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National Health Policy Forum

Medicaid & CHIP

Eligibility & Coverage

Forum SessionJuly 16, 2010
Focus on Reform: Health Care Safety Net-Related Provisions
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Forum SessionJune 18, 2010
Focus on Reform: Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) and the CLASS Act
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

The BasicsJune 9, 2010
The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act: Major Legislative Provisions
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum SessionMay 7, 2010
Focus on Reform: Medicaid Coverage Expansions
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Forum SessionApril 30, 2010
Recession and Budgets: Where Do States Stand for 2011 and Beyond?
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Forum SessionApril 16, 2010
Transforming Health Care Delivery: Insights from the New Orleans Safety Net
Authors: Jessamy Taylor & Michele J. Orza, ScD

Issue Brief No. 836March 29, 2010
Oral Health Checkup: Progress in Tough Fiscal Times?
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Forum SessionMarch 19, 2010
CHIPRA One Year Later: Where Does Implementation Stand?
Author: Judith D. Moore

The BasicsMarch 10, 2010
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Forum SessionFebruary 26, 2010
Assessing and Ensuring Health Plan Provider Network Adequacy
Author: Kathryn Linehan

Forum SessionOctober 23, 2009
Linking Housing and Supportive Services for the Frail Elderly: Challenges and Opportunities
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

The BasicsMay 26, 2009
Citizenship Documentation in Medicaid and CHIP
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum SessionMay 1, 2009
Great Expectations: Managing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Background Paper No. 68April 23, 2009
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP): The Fundamentals
Author: Jennifer Ryan

The BasicsApril 13, 2009
The Medicaid Drug Rebate Program
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Fundamentals BriefingJanuary 15–16, 2009
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Authors: Christie Provost Peters, Jennifer Ryan & Mary Ellen Stahlman

The BasicsJanuary 15, 2009
Medicaid
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Issue Brief No. 829January 8, 2009
Reauthorizing SCHIP: A Summary of Selected Issues
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Background Paper No. 66October 23, 2008
Medicaid and Mental Health Services
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Issue Brief No. 826September 30, 2008
Covering All Kids: States Setting the Pace
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Safiya Mojerie

Forum SessionSeptember 19, 2008
Universal Coverage for Children: States Setting the Pace
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Safiya Mojerie

The BasicsJuly 30, 2008
Medicaid and SCHIP Waivers
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Background Paper No. 64July 22, 2008
Shaping Medicaid and SCHIP through Waivers: The Fundamentals
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Site VisitMarch 16–18, 2008
Competition and Collaboration, Chicago-Style
Authors: Laura A. Dummit & Lisa Sprague

Site VisitSeptember 30–October 1, 2007
Children's Behavioral Health Services in Baltimore: Walking the Continuum
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Site VisitAugust 8–10, 2007
Community-Based Long-Term Care: Wisconsin Stays Ahead
Authors: Judith D. Moore, Carol V. O'Shaughnessy & Lisa Sprague

Issue Brief No. 823August 1, 2007
Shrinking Inpatient Psychiatric Capacity: Cause for Celebration or Concern?
Authors: Eileen Salinsky & Christopher W. Loftis, PhD

Forum SessionJuly 27, 2007
SCHIP: Coming of Age or Stuck in Adolescence?
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum SessionMarch 30, 2007
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About SCHIP but Didn't Know Who to Ask…
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Fundamentals BriefingFebruary 22–23, 2007
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Authors: Christie Provost Peters & Mary Ellen Stahlman

Forum SessionDecember 8, 2006
Children with Special Health Care Needs and the Role of Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Issue Brief No. 819November 20, 2006
EPSDT: Medicaid's Critical but Controversial Benefits Program for Children
Author: Christie Provost Peters

Forum SessionJuly 21, 2006
The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Past, Present, and Future
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum SessionJune 14, 2006
“Mental Health: Progress and Pitfalls,” the Health Affairs Special Issue—A Discussion of Trends in Mental Health Services
Author: Christopher W. Loftis, PhD

Forum SessionMay 16, 2006
Medicaid in 2006: A Trip Down the Yellow Brick Road?
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Issue Brief No. 810March 29, 2006
Medicaid in 2006: A Trip Down the Yellow Brick Road?
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum SessionMarch 14, 2006
Caring for “Ryan White”: Balancing Quality, Access, Equity, and Finite Resources
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Background PaperMarch 3, 2006
Rebalancing Long-Term Care: The Role of the Medicaid HCBS Waiver Program
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Forum SessionNovember 10, 2005
The Changing Face of Medicaid: Contemplating New Approaches to Benefits and Cost Sharing
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Background PaperAugust 22, 2005
Caring for "Ryan White": The Fundamentals of HIV/AIDS Treatment Policy
Author: Jessamy Taylor

Forum SessionJuly 22, 2005
Understanding the Role of Medicaid in Assisting People with
Disabilities

Author: Randy A. Desonia

Background PaperJune 27, 2005
Children with Special Health Care Needs: Minding the Gaps
Author: Christie Provost Peters

SimulationJune 24, 2005
Walk in My Shoes™: Navigating the Health Care System
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum SessionFebruary 18, 2005
“Making Medicaid Work for the 21st Century”—Discussion of a Report from the National Academy for State Health Policy
Author: Judith D. Moore

Fundamentals BriefingJanuary 13–14, 2005
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Authors: Nora Super & Jennifer Ryan

