Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health
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Low Income Children with Disabilities: How Will They Fare Under Health Care Reform?
/in Policy Reports Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health /by NASHPThe purpose of this report is to alert public and private decision makers who are engaged in the health reform debate to the special circumstances facing low-income children with disabilities. These children require more care, different and specialized care, and more costly care than children without disabilities. Some benefit greatly from many of the services […]
Public Insurance Programs and Children with Special Health Care Needs, A Tutorial on the Basics of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program
/in Policy Reports Health Coverage and Access, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health /by NASHP, Meg Comeau, Sara Bachman, Carol Tobias, Mary Henderson, Catherine Hess and Jennifer DolatshahiThis tutorial on the basics of Medicaid and CHIP is a collaboration of NASHP and the Catalyst Center: Improving Financing of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN). The tutorial gives a broad overview of Medicaid and CHIP, the many different populations these programs serve, the changes they are undergoing as […]
Oklahoma’s Web Portal: Fostering Care Coordination Between Primary Care and Community Service Providers
/in Policy Reports Chronic and Complex Populations, Health Coverage and Access, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health /by Larry HinkleThis is the second in the series of Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) III Innovation Briefs. This new brief focuses on the web-based referral and tracking system (“web portal”) that Oklahoma has built into its pre-existing Preventive Services Reminder System. The state designed this web portal to improve care coordination for children with […]
Building Electronic Information-Sharing Systems to Support Care Coordination in Illinois
/in Policy Reports Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health Coverage and Access, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health /by NASHP and Larry HinkleThis is the first in a series of Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) III Innovation Briefs. This brief focuses on electronic information-sharing systems that Illinois is building or adapting to improve care coordination for children with or at risk of developmental delays. Illinois is poised to improve care coordination by implementing an electronic […]
Pediatric Medical Necessity: EPSDT, CHIP, and Children’s Health Coverage in the Era of Health Reform
/in Policy Webinars Health Coverage and Access, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health /by NASHPThis state-only webinar presented by NASHP with support from the Commonwealth Fund and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation for EPSDT and CHIP program administrators provided participants with an opportunity to learn more about the concept and legal definitions of pediatric medical necessity and to talk with their peers about implementation of pediatric necessity within […]
The Role of Children's Coverage Programs in a Changing Health Care Landscape: EPSDT, CHIP, and Health Care Reform
/in Policy Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health /by NASHPWith the support of The Commonwealth Fund and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, in late 2010 NASHP convened an invitational leadership forum on the role of children’s coverage programs in a changing health care landscape. Participants included representatives from state Medicaid EPSDT and CHIP programs, Maternal and Child Health Title V, CMS and other […]
Improving Care Coordination and Service Linkages to Support Healthy Child Development: Early Lessons and Recommendations from a Five-State Consortium
/in Policy Reports Chronic and Complex Populations, Health Coverage and Access, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health /by NASHPThis report summarizes early findings from the current Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD III) learning collaborative of five states. Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Oregon are testing models to strengthen linkages and care coordination between pediatric primary care providers and community-based providers of early intervention, mental health, public health, and early care and […]
Coordinating Care for Young Children and Beyond: Early Lessons and Implications from Leading States
/in Policy Webinars Chronic and Complex Populations, Health Coverage and Access, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health /by NASHPStates participating in the Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) III initiative are implementing new strategies to improve care coordination and service linkages to support healthy child development. A number of early lessons have emerged from the initiative with implications for young children and other populations. This webinar, supported by The Commonwealth Fund, will […]
Improving the Lives of Young Children: Opportunities for Care Coordination and Case Management for Children Receiving Services for Developmental Delay
/in Policy Reports Chronic and Complex Populations, Health Coverage and Access, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health /by NASHP StaffThis brief, written by Carrie Hanlon and produced by the Urban Institute ,examines states’ Medicaid and CHIP policy choices and new opportunities under health reform and other federal legislation to develop a well-coordinated system of care for children receiving Early Intervention (EI) and other ongoing services. State examples in the paper draw significantly from NASHP’s […]
For individuals living with complex, often chronic conditions, and their families, palliative care can provide relief from symptoms, improve satisfaction and outcomes, and help address critical mental and spiritual needs during difficult times. Now more than ever, there is growing recognition of the importance of palliative care services for individuals with serious illness, such as advance care planning, pain and symptom management, care coordination, and team-based, multi-disciplinary support. These services can help patients and families cope with the symptoms and stressors of disease, better anticipate and avoid crises, and reduce unnecessary and/or unwanted care. While this model is grounded in evidence that demonstrates improved quality of life, better outcomes, and reduced cost for patients, only a fraction of individuals who could benefit from palliative care receive it. 
Medicaid Reimbursement of Midwifery Services in Minnesota and Washington State Supports Diverse Pathways to Care
/in Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Policy Minnesota, Washington Blogs, Featured News Home Maternal Health and Mortality, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health /by Anoosha Hasan and Emily Creveling