Everyone under the age of twenty-one in Medicaid should have access to health care services they need thanks to Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Diagnostic Screening and Treatment (EPSDT) requirement. In short, EPSDT requires children to get regular screenings and treatment when necessary. And this isn’t a vague hope – it’s the law. However, in at […]
CMS released a state health official (SHO) letter outlining the requirements states and managed care plans must meet under Medicaid’s pediatric benefit, known as Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment or EPSDT. The EPSDT SHO also describes some strategies and identifies best practices currently in use by states to meet the various requirements. This […]
Last month, the Urban Institute released a report detailing uninsurance rates between 2019 and 2022 for families with young children (under age 3). The report revealed significant drops—for the children, for fathers, and most significantly, for mothers. There were multiple factors contributing to these rises in coverage rates—pandemic-era continuous enrollment policies such as the Families […]
At Georgetown CCF we have been thinking about a day when no child in the United States is uninsured since our inception 19 years ago. Substantial progress has been made over the past two decades with some ups and downs along the way. However, as the recent Medicaid unwinding made abundantly clear, this day will […]
The Urban Institute and Georgetown CCF have released a new report highlighting ways to improve the Medicaid/CHIP redetermination process for children emanating from key lessons learned during the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage protection. These insights are based on interviews of representatives in 8 state Medicaid agencies, offering a unique perspective directly from the […]
On August 23rd, Governor Maura Healy of Massachusetts signed an act promoting access to midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth options into law. This comprehensive maternal health bill focused on expanding midwifery coverage to include certified professional midwives (CPMs), birth centers, doulas, and screening and treatment options for postpartum depression. MassHealth is Massachusetts Medicaid and CHIP […]
