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El Cuidado de Salud de su Hijo y la Ley de Cuidado de Salud Asequible o Affordable Care Act (ACA)
In English Desarrollado por el National Center for Medical Home Implementation de la Academia Americana de Pediatría y el Catalyst Center de la Escuela de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Boston
Fact Sheet: Health Care Reform: What’s in it for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) contains provisions that are designed to improve major gaps in the health care coverage, financing and delivery system that prevent children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) from accessing health care services or which impose significant financial hardship…
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…
Affordable Care Act Fact Sheets for Families: Concurrent Care for Children PDF
En español Created by the National Center for Medical Home Implementation and the Catalyst Center, these four plain language fact sheets, “Your Child’s Health and the Affordable Care Act,” explain specific provisions of the Affordable Care Act which benefit children and youth with special health care needs. On…
The Affordable Care Act and Value-Based Purchasing: What’s at Stake for Children with Medical Complexity?
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…
Fact Sheet: Reducing Health Insurance Inequities Among Latino Families Raising Children with Special Health Care Needs
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.
Improving Access to Coverage for Children with Special Health Care Needs in the Face of Health Inequities: Strategies Reported By Family Leadership Organizations
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…
Health Care Coverage and Financing for Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Tutorial to Address Inequities
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…
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). One of…
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.