quality improvement/ disparities/access
Post on 15-Mar-2016
38 Views
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
Quality Improvement/ Disparities/Access
Group IV
Context• We believe all children should have access to
health care • Health insurance enables access to health care• Currently SCHIP and Medicaid are two public
programs that provide health care coverage for low income children
• 9M children are currently uninsured and out of these 6M qualify for coverage but unenrolled– Medicaid to more individuals below the federal poverty
level ($20,200 for a family of four in 2008) who are parents or caretaker relatives of children eligible for Medicaid. But the states have chosen not to do so.
All United States
Population
Number (in
thousands)
Employer
Individual
Medicaid/
Other Public
UninsuredSCHIP
Children 78,425 55.40% 4.40% 27.10% 1.40% 11.70%Low-Income Children* 33,340 24.10% 3.60% 51.90% 1.40% 19.10%Parents 67,031 68.30% 4.40% 9.00% 1.50% 16.80%*Low-income" is defined as under 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
Problem Statement• Two-thirds of uninsured children in
the US are eligible for SCHIP or Medicaid but are NOT enrolled
Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Consequences of Uninsurance:
A cascade of effects(IOM 2003)
Focusarea
Rationale• Parents/families unaware of eligibility
status – Johnnie has a health problem but his
parents are unaware he is eligible for public health insurance coverage
Rationale• Difficulty in enrollment process
– Johnnie’s parents find the application process too difficult and lacked documentation for the asset test
Rationale• Difficulty in retention
– Johnnie’s dad gets a small raise and he loses his public health insurance program and is uninsured
Proposed Solutions• Increase awareness of
SCHIP/Medicaid program– Parents/families of potential enrollees
• Streamline enrollment procedure• Improve retention
Stakeholders• Interest Groups
– Families USA– Children’s Defense
Fund• Pharma• Taxpayer Associations• Voters• National Governors
Association• National Conference on
State Legislators• Heritage Foundation
• Children• Parents/Families• Health care
providers• State • Education• Day Care• Private Insurers• State Government• Employers
Stakeholders• How are they impacted?
– Improved access to primary care• Improved health for children• Improved continuity of care• Decreased emergency room visits • Decreased hospitalizations
– Improved workforce productivity for parents– Improved educational performance of children– Increased utilization and cost (+ / -)
• Opportunity cost (+ / -) – State, special interest groups, employers
Plan of Action• Increase awareness of public health
insurance programs• Promote state-based outreach
activities to increase enrollment– Increase federal match to states for
meeting enrollment targets– Disseminate to states “models of
excellence”
Plan of Action• Streamline enrollment process
– Link/coordinate enrollment with other federal/state programs
– Develop common application form– Omit asset test (+ /-)– Disseminate “models of excellence”
Plan of Action• Improve retention of health
insurance coverage for children– Mandate one year continuous
enrollment
Implementation Strategies• Coalition building
– State Governors– Legislators– Special interest groups
• Identify champions in Congress– Senator Rockefeller
• Media coverage/moving public opinion
Johnnie now has health insurance
Resources• http://ccf.georgetown.edu/index/data
-healthcoverage#us• http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/2
177_06.pdf• Hidden Costs, Value Lost:
Uninsurance in America http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10719.html
top related