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Quality Improvement to Support the Transition from Pediatric to Young Adult Health Care: Experiences of the Oregon Children with Medical Complexity
AMCHP newsletter ‘Pulse’ interview 2021 of Oregon CoIIN Implementation team members.
Inadequate Preparation for Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare for Oregon Young Adults With Medical Complexity: Root Cause Analysis
Root Cause Analysis using CoIIN Environmental Scan findings. The Oregon team created the following problem statement to focus its QI work: “Young adults with medical complexity (YAMC) and their families are not adequately prepared for, or supported in, the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare.” We used a fishbone…
Creating Meaningful Settings to Strengthen Family Involvement
AMCHP 2019 presentation on creating meaningful settings to strengthen family involvement. – CMC CoIIN Team Oregon
State Definitions of Medical Necessity Under the Medicaid EPSDT Benefit
State Medicaid programs are required to provide Medicaid enrollees under age 21 with comprehensive and preventive health care services through the Early Screening and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit. Federal law requires states to cover “medically necessary services” under the EPSDT benefit “whether or not such services are covered…
Improving Care Coordination for Children with Medical Complexity: Exploring Medicaid Health Home State Options
States are increasingly interested in care coordination as a strategy for improving systems of care for children with medical complexity (CMC) and their families. The Section 2703 Medicaid Health Home State Option and the new Advancing Care for Exceptional (ACE) Kids Act Health Home State Option present opportunities to enhance…
The Role of State Medicaid and Title V Program Definitions of Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs in the Provision of Services and Supports
This issue brief, written in partnership with the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), describes how states define CYSHCN within Medicaid and Title V CYSHCN programs and explores the implications of these definitions. Federal and state program approaches to defining children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) can…
Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series: Flexibility for States – Medicaid and CHIP Programs (Full Series)
The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). These fact sheets address a variety of relevant topics, such as Medicaid and CHIP programs and the CARES Act.
COVID-19: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and Employment
Part of the Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series. The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). State programs like Medicaid/CHIP and Title V, which are…
COVID-19: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and Health Coverage
Part of the Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series. The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). State programs like Medicaid/CHIP and Title V, which are…
COVID-19: Flexibility for States: Medicaid and CHIP Programs
Part of the Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series. The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). State programs like Medicaid/CHIP and Title V, which are…