Training
CISWH designs innovative training programs, curricula, and other tools to provide crucial knowledge and skills related to HIV, oral health, Medicaid/CHIP coverage for children and youth with special health care needs, and other areas. Developed for online or offline use and in multiple languages, th [...]
Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource 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 [...]
CoIIN: Project Impact & Materials
The federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau has funded this 10-state Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to test and spread promising care delivery strategies and payment models for children with medical complexity (CMC). The three-fold goals of the project ar [...]
The Rodgers—Pre-ACA
Rylin and David Rodgers were shocked at how quickly medical debt changed their lives. They had college educations, good jobs with health insurance, and comfortable savings before their children were born. Unaccustomed to asking for help, Rylin once went three days without eating as she sat by her so [...]
CoIIN: Project Impact & Materials
The federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau has funded this 10-state Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to test and spread promising care delivery strategies and payment models for children with medical complexity (CMC). The three-fold goals of the project ar [...]
Critical Elements for Financing the System of Care for CYSHCN: An Infographic Series
The Catalyst Center has created an infographic series exploring key focus areas in the world of health care financing and coverage for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). Each infographic offers a concise look at a complex issue from the perspective of CYSHCN, their families, [...]
Infographic: Pathways to Medicaid Coverage For Children And Youth With Special Health Care Needs
The Catalyst Center has created a one-page infographic illustrating important elements of pathways to Medicaid coverage for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). This is one page in a series of infographics exploring key focus areas in the world of health care financing and cov [...]
Estimating the Cost per Child Under the Family Opportunity Act’s Medicaid Buy-in Option: An Update
Previous Catalyst Center calculations of costs per child for children with disabilities eligible for Medicaid coverage under the Family Opportunity Act were derived from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates. In this revised estimate, we use information from the Medicaid Statistical Informat [...]
New Grant for CISWH Executive Director and BU Colleagues Supports Linguistic Interpreters Working with Trauma Patients
Interpreters working with medical patients who have experienced forced displacement are often exposed to their clients’ traumatic experiences, otherwise known as vicarious trauma. Unlike social workers, psychologists, and other clinicians; linguistic interpreters frequently lack the institutional [...]
NCCA Blog: Interview with Richard Antonelli, MD, and Heather Pomella, NP
The National Care Coordination Academy (NCCA) is a collaboration between the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Advance Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CMC CoIIN) and Boston Children’s Hospital. This two-year program has assisted state teams in building sustainabili [...]
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