Webinar Slides: What is the Medicaid/CHIP Tutorial and What’s In It for Me?
The Catalyst Center hosted a 5-part webinar series to provide an overview of our newly released Medicaid/CHIP 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). This first web [...]
APHA Presentation: Handout Describing the Intervention PDF
Presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2017 annual meeting, this presentation outlines implementation results and lessons learned to date of a peer-based intervention currently being implemented at three clinics: Meharry Medical College, AIDS Care Group, and Howard Brown Health. [...]
Webinar Slides: Community Health Workers (CHWs) in HIV Services: Insights from Virginia
Community Health Workers have the potential to improve outcomes on the HIV care continuum, but what does that look like in a Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) funded agency? What is their scope of work and how can they be funded? During this interactive webinar course, the second in a series and p [...]
Community Health Workers: Part of the Solution
An article from the peer-reviewed journal, Health Affairs. Follows how Massachusetts and Minnesota have initiated comprehensive policies to foster increased use of CHW and (in MN) to make their services reimbursable under Medicaid. Recommendations include further development of the CHW workforce, cr [...]
Rural Collaborative Model for Diabetes Prevention and Management: A Case Study
Describes a rural community health worker-led education and diabetes management intervention. Different roles, including health coaching for diabetes management, and peer education, were filled by CHWs. Highlights the innovative components of this case.
Katie Beckett Waiver
The Katie Beckett waiver allows children who would otherwise be institutionalized or hospitalized due to their complex needs to be cared for at home and still maintain Medicaid eligibility by waiving their parent’s income. It is named after the child whose mother successfully advocated for its [...]
The Rodgers—Post-ACA
On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was constitutional. As the first anniversary of the Court’s decision approached, I took a step back from the rhetoric and controversy that continue to overshadow what this historic legislation [...]
Disease Management
Used by private and public health plans, disease management programs are designed to identify and encourage individuals with chronic conditions to follow evidence-based recommendations for care. This includes taking medications, eating a healthy diet, and being physically active. Patient and family [...]
Family-to-Family Health Information Centers (F2F HIC)
Centers run by and for families of children and youth with special needs that provide assistance in navigating the systems of health care services and supports. F2F HICs share information and provide resources to help families access necessary medical care and supports, partner with professionals to [...]
Title V
Title V of the Social Security Act provides federal block grants to states to support Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) programs. These programs may provide direct care, but generally focus on provision of wrap-around and population-based services ( [...]
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