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Updated Tutorial: Public Insurance Programs and Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Tutorial on the Basics of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Now, more than ever, Title V staff and their partners need to know about Medicaid, so the Catalyst Center has updated  Public Insurance Programs and Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Tutorial on the Basics of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). 

The tutorial contains 11 topic areas ranging from Building Partnerships to  Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT)Each section describes a component of the Medicaid/CHIP program and a brief description of its regulatory framework.

If you haven't perused the tutorial lately, you'll be pleasantly surprised to see we've added the most recent Federal Poverty Levels, revised national health expenditure data, updated statistics about Medicaid expansion, incorporated preliminary data from the National Survey of Children's Health (2016), and revamped resources for the most up-to-date information available.
In case you missed it...
A New Study on Children's Coverage: Medicaid Expansion For Adults Had Measurable 'Welcome Mat' Effects On Their Children

A study published in Health Affairs this month found that Medicaid expansion for adults increased eligible child enrollment in public insurance considerably. The study estimates that between 2013-2015,  710,000 low-income children gained coverage, through what the authors are calling the "welcome mat effect."

New Data Available: The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH)

Preliminary results from the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) 2016, are now available through the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative's Data Resource Center Data on Title V National Performance Measures (NPMs) and National Outcome Measures (NOMs), on both the state and national level are  available  for query. 

NPM #15, measuring adequate insurance, shows that nationally 
30.6% of all children have  inadequate insurance, 33.8% of  CSHCN  have  inadequate insurance, and 35.5% of  CSHCN with more complex health needs have inadequate insurance.

The full 2016 NSCH public-use file (PUF) is also available through the  Census Bureau.   
About the Catalyst Center
The Catalyst Center, the National Center on Health Insurance Coverage and Financing of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, is supported by HRSA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U41MC13618, Health Insurance and Financing/CSHCN ($473,000 annually). This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government
LCDR Leticia Manning, MPH, MCHB/HRSA Project Officer.