How Long before Rectifying Medicaid and CHIP Children?

How Long before Recertifying Medicaid and CHIP Children?

CHIP and Medicaid: Evolving to Meet the Needs of Children.

OBJECTIVE To examine the evolution of Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid programs after passage of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), focusing on policies affecting eligibility, enrollment, renewal, benefits, access to care, cost sharing, and preparation for health care reform. METHODS Case studies were conducted in 10 states dur...

Managing Medicaid Take-Up Children and the Take-Up Challenge: Renewal Processes in Medicaid and CHIP

As states have expanded eligibility for children under Medicaid and CHIP, it has become abundantly clear that a substantial gap exists between policy promise and implementation performance. Many children who qualify for these programs are not enrolled in them. This take-up deficit has prompted a range of stakeholders to launch initiatives to bring down barriers to participation in Medicaid and ...

The effects of Medicaid and CHIP policy changes on receipt of preventive care among children.

OBJECTIVE To examine changes in children's receipt of well-child and preventive dental care in Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in two states that adopted policies aimed at promoting greater preventive care receipt. DATA SOURCES The 2004-2008 Medicaid/CHIP claims and enrollment data from Idaho and Kentucky. STUDY DESIGN Logistic and hazard pre-post regression models, cont...

Acute compartment syndrome: how long before muscle necrosis occurs?

OBJECTIVES Acute compartment syndrome (ACS) is a limb-threatening condition often first diagnosed by emergency physicians. Little is known about the rapidity with which permanent damage may occur. Our objective was to estimate the time to muscle necrosis in patients with ACS. METHODS This historical cohort analysis of all patients who had a fasciotomy for ACS was conducted in 4 large teaching...