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01.09.24

Continuous Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility for Children and Youth: 2024 Considerations for States

In December 2022, the U.S. Congress took a step to address churn—where enrollees lose Medicaid coverage, often for procedural reasons, and later reenroll after a gap in coverage—in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA).


11.01.23

Increasing Community Health Workers’ Role in Supporting Medicaid Members

Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers who come from and/or have deep roots in the communities they serve.


08.15.23

CMS Issues Guidance on Medicaid and CHIP Services in School-Based Settings

On May 18, 2023, CMS, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), released new guidance to support state Medicaid and CHIP agencies, state education agencies, and local education agencies in working together to deliver covered Medicaid and CHIP services in school-based ...


04.10.23

California’s Strategy to Promote and Improve Understanding of Medi-Cal for Kids & Teens

In February 2023, the California Department of Health Care Services published the Medi-Cal for Kids & Teens Outreach and Education Toolkit.


04.06.23

New AAP Childhood Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines Have Implications for Medicaid

In January 2023, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new clinical practice guidelines on the evaluation and treatment of children with obesity.


10.27.22

Supporting Children & Families Enrolled in Medicaid as the COVID-19 PHE Conclusion & Unwinding Nears

During the COVID-19 public health emergency, states implemented numerous Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program policies and operational processes that helped to maintain coverage and support access to needed physical and behavioral health services for children and adolescents.


09.22.21

Connecticut on the Vanguard of Addressing Gun Violence with Medicaid Funding

Gun violence has been on the rise in every state in the country, disproportionately plaguing communities of color.


02.25.21

Strategies and Options for Creating an Advanced Child Health Delivery System: Lessons Learned in CA

California’s long-standing efforts to promote child development and kindergarten readiness have brought greater focus to the vital role of child health in realizing the full strength of these critical state investments.


07.25.19

Blueprint Promotes Medicaid Strategies Targeting Children’s Social/Emotional Health

In the first three years of life, a child’s brain is developing at an unparalleled pace.