CHIP Implementation

 CHIPRA Legislation and Summaries

• CHIPRA 2009: Public Law 111-3 (signed February 4, 2009)
• Brief Summary of Key CHIPRA Provisions (NEACH, March 2009)
• Summary of CHIPRA (CCF, 2009)
• Summary of CHIPRA (Families USA, 2009)
• Summary of CHIPRA (National Association of State Medicaid Directors, 2009)

CMS Guidance

• Letter to State Health Officials #18: Increased Federal Matching Funds for Translation and Interpretation Services under Medicaid and CHIP
• Letter to State Health Officials #17: Medicaid and CHIP Coverage of "Lawfully Residing" Children and Pregnant Women
• Letter to State Health Officials #16: Applicability of Federal Matching Rates in CHIP and Medicaid (March 1, 2010)
• Letter to State Health Officials #15: Prospective Payment System for FQHCs and RHCs (February 4, 2010)
  
• Letter to State Health Officials #14: Express Lane Eligibility Option (February 4, 2010)
• Letter to State Health Officials #13: CHIPRA Premium Assistance Option (February 2, 2010)
  
• Letter to State Health Officials #12: CHIPRA Premium Grace Period (January 22, 2010)
  
• Letter to State Health Officials #11: CHIPRA Citizenship Documentation Requirement (December 28, 2009)
  
• Letter to State Health Officials #10: CHIPRA Performance Bonus Payments (December 15, 2009)
• Letter to State Health Officials #9: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Requirements (November 4, 2009)
• Letter to State Health Officials #8: Managed Care (October 21, 2009)
• Letter to State Health Officials #7: Dental Coverage in CHIP (October 7, 2009)
• Letter to State Health Officials #6: CHIPRA Pregnant Women Questions and Answers (September 3, 2009)
• Letter to State Health Officials #5: Eligibility of Deemed Newborns (August 31, 2009)
• Letter to State Health Officials #4: CHIPRA Managed Care (August 31, 2009)
• CHIPRA Outreach and Enrollment Grants (July 6, 2009)
• CHIPRA Outreach and Enrollment Grants: CMS Request for Proposals (July 2009)
• Letter to State Health Officials #3: Medicaid and CHIP Coverage of HIV Testing (June 24, 2009)
• Letter to State Health Officials #2: Pregnant Women Coverage Option (May 11, 2009)
• Letter to State Health Officials #1: CHIPRA Overview  (April 17, 2009)
• Template for State Plan Amendment to Cover Pregnant Women
• Statement on Premium Assistance in CHIPRA

Assistance for State Implementation Efforts

• Expanding Coverage for Recent Immigrants: CHIPRA Gives States New Options (Families USA)
• Streamlining Citizenship Documentation: States Can Make Documenting Citizenship and Identity Easier (Families USA)
• Covering Pregnant Women: CHIPRA Offers a New Option (Families USA)
• Express Lane Toolkit (The Children's Partnership)
• Children's Health Insurance: Tools to Advance Enrollment and Retention Efforts Toolkit (InsureKidsNow.gov)
• National Children's Health Insurance Summit Resource Material (InsureKidsNow.gov)
• Implementation Choices for the Children's Health Insurance Implementation Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (The Commonwealth Fund, September 2009)
• Overview of CHIPRA Outreach and Enrollment Grants (CCF, July 10, 2009)
• CHIP Tips: New Federal Funding Available to Cover Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women (CCF & Kaiser Family Foundation, June 2009)
• CHIP Tips: CHIP Financing Structure (CCF & Kaiser Family Foundation, June 2009)
• CHIP Tips: Changes in Citizenship Documentation (CCF & Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2009)
• CHIP Tips: Medicaid Performance Bonus (CCF & Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2009)
• CHIP Tips: Medicaid Performance Bonus: 5 of 8 Requirements (CCF & Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2009)
• Covering More Children, Rewarding Success: State Performance Bonuses (Families USA, April 2009)
• Implementation Dates for Key CHIPRA Provisions (CCF)
• Express Lane Eligibility (The Children's Partnership)

 Information on State CHIP Programs

• Eligibility Levels by State (CCF, July 2009)
• Enrollment Procedures by State (CCF, July 2009)
• State-by-state list of CHIP Directors (March 2009)

Presentations and Reports

• Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorizaiton Act: One Year Later, Connecting Kids to Coverage (HHS, February 2010)
• National Children's Health Insurance Summit: Strategies for Increasing Enrollment and Retention (CMS, November 2009)
• Express Lane Eligibility Efforts: Lessons Learned from Early State Cross-Program Enrollment Initiatives (The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and The Children's Partnership, August 2009)
• Families with Mixed Eligibility for Public Coverage: Navigating Medicaid, CHIP and Uninsurance (Health Affairs, June 2009)
• Building Medical Homes in State Medicaid and CHIP Programs (Commonwealth Fund, June 2009)
• More Funding for CHIP, Different Rules: How Does CHIPRA Change CHIP Funding? (Families USA, June 2009)
• The Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA): Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (Families USA, June 2009)
• Making CHIPRA Work: Enrolling Eligible Children in Health Coverage (CCF & CBPP, April 2009)
• Oral Health Coverage and Care for Low-income Children: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP (Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2009) 
• Improving Care Coordination, Case Management and Linkages to Service for Young Children: Opportunities for States (Commonwealth Fund, April 2009)
• New Children's Health Law Reduces the Harmful Impact of Documentation Requirement (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 2009) 
• Express Lane Eligibility and Beyond: How Automated Enrollment Can Help Eligible Children Receive Medicaid and CHIP (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, April 2009)

• The Role of Section 1115 Waivers in Medicaid and CHIP: Looking Back and Looking Forward (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, March 2009) 

Organizations Providing Implementation Resources

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Insure Kids Now
• Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
• The National Academy for State Health Policy: CHIP Central
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Families USA
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Activities Related to CHIPRA

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