Guiding organizations to expand access and improve retention in HIV Care: MDPH’s Strategic Peer-Enhanced Care and Retention Model
Although current medical treatments have improved health outcomes for many people living with HIV, engagement and retention in health care and adherence to antiretroviral treatment continues to be a challenge. In 2011, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDHP), Bureau of Infectious Diseas [...]
Boston Medical Center Program Helps Parents Recover from Substance Use Disorder, Keep Their Children
A social worker and patient navigator discuss how they provide services, reduce stigma, and break down barriers to care. Being a new parent is a tough job for anyone—but it’s even more difficult when substance use recovery is part of the mix. For parents who are also struggling with a lack of re [...]
The Heller School: CISWH Board Member Explains How Pandemics Threaten U.S. Lives, Health Systems, & Economic Stability
CISWH Board member A.K. Nandakumar, professor of the Practice, director of the MS Program in Global Health Policy and Management, and the Institute for Global Health and Development recently conducted a Q&A with The Heller School for Social Policy and Management on “COVID Relief Programs H [...]
Program Design and Evaluation Strategies for the SPNS Outreach Initiative
Through its Targeted HIV Outreach and Intervention Model Development (Outreach Initiative), the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) program funded ten demonstration sites to implement and evaluate strategies to engage and retain underserv [...]
Complex Care Program Welcome Letter
Part of a ‘new to program’ packet sent to new complex care program patients/families several weeks ahead of their first complex care program clinic visit.
Catalyst Center surveys families about their experiences with Medicaid Buy-in programs
Results suggest Medicaid Buy-in Programs in Lousiana and Massachusetts improve access to care for children with disabilities Because children with disabilities use more health-care services than children generally, their families often experience higher health care costs to provide for their childre [...]
Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series: Flexibility for States – Medicaid and CHIP Programs (Full Series)
The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). These fact sheets address a variety of relevant topics, such as Medicaid and CHIP programs and the [...]
Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA)
President Obama signed CHIPRA in February 2009. This federal legislation extended funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to September 2013. It also included performance bonuses for states that implemented new ways to identify and enroll all children who were eligible for CH [...]
Team Washington: Birth to One Program
These slides provide an overview of Team Washington’s Birth to One program for infants with special health care needs. Common barriers for caregivers and system improvement opportunities for each component of the program are identified.
Making the Connection: Promoting Engagement and Retention in HIV Medical Care Among Hard-to-Reach Populations
Produced by the HRSA/SPNS Outreach Initiative, this resource provides techniques, case studies, and multiple outreach/intake/monitoring tools on engaging and retaining hard-to-reach PLWHA in care.
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