This presentation explains Health Insurance Options for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Health Insurance for Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs from Immigrant Families
The webinar provides information about eligibility for public and private health insurance for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) from immigrant families and explores the provisions of the Affordable Care Act aimed at removing barriers to care.
Financing the Special Health Care Needs of Children in Foster Care: A Primer
This primer focuses on an often overlooked population of children and youth with special health care needs: children and youth in foster care.
Financing Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care Programs
Originally published in the April 2011 issue of the Catalyst Center Coverage e-newsletter, this article focuses on financing mechanisms for pediatric palliative and hospice care programs and provides some state-specific examples of noteworthy strategies for financing pediatric palliative care programs that can be replicated.
Care Coordination in a Statewide System of Care: Financing Models and Payment Strategies
Care coordination for CYSHCN is a service that links CYSHCN and their families with appropriate services and resources in an effort to achieve good health.
Just the Facts: The 411 on Health Insurance for Young Adults Ages 18 – 30 in Florida
This guide is designed to provide basic information, action steps and deadlines to help young adults in Florida stay focused and on track with health insurance.
Designing Evaluation Studies of Care Coordination Outcomes for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Nationwide, there is growing interest in the use of care coordination as an integral component of comprehensive, quality care provided within the medical home model for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). A broad range of stakeholders – family members, advocates, state Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs program staff, health insurers, and providers – have expressed a need to the Catalyst Center to be able to evaluate the benefits of investing in care coordination. The purpose of this policy brief is to help provide some guidance in thinking through the requirements for doing so.
Mandated Benefits: Essential to Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Mandated benefits are health care benefits or services that, with some important exceptions) private health insurers must cover. Every state mandates at least some health benefits, depending on emerging issues in that state.
Reducing Under-Insurance for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
This Catalyst Center policy brief provides information about Medicaid Buy-In Programs including what they are, how they work, how they help both families raising Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)/disabilities and the states. Learn about existing Medicaid Buy-in programs in three states.
Why Health Insurance Is Important to Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
This Catalyst Center policy brief explains the problem of under-insurance for CYSHCN and its impact on families.