The implementation of the ACA shifted the structure and design of public and private health care delivery and payment systems. In order to curb health care spending and improve quality of care and health outcomes, there has been tremendous attention to value as a criterion for health insurance options offered…

This fact sheet from the Catalyst Center explores strategies states can use to close the health care coverage and financing gaps experienced by Latino families raising children with special health care needs. 

The Catalyst Center interviewed staff from family leadership organizations in five states to learn about the barriers underserved families face and the strategies these organizations use to address health insurance inequities among CSHCN in their communities. This policy brief describes the strategies that help promote access to coverage and financing…

Certain vulnerable subgroups of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) face underlying structural disadvantage in terms of health care coverage. Differences exist within the population of CSHCN based on race, ethnicity, income, immigration status, language, and level of functional difficulty. This tutorial clarifies the language used to describe these…

Making It Possible to Care for Children with Significant Disabilities at Home The Catalyst Center’s State Data Chartbook offers a comprehensive array of data from a variety of different sources on the coverage and financing of care for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). One of…

This policy brief explains what the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) means in terms of creating additional pathways to Medicaid for children, a comparison of TEFRA and HCBS waivers, how TEFRA affects children with special health care needs, and suggested improvements that could provide further support to families.

The Catalyst Center hosted a 5-part webinar series to provide an overview of our newly released Medicaid/CHIP Tutorial, Public Insurance Programs and Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Tutorial on the Basics of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This first webinar explains how and why the…

This guide, developed by the Access to Care Core (Catalyst Center, AMCHP and NASHP) of the National MCH Workforce Development Center, provides the building blocks for current and future Maternal and Child Health professionals to learn the basics of the Affordable Care Act and its implications for Title V programs.

This fact sheet provides an overview of some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that help improve access to coverage and care for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.