CKF staff assembled the following resources for enrollment professionals, health advocates, and others interested in healthcare for Colorado families. This section will be updated regularly, so check back often!
Innovative School-Based Outreach and Enrollment Tactics for Medicaid and CHP+ - Fall 2009
CKF produced a brief highlighting the outreach and enrollment work done by three school-based pilot projects that make it easier for families to enroll their children into Medicaid and CHP+ through schools. These three pilot sites find low-income, uninsured children by sharing necessary information as families apply for free- or reduced-price lunches and are able to determine eligibility for Medicaid and CHP+ on site. Click here to learn about the work done and lessons learned by these pilots.
CKF Report: The Maze – April 2009
CKF is excited to release a report that examines the maze uninsured kids and families must navigate to enroll in Colorado Medicaid and CHP+. Using valuable insight from Coalition members, CKF describes the numerous barriers applicants face and options for reform. The report also provides twenty recommendations, based on a review of administrative and policy options and best practices, to guide Colorado’s decision-makers as they work to simplify the path to Medicaid and CHP+ coverage. Click here to find out how CKF partners can help!
The Maze: The Barriers that Keep Colorado’s Eligible Children and Families Out of Medicaid and CHP+ and Recommendations to Create a Direct Path to Enrollment
Maze Report Recommendation: Add Affidavit to Application to Establish Children’s Identity
CKF developed a brief fact sheet about “The Maze” report’srecommendation to add an affidavit to verify identity for children under 16 to Colorado’s joint application and future online application. Several states incorporate an affidavit directly on their application for assistance. Click here to learn more about this recommendation, states that already use this strategy, and sample language. CKF continues to advocate for this and other recommendations from the report.
Case Management Report- August 2008
CKF staff and Coalition members developed recommendations regarding the additional $1.4 million in HCPF's budget dedicated to Medicaid and CHP+ outreach. A Case Management Approach to Medicaid and CHP+ Enrollment- Recommendations for Colorado's Investment in Medicaid and CHP+ Outreach outlines an approach that supports families and the sites that assist them with Medicaid and CHP+ enrollment. This paper is based on a comprehensive definition of outreach that includes informing families about the programs, providing application assistance, promoting access to care, and ensuring renewal. In addition, the paper makes the case that sites need adequate training and financial support in order to provide enrollment assistance.
CKF Monthly Outreach and Enrollment Updates
Quarterly Colorado Medicaid & CHP+ Enrollment Reports
Application Assistance
Application Assistance Sites
Helpful Resources for Application Assistance Sites
Rules and Regulations
CKF Fact Sheets
CKF Reports
Best Practices
Enrollment Caps
Official Websites
Program Reform Strategies
Current
Blue Ribbon Commission for Healthcare Reform (208 Commission)
SCHIP Reauthorization
Colorado SCHIP Coalition
Georgetown Center on Children and Families SCHIP Portal
Web Resources
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Federal agency that oversees the federal Medicaid program and State Child Health Insurance Programs
- Children's Health Matters - Catholic Charities' program to help facilitate enrollment into Medicaid and SCHIP programs
- Colorado Center on Law and Policy – Colorado Center on Law and Policy (CCLP) focuses primarily on issues affecting poor and working poor families and individuals with a major emphasis on economic self-sufficiency and access to health care
- Colorado Children’s Campaign – Colorado Children’s Campaign acts as a bi-partisan voice for children from the state capitol to communities across the state, focusing on expanding access to quality healthcare, early childhood experiences and K-12 education.
- Colorado Health Institute - The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) serves as a comprehensive source of health data resources and policy analysis for policymakers, health planners, the business and nonprofit communities, advocacy and consumer groups, health care providers, foundations, and the media.
- Colorado Consumer Health Initiative – Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI) is a consensus-based membership organization that acts as a unified representative of its members and partners at the legislature and in the community to influence and shape effective health care policy to ensure barrier-free access to quality health care for all Coloradans.
- Cover the Uninsured - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's national week of action to increase public awareness about the growing population of uninsured people
- Families USA - A national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans
- Kaiser State Health Facts Online - Comprehensive and comparative health facts, which include data on uninsured rates, Medicaid and CHP+ enrollment numbers and eligibility facts
- The Commonwealth Fund - A private foundation that supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy
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