SCHIP:
Implementing Effective Programs and Understanding Their Impact, an online
learning program
This online
learning program is based on two classroom workshops offered in June
and September 1998 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's
User Liaison Program, and summarizes presentations designed to assist
State health policymakers in understanding the dynamics of SCHIP implementation
and accessing and using research findings to develop and implement their
initial SCHIP programs. (Prepared for AHRQ, Ongoing)
Regional
State Team-Building Workshops on the State Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP), Executive Summary
50 kb file
Between
December of 1998 and May of 1999, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) and its centers -- the Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment (CSAT), the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP),
and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) -- sponsored four 2-day
State team-building workshops on CHIP to provide multidisciplinary teams
from States with information about national outreach efforts and strategies
for expanding mental health and substance abuse benefits under CHIP.
The workshops were held in Texas, South Carolina, Rhode Island, and
Alaska. (Prepared for CSAT Division of State and Community Assistance,
1999)
TIE
Communique on Substance Abuse Treatment and the State Children's Health
Insurance Program
365 kb file
The topic
of the State Children's Health Insurance Program and the valuable opportunity
this program presents to States to access additional resources for comprehensive
quality mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services
for children and adolescents is addressed by policymakers, providers,
researchers, clinicians, and State and county personnel. (Prepared for
CSAT Division of State and Community Assistance, Fall 1999)
Making
Child Health Coverage a Reality: Case Studies of Medicaid and CHIP Outreach
and Enrollment Strategies
612 kb file
This study
describes four States' strategies for reaching out to and enrolling
children in Medicaid and CHIP and highlights the particular issues and
challenges States face as they design these strategies. (Prepared for
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, September 1999)
Expanding
Health Insurance Coverage for Hawaii's Children
108 kb file
For the
State of Hawaii, HSR identified models for providing health insurance
to uninsured children. The report includes a review of existing child
health insurance initiatives being operated by states across the country;
a discussion of methodologies for estimating costs associated with new
child health insurance programs, including service, administration,
outreach, and enrollment costs; and recommendations regarding the establishment
in Hawaii of a child health insurance program as a strategy for addressing
the problem of uninsured children. (Prepared for Hawaii Department of
Health, 1996)
A
Consolidated Contract between the South Carolina Maternal and Child
Health and Medicaid Programs for the Provision of Family Support Services
under the Palmetto Health Initiative
139 kb file
For the
State of South Carolina, HSR facilitated the initial integration of
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services within the South Carolina Department
of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and Medicaid managed care.
The report presents a draft contract between Medicaid and MCH defining
a package of "wrap around" Family Support Services-including
outreach, risk assessment, case management, health education, nutritional
services, social work services, and caregiver training-that could continue
to be provided by DHEC providers and reimbursed by Medicaid within a
managed care environment. (Prepared for South Carolina Department of
Health and Environmental Control, 1995)
