I.  Target Population

• Why do I care About Target Population?
  • Show Me the National Profile of the Size and Characteristics of the Population of Uninsured Children
  • Why Do Children Lack Health Insurance?

• Can National Data Sources Be Used to Generate State Estimates?
  • What Are the Advantages and Limitations in Employing the Current Population Survey?
  • How Can CPS Data Be Enhanced to Obtain More Accurate State Estimates?

• Talk to Me About Key Issues in the Development of State-Specific Baseline Surveys

• Show Me Some Examples of State Survey Efforts

• How Do Methodological and Research Design Issues Influence Estimates of the Number of Uninsured Children?
  • How is Health Insurance Defined When Estimating Uninsured Populations?
  • Time Period Specifications
  • Data Collection
  • What Are Some Demographic Considerations in Reviewing/Generating Estimates?

• Target Population References

Total Pages in Section: 18

   II. Outreach/Enrollment

• What Are Some Effective Strategies to Raise the Public’s Awareness of the Availability, Simplify Eligibility and Maximize Enrollment?

• Understand Historical Barriers to Health Program Enrollment

• Understand Title XXI Outreach and Enrollment Regulations
  • Options
  • Legislation

• Recognize Basic Elements of Social Marketing
  • Social Marketing Steps
  • Behavior Change
  • Evaluation Strategies and Evaluation

• Identify Effective State Medicaid Outreach Strategies
  • Massachusetts' MassHealth Program
    • Outreach Strategies/Components
    • Monitoring/Lessons Learned
  • Arkansas' ARKids First Program
    • Monitoring/Lessons Learned

• Identify various approaches available for facilitating enrollment in Chip
  • Overview
  • Presumptive Eligibility for Children
  • Monitoring of Enrollment Under SCHIP

• Outreach/Enrollment References

Total Pages in Section: 16

 III.  Benefit Design

Benefits Packages

• Describe the Current State of Implementation of SCHIP Benefit Structures

• What Are the Healthcare Needs of Low-Income Children?

• Describe SCHIP Benefits Structure

• What are Some Issues with SCHIP Benefits Options

• Show Some Benefit Packages Designed to Meet the Needs of Children
  • Rhode Island RIte Care Program
    • RIte Care Benefit Package Features
    • RIte Care Program Monitoring
  • State Benefit Packages - Connecticut’s Husky Program
    • State Benefit Packages Husky Program Features
    • State Benefit Packages - Husky, Monitoring

• Benefit Design - Special Needs Strategies
  • Benefit Design- Special Needs Strategies Example - Michigan
  • Benefit Design- Special Needs Strategies Example - Connecticut

Assessing Key Issues with Service Delivery

• Service Delivery Plans

• Medicaid Plans, Advantages and Disadvantages

• Medicaid FFS Issues

• Separate State Plan Advantages and Disadvantages

• Managed Care Related Service Delivery Issues

• Service Delivery Issues Related to Specific healthcare Needs

• Population-Specific Service Delivery Issues

• Two States’ Experiences with Service Delivery Issues
  • Michigan  MIChild Program
  • Colorado
• References

Total Pages in Section: 27

   IV.  Cost Sharing

• Overview of Cost-Sharing

• Understand Title XXI Cost-Sharing Regulations
  • Title XXI Cost-Sharing Regulations for Medicaid Expansion Programs
  • Title XXI Cost-Sharing Regulations for Non-Medicaid Expansion Programs

• What Are the Implications of Instituting Copayments and Premium Cost-Sharing?
  • The Implications of Instituting Copayments
  • The Implications of Premium Cost-Sharing

• What Are the Effects of Copayments and Premium Cost-Sharing on Access and Utilization in State Expansion Programs?
  • Results of the Study "The Use of Sliding Scale Premiums in Subsidized Insurance Programs"
  • New York State's Child Health Plus Program
  • Details of New York State's Program
  • Lessons Learned from New York State's Program
  • The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation's Experience
  • Results of the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation's Experience
    
• What Are the Implications of Past State Experiences for Effect of Cost Sharing on SCHIP access and Utilization?
  • How Cost-Sharing Experiences Under SCHIP May Be Different
    
• References

Total Pages in Section: 15

    V.  Crowd-Out

• When Does Crowd-Out Occur?

• Understand Crowd-Out Implications

• What is the Regulatory Guidance Regarding Crowd Out Under SCHIP?

• SCHIP Requirements Regarding Medicaid Substitution

• Crowd-Out Effects of Past Medicaid Expansions and Its Implications for SCHIP

• How Is the Existing Crowd-Out Literature Relevant to SCHIP?

• What Are Some Strategies Utilized to Prevent Crowd-Out?

• References

Total Pages in Section: 7

  VI.  Monitoring/Evaluation

• Issues Associated with Defining the Problem and the Intervention
  • Defining the Problem
  • Defining the Intervention

• Methods of Data Collection for SCHIP Evaluations
  • Measurement of SCHIP Outcomes and its Effects on Insurance Coverage
  • State Evaluation Strategies Versus Relying on National Evaluations

• What is Quality and Why is it Important?

• How is Quality Measured?
  • Structural Indicators of Quality Measurement
  • Process Indicators of Quality Measurement
  • Outcome Indicators of Quality Measurement
  • Issues and Challenges in Quality Assessment for Children

• Key Issues in Choosing a Quality Measurement Strategy
  • State Specific Characteristics
  • Characteristics of the Quality Measures

• Methods of Data Collection for SCHIP Quality and Performance Measurement
  • Sources of Information on Quality
  • Program Indicator Data Tracking
  • Quality Measurement Tools
  • Existing Child Related Quality Measurement Efforts

• Federal Reporting Requirements
  • Quality Provisions
  • Success Indicators

• References

Total Pages in Section: 26

SCHIