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Health-e-App

June 2011

Health-e-App is a Web-based application for enrolling low-income children and pregnant women in public health insurance programs. Watch a video and read the business case analysis on the benefits of the application.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Dental Care for Publicly Insured Children

July 2010

This Health Affairs article by Pourat and Finocchio finds that children with public insurance, especially Latinos and African Americans, visit the dentist less often than those with private insurance.

The Future of California's SCHIP Program

January 2010

With federal SCHIP funding subject to new eligibility requirements and continuing uncertainty over its reauthorization, this series of reports and white papers examines how the changes to the program could affect children's health coverage in California.

Children's Health Coverage Facts and Figures

November 2009

This presentation of facts, figures, and trends provides an overview of California's public and private children's health insurance programs and where they may be headed.

Pay-for-Performance in the Medi-Cal Managed Care and Healthy Families Programs: Findings and Recommendations

August 2009

This paper examines state Medicaid and SCHIP pay-for-performance programs, assesses the feasibility of such a program in California, and explores options for applying pay-for-performance within Medi-Cal and Healthy Families.

Slowing Medi-Cal Churn: Counties Collaborate to Improve Efficiency

November 2008

Thirteen county Medi-Cal eligibility offices collaborated to improve enrollment and retention of eligible children. In an intense 14-month initiative, the eligibility workers gathered data, tested ways to improve processes, and measured results.

The Future of California's SCHIP Program

August 2008

With federal SCHIP funding subject to new eligibility requirements and continuing uncertainty over its reauthorization, this series of reports and white papers examines how changes to the program could affect children's health coverage in California.

Enrollment Modernization: Changing the Culture, Organization, and Structure of Health Program Enrollment

May 2008

At a recent technology conference, CHCF Vice President of Programs Sam Karp delivered the keynote address on the major obstacles to enrollment modernization; the role technology can and cannot play; and key lessons learned in California.