Forum SessionNovember 30, 2004
Children with Mental Disorders: Finding Effective Care Within the Systems That Serve Them
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Issue Brief No. 801October 26, 2004
The Provider System for Children's Mental Health: Workforce Capacity and Effective Treatment
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Issue Brief No. 799June 4, 2004
Children with Mental Disorders: Making Sense of Their Needs and the Systems That Help Them
Author: Jane Koppelman, Consultant

Site VisitFebruary 17–19, 2004
The Health Care Safety Net in South Carolina: A Test of Tenacity
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Randy A. Desonia

Forum SessionDecember 5, 2003
Sailing SCHIP through Troubled Waters: A View from the States
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum SessionNovember 25, 2003
Expanding Community-Based Care: Is the Olmstead Decision Making a Difference?
Author: Randy A. Desonia

Background PaperNovember 14, 2003
Bridging Silos, Part I: Linkages among the DI, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid Programs
Author: Karen Matherlee

Background PaperNovember 14, 2003
Bridging Silos, Part II: DI, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid Issues and Initiatives
Author: Karen Matherlee

Issue Brief No. 795November 13, 2003
Sailing SCHIP through Troubled Waters
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Background PaperSeptember 15, 2003
Shaping Public Programs through Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Waivers: The Fundamentals
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Forum SessionJune 17, 2003
Medicaid Prescription Drug Coverage: State Efforts to Control Costs
Author: Dawn M. Gencarelli

Background PaperJune 13, 2003
Improving Oral Health: Promise and Prospects
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Site VisitMay 27–29, 2003
Doing It RIte: Exploring a Decade of Health Coverage Innovation (Rhode Island)
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Ginger P. Parra

Issue Brief No. 790May 10, 2003
Medicaid Prescription Drug Coverage: State Efforts to Control Costs
Author: Dawn M. Gencarelli

Forum SessionApril 9, 2003
"Medicaidization" of Mental Health
Author: Ginger P. Parra

Background PaperMarch 12, 2003
Is Community Care a Civil Right? The Unfolding Saga of the Olmstead Decision
Author: Randy A. Desonia

Fundamentals BriefingJanuary 23–24, 2003
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Authors: Nora Super & Jennifer Ryan

Forum SessionSeptember 5, 2002
SCHIP Turns Five: Taking Stock, Moving Ahead
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Issue Brief No. 781August 15, 2002
SCHIP Turns Five: Taking Stock, Moving Ahead
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum SessionJune 27, 2002
1115 Ways to Waive Medicaid and SCHIP Rules: A Conversation about Change
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Issue Brief No. 777June 13, 2002
1115 Ways to Waive Medicaid and SCHIP Rules
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum SessionApril 12, 2002
Consumer Direction in Long-Term Care: Implications for Caregivers
Author: Nora Super

Site VisitApril 2–4, 2002
Child and Family Health Initiatives in the Bay Area
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Wakina Scott

Site VisitMarch 4–5, 2002
Transitions along the Continuum of Care: Elderly and Disabled Persons in New York
Authors: Lisa Sprague & Nora Super

Issue Brief No. 768October 5, 2001
Primary Care Case Management: Lessons for Medicare?
Author: Lisa Sprague

Forum SessionOctober 5, 2001
Primary Care Case Management: Lessons for Medicare?
Author: Lisa Sprague

Issue Brief No. 767September 24, 2001
Health Insurance Family Style: Public Approaches to Reaching the Uninsured
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum SessionSeptember 24, 2001
Health Insurance Family Style: Public Approaches to Reaching the Uninsured
Author: Jennifer Ryan

NHPF/NASHP SessionMarch 30, 2001
SCHIPing Away at the Uninsured: Lessons from State Flexibility
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Issue Brief No. 759September 21, 2000
SCHIP in the Formative Years: An Update
Author: Judith D. Moore

Forum SessionSeptember 21, 2000
SCHIP in the Formative Years: An Update
Author: Judith D. Moore

Site VisitAugust 3, 2000
Insuring Virginia's Children: Local Outreach and Enrollment (Northern Virginia)
Authors: Lisa Sprague & Judith D. Moore

Forum SessionJune 26, 2000
Using SCHIP to Subsidize Employment-Based Coverage: How Far Can This Strategy Go?
Author: Karl Polzer

Background PaperJune 2000
Using SCHIP to Subsidize Employment-Based Coverage: How Far Can This Strategy Go?
Author: Karl Polzer

Site VisitApril 17–19, 2000
Reinventing Medicaid: Hoosier Healthwise and Children's Health Insurance in Indiana
Authors: Judith D. Moore & Lisa Sprague

Site VisitJanuary 11–14, 2000
Site Visit to Arizona — Managed Medicaid: Arizona's AHCCCS Experience
Authors: Nora Super, Lisa Sprague & Judith D. Moore

Issue Brief No. 748October 19, 1999
CHIP and Medicaid Outreach and Enrollment: A Hands-on Look at Marketing and Applications
Author: Judith D. Moore

Forum SessionOctober 19, 1999
CHIP and Medicaid Outreach and Enrollment: A Hands-on Look at Marketing and Applications
Author: Judith D. Moore

Issue Brief No. 732February 26, 1999
Welfare Reform and Its Impact on Medicaid: An Update
Author: Judith D. Moore

Forum SessionFebruary 26, 1999
Welfare Reform and Its Impact on Medicaid: An Update
Author: Judith D. Moore

Issue Brief No. 725October 1, 1998
The State Children's Health Insurance Program: How Much Latitude Do the States Really Have?
Author: Richard Hegner

Forum SessionOctober 1, 1998
The State Children's Health Insurance Program: How Much Latitude Do the States Really Have?
Author: Richard Hegner