Access to Care

About

The Access to Care Core team’s prior work in this area includes AMCHP’s National Center for Health Reform Implementation resources; NASHP’s extensive resources on Medicaid, CHIP and the ACA; and The Catalyst Center’s work to provide technical assistance to state Title V children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) programs to identify and implement strategies to cover more children, close benefit gaps, pay for additional services and build capacity of the system of care.

Aim

Our target customers are state and territorial Title V MCH and CYSHCN directors and their staff, and key partners. The central goal for the Maternal Child Health (MCH) National Training Center Access to Care Core is to provide technical assistance so that state MCH leaders understand national health reform and the implications for MCH populations. With this knowledge, MCH leaders can provide leadership for their Title V programs in concert with their counterparts in state Medicaid, CHIP and insurance agencies and the insurance marketplaces, to help assure that changes to the health care delivery system meet the unique needs of women, children and youth, CYSHCN, and their families.

National health reform extends insurance coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, but simply extending insurance coverage does not eliminate gaps in insurance coverage that may remain for many women and children, including the undocumented, children and youth with special health care needs, and families who live in states that do not expand Medicaid. Additionally, these populations will face new challenges in navigating the system in an era of national health reform. In any case, insurance coverage does not ensure that children and their families will have access to care that is universal and continuous, adequate, and affordable. The Access to Care Core of the National Workforce Development Center, building upon its relationships with Title V programs and knowledge of national and state health reform can help foster partnerships between state MCH programs and Medicaid, CHIP, insurance agencies and marketplaces to improve access to care for MCH populations.

Access to Care Resources

ACA & Integration of Behavioral and Physical Health. Presentation accompanied with speaker notes provides an overview of the Affordable Care Act and the integration of physical and behavioral health.

The Affordable Care Act: A Working Guide for MCH Professional. These modules provide the building blocks for current and future MCH professionals to learn the basics of the Affordable Care Act and its implications for Title V programs.

The Care Coordination Conundrum. In a new report, The Care Coordination Conundrum and Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, authors discuss why care coordination has been insufficiently financed and reimbursed to date, and what can be done to address these challenges.

Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities. This report, developed by The Catalyst Center at the Boston University School of Public Health, offers a brief description of selected provisions in the ACA that have implications for CYSHCN with ASD/DD.

Community Benefit & Title V. This fact sheet highlights the CHNA needs assessment process, potential opportunities for collaboration with the Title V, and a few state examples

MCH Financing Lecture This lecture series focuses on MCH financing and public insurance programs: Medicaid, CHIP, and Health Insurance Marketplaces.

An Overview of EPSDT. This presentation provides an overview of Early, Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) requirement of Medicaid.

State Assessment Tool. The State Assessment Tool provides a snapshot of your MCH program’s capacity to address and influence key areas of health reform affecting MCH and CYSHCN populations in your state.

Title V Health Reform Implementation Webinar - State Assessment Tool. The National MCH Workforce Development Center hosted a webinar to introduce a comprehensive self-assessment tool, State Assessment Tool (SAT), that will help your Title V agency assess health reform-related activities in your state.

Title V National Performance Measures & the Affordable Care Act. This document is a crosswalk of the Title V National Performance Measures (NPMs) and related provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The “Value” in Value-based Purchasing and Value-based Insurance Design for MCH Populations. Have you heard of value based purchasing? ACO's? MCO's? Ever wondered how they apply to you? This webinar describes value based purchasing.

Learn More. For more training materials compiled from the field, see the MCH Navigator's Access to Care Training Spotlight.

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