CHIP TIPS: Medicaid Performance Bonus
This brief, the first in a series, examines the new federal "performance bonus" available to states that do an especially good job of signing up eligible children for Medicaid.
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CHIP TIPS: Citizenship Documentation Changes
Issue BriefThis brief, the third in a series, examines changes to citizenship documentation requirements under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. The law extends the requirement to document citizenship that applied in Medicaid to CHIP as well.
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Consumers’ Experience in Massachusetts: Lessons For National Health Reform
ReportThis report examines the impact of state health reform efforts on the lives of ordinary people in Massachusetts, including a look at coverage provided by both public programs and private sources. It focuses specifically on people's ability to afford and obtain needed care. Report (.
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State Coverage of Preventive Services for Women under Medicaid: Findings from a State-Level Survey
Issue BriefThis brief reviews Medicaid's role in covering preventive care for women, presents findings of importance to women from the survey, and discusses the implications for women on Medicaid following the implementation of health reform.
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Express Lane Eligibility: How to Enroll Large Groups of Eligible Children in Medicaid and CHIP
ReportThis issue paper explores the potential for increasing enrollment in children's health insurance programs through "Express Lane Eligibility." Express Lane Eligibility is the accelerated enrollment of low-income uninsured children already participating in other income-comparable publicly funded programs, such as WIC or school lunch, into Medicaid or CHIP.
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Access to Care for S-CHIP Children with Special Health Needs
Issue BriefA study of California, Connecticut, Maryland, Missouri, and Utah CHIP programs show that the states have features in place for special needs children, but problems of provider availability and service authorization did sometimes occur. This is the first in a series of reports on implementation issues and challenges in the first year of CHIP.
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Health Insurance Coverage Of Low-Income Women
Fact SheetLow-income women's high rate of health problems and limited economic resources make access to health care and adequate health insurance coverage particularly important. Health coverage, whether through the private sector or publicly through Medicaid, has been demonstrated to improve access to care for low-income women.
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Managed Care and Low-Income Populations: A Case Study of Managed Care in Minnesota
Report1996 Update This report is an update to the May 1996 case study on managed care in Minnesota released as part of the Kaiser/Commonwealth Low-Income Coverage and Access Project.
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SCHIP Managed Care Contracting
ReportThe fourth in a series of reports on implementation issues and challenges in the first year of S-CHIP finds that states have been able to enter arrangements with plans for their S-CHIP population fairly easily.
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Summary of Medicaid “Mandatory” and “Optional” Eligibility and Benefits
Fact SheetA fact sheet that summarizes Medicaid's "mandatory" and "optional" categories of beneficiaries and services is useful in understanding aspects of currently discussed reforms to the program. Fact Sheet For more information click to our policy brief on the same topic.