the commonwealth fund improving childrens healthy development through federal child health policy...
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The Commonwealth FundThe Commonwealth Fund
Improving Children’s Healthy Development Through Improving Children’s Healthy Development Through Federal Child Health PolicyFederal Child Health Policy
RespondentRespondent
Co-sponsored by Voices for America’s Children, the NationalAcademy for State Health Policy, and First Focus
Alan Weil, Director, National Academy for State Health Policy
State Response to an Expended Federal Role for Improving Children’s Healthy Development (I)
State interest is high, as evidenced by– Existing Medicaid and SCHIP standards– Participation and interest in programs like ABCD– Comprehensive approaches that operate outside
traditional health delivery system boundaries
State Response to an Expended Federal Role for Improving Children’s Healthy Development (II)
States face limitations in– Resources to define high quality outcomes– Provider and managed care payment levels– Primacy of medical model as funding source– Lack of focus by other payers
State Response to an Expended Federal Role for Improving Children’s Healthy Development (III)
States worry when– Federal standards come without resources– Federal standards fail to mesh with existing state efforts– Federal reporting is a substitute for real interest