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Welcome to CHIPCentral, your State Children’s Health Insurance Program Resource Center.  Our goal in building CHIPCentral is to create a single point that state and federal officials and policymakers can turn to for the information they need about SCHIP policy and implementation with an emphasis on quick and easy access to information.

 

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was created by Congress in 1997 and is funded by both the federal government and the states. The policy context in which the program was enacted is explained here. SCHIP is designed to help states expand the provision of child health insurance to uninsured, low-income children. At the federal level, SCHIP is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services though the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). SCHIP is administered by the states within federal guidelines. States have wide discretion in how they administer their SCHIP program.

 

Within CHIPCentral is a considerable amount of information from NASHP’s Survey of SCHIP Programs as well as articles, research and reports from various organizations.  Information is broken in the broad topics below, plus more information on reauthorization of SCHIP and the NASHP survey of SCHIP programs can be accessed throughout the site.

 

SCHIP Program Design

Outreach, Enrollment, and Retention

Access to and Quality of Care

Federal and State Financing and Policy

Program Evaluation

  


NEW WEB SEMINAR ARCHIVE

New CHIPRA Opportunity: Express Lane Eligibility

This recorded webinar includes an overview of the Express Lane Eligibility (ELE) option in the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) by a national expert. It also includes a presentation from another national expert who has studied the experiences of other public programs’ use of automated strategies and he explores how states can use automation, and the options in ELE, to identify, enroll and retain children in health coverage. Finally, the webinar also includes presentations from two states’ representatives who share their current efforts to implement ELE, including the initial steps they took prior to CHIPRA and their expectations for results using the new tools in CHIPRA.

 

NEW NASHP PUBLICATION

Reauthorizing SCHIP: Principles, Issues and Ideas from State Directors

With reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) moving quickly through Congress, this State Health Policy Briefing seeks to inform the federal legislators and other policymakers about the issues of greatest concern to state SCHIP program directors related to the reauthorization.  The brief was developed by NASHP through in-depth conversations with and input from a workgroup of state SCHIP directors, and reviewed by all SCHIP directors.  Publication of the brief was made possible through the generous support of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation as part of broader efforts to provide assistance and report on state SCHIP programs since the program’s inception.

 

SCHIP Reauthorization Resources

Potential Impacts of Delaying SCHIP Legislation - This paper will discuss the potential consequences of a continued failure to provide adequate support for states to maintain and improve their SCHIP programs. (December 2007)

SCHIP Delivery Systems - This State health Policy Monitor provides an overview of the delivery systems and payment structures states use for their SCHIP programs. (October 2007)

Side-by-side comparison of Senate (H.R. 976/S. 1893) and House (H.R. 3162) approved SCHIP reauthorization legislation with the priorities of SCHIP directors, as discussed in Reauthorizing SCHIP: Principles, Issues and Ideas from State Directors.

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SCHIP State Snapshots

Fact sheets about the State Children's Health Insurance Program in every state. Developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the National Academy for State Health Policy.

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