Enrollment Assistance
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What a Novel Idea: Making Sure No Newborn Leaves the Hospital Uninsured!
New Jersey is putting this idea to the test with its new “Insured for Sure” initiative that is being piloted in nine New Jersey hospitals. Hospital staff will check the insurance status of all newborns and provide data to the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) verifying a baby’s coverage under the parent’s insurance.…
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HHS Awards $40 Million in Outreach and Enrollment Grants
Yesterday, Secretary Sebelius awarded $40 million to 69 grantees in 41 states and the District of Columbia to find and enroll children who are uninsured but eligible for Medicaid or CHIP. This is the first round of outreach and enrollment grants funded through the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), which was signed by President…
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Enrollment Reopens in California’s CHIP Program
Just two months after freezing enrollment in the Healthy Families Program and initiating a waitlist, enrollment has reopened in California Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). A budget shortfall of just under $200 million has been plugged by a generous contribution from the state’s First Five Commission, increased family cost-sharing, and a new premium tax on…
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HHS Announces Long-awaited Request for Outreach Grant Proposals
Yesterday HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Medicaid Director Cindy Mann announced the department’s “Request for Proposals (RFP)” for a first round of outreach grants funded through CHIP reauthorization. Find more information here about this long awaited announcement. It’s encouraging that in the RFP the department has embraced a more appropriate definition of outreach which is…
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The Tri-Committee Health Reform Bill: Implications for Children
By Jocelyn Guyer On Friday, almost two weeks ago now, the three major committees in the House with jurisdiction over health reform put out a draft legislative proposal, known as “The Tri-Committee bill.” We’ve now read the 852-page document a few times, and think it would make giant strides in providing access to coverage to…
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When will public health insurance programs catch up with the rest of the online world?
If technology were not so prolific, there would be no reason to write this blog. My kids grew up using computers and cannot remember a time when technology was not a focal point of everyday life. From researching homework (or health policy) to balancing your checkbook and paying bills, from shopping for hard-to-find sizes to…
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Effortless Enrollment Saves Taxpayers $ and Helps Uninsured Children Access Medicaid and CHIP
Robert Nelb, MPH Candidate 2009, Yale University, Senior Fellow, The Roosevelt Institution As readers of this blog know, we became fans of Nelb’s work when we came across a letter-to-the-editor he wrote regarding pointless paperwork. Robert is a senior fellow for The Roosevelt Institution and the winner of the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project Economic Policy…
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The Last Piece of the Puzzle
By Jocelyn Guyer Center for American Progress — Presentation Document May 2009
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The Last Piece of the Puzzle
By Jocelyn Guyer The nation has made significant progress in covering children, but nine million children still lack insurance and many more are at risk of not receiving the health care services that they need to develop and grow properly. To address these issues, children will need to be an integral part of the much…