Maximizing Enrollment for Kids Webinar, Wednesday March 3, 2010, 3:30pm EST
February 19, 2010
State Medicaid and CHIP Programs in the Examining Room: Diagnosing What Works to Get and Keep Eligible Children Enrolled in Public Coverage Programs
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Presented by the National Academy for State Health Policy, with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
This webinar will draw from forthcoming Maximizing Enrollment for Kids publications that report findings from diagnostic assessments of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment and retention systems for children in the eight Maximizing Enrollment for Kids grantee states. Participants will hear directly from several states participating in the initiative and explore lessons federal policymakers and other states can draw from these findings.
Maximizing Enrollment for Kids is a four year, $15 million national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The initiative is designed to increase enrollment and retention of children who are eligible but not enrolled in public health coverage programs like Medicaid and CHIP. Under the direction of NASHP, which serves as the national program office, the initiative aims to help states improve their systems, policies and procedures to increase the proportion of eligible children enrolled and retained in these programs. The diagnostic assessments were conducted to help guide state improvement plans as well as technical assistance and state-to-state exchange that are being implemented over the next three years.
Speakers will include:
• Catherine Hess, MSW, Director, Maximizing Enrollment for Kids; Senior Program Director, NASHP
• Alice M. Weiss, JD, Deputy Director, Maximizing Enrollment for Kids; Program Director, NASHP
• Victoria A. Wachino, Director, Family and Children's Health Programs Group, CMS, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Ruth Kennedy, Deputy Medicaid Director & CHIP Director, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
• Cathy Caldwell, Director, Bureau of Children's Health Insurance, Alabama Department of Public Health
• James Jones, Deputy Medicaid Director, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
For further information about the webinar please contact: aweiss@nashp.org