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Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Access To Care Among Children: How Does Medicaid Do In Closing The Gaps?, Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Julia Paradise, Megan Thomas, Paul D. Jacobs, Bianca Dijulio

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

While Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have become increasingly important sources of health coverage for low-income children in all racial and ethnic groups, the program plays an especially large role for children of color, who are more likely than white children to be low-income. In 2007, Medicaid and CHIP covered nearly one in five white children, but roughly two in five African American and Hispanic children.

As policymakers engaged in health reform consider the merits of public and private approaches to expanding coverage, this report provides an assessment of Medicaid's relative impact on racial and ethnic disparities …

Medicaid And Case Management To Promote Healthy Child Development, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Kay Johnson, Emily Jones, Anne R. Markus

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

This policy brief presents options for financing and delivering case management services to low-income and special-needs children in Medicaid. The analysis builds on a literature review of case management, a review of the legal underpinnings of Medicaid case management, and consultation with experts in the fields of health care finance and program operations. It aims to inform the policy community about the importance of case management for assuring the health and development of our youngest and most vulnerable children.

Children’S Health Care: Health Information Technology And Electronic Health Records, David M. Stevens

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

The panel addressed: Why pediatric electronic health records are different from adult EHRs; How HIT/EHRs can be helpful in the area of prevention with pediatric populations; How using HIT/EHRs can help improve quality and outcome measures for children and underserved communities; Barriers to getting HIT/EHRs into underserved communities and ways to overcome these challenges; Opportunities for stimulus funds to support HIT access for underserved pediatric populations; and Privacy and confidetiality concerns regarding pediatric EHRs.