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Congressional Briefing: Pathways to Medicaid Coverage for Children with Special Health Care Needs
In March of 2017, Catalyst Center staff gave an in-person presentation to Congressional staffers on “Pathways to Medicaid Coverage for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs”. This presentation included an overview of the Catalyst Center, data on publicly funded coverage and financing of care for Children with Special…
Leveraging Title V Partnerships to Advance National Performance Measure # 15: Adequate Health Insurance
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) encourages state Title V programs to partner with families, consumer groups, and others to advance their chosen National Performance Measures (NPMs). As the MCHB-funded national center for health insurance and financing of care, the Catalyst Center researches and disseminates state-level financing strategies aimed at improving health…
Title V Interactive Worksheets
The Catalyst Center created two interactive worksheets for Title V program staff, family leaders, and other stakeholders. These worksheets provide an overview of Title V, and Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Each worksheet includes resources you can use to find and insert state-specific information to help demonstrate…
State Statutes & Regulations on Dietary Treatment of Disorders Identified Through Newborn Screening
Every state has a Newborn Screening (NBS) Program which screens newborns for a variety of health conditions, including selected inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) and other genetic disorders. Individuals with genetic conditions identified through NBS programs often require Modified Low Protein Foods (MLPFs), medical foods, dietary supplements, or other dietary…
What’s the Deal with MOE?
The Maintenance of Effort (MOE) provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires states to keep the eligibility criteria for their Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that they had in place on March 23, 2010, the day the ACA was signed into law. Under MOE, states cannot make…
Slides: Implementing Section 2703 Health Homes for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs: What Inquiring Minds Need to Know
Section 2703 of the ACA describes a state plan option to provide health homes for Medicaid-enrolled individuals with at least two chronic conditions, one chronic condition and the risk of developing a second, or one serious and persistent mental health condition. This presentation, given at the 2014 AMCHP conference, provides…
The TEFRA Medicaid State Plan Option and Katie Beckett Waiver for Children
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).
Expanding Access to Medicaid Coverage: The TEFRA Option and Children with Disabilities
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.
Webinar Recording: What is the Medicaid/CHIP Tutorial and What’s In It for Me?
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…
Webinar: Understanding the Basics–Medicaid & CHIP and Building Partnerships among Stakeholders
Learn how different systems define children with special health care needs, the basics of Medicaid and CHIP, and different kinds of…