in CHIP and made some preliminary comparisons to health plans similar to those offered in marketplaces. GAO found that CHIP is […]
South Dakota Snapshot – How Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA Cover Children
Alabama Snapshot – Children’s Coverage: Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA Cover Children
Unwinding Wednesday #18: What Does the End of COVID Emergency Declarations Mean for Medicaid/CHIP?
On Monday, the Biden Administration announced that it would end the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency declarations effective May 11th. Some folks may have stopped paying attention or holding their breath in anticipation of the announcement of the end of the PHE once the Medicaid continuous enrollment protection was […]
CHIP Renewed For Six Years As Congress Votes To Reopen Federal Government
Kaiser Health News By: Julie Rovner A brief, partial shutdown of the federal government ended Monday, as the Senate and House approved legislation that would keep federal dollars flowing until Feb. 8, as well as fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program for the next six years. President Donald Trump signed the bill Monday evening. The […]
Will Congress Renew CHIP Before Texas Funding Runs Out?
Houston Public Media By Abner Fletcher Insurance coverage for more than 390,000 Texas children and pregnant women is in jeopardy. Patrick Bresette, executive director of the Children’s Defense Fund’s Texas office, joins us to discuss how the CHIP program works, its history, and what hurdles remain to its reauthorization. Read more here.
Child Core Set of Health Care Quality Measures in Medicaid and CHIP
Georgetown CCF’s Tricia Brooks covered the Child Core Set of Health Care Quality Measurement and Reporting, a set of standardized, evidence-based measures to assess the quality of care children receive in Medicaid and CHIP. Below is the webinar, and here is the link for the slide deck.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: Medicaid and CHIP Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Provisions Explained
Download the Full Report Here On March 9, 2024, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-42). The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (CAA 2024) includes a number of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provisions related to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) care and coverage including provisions extending […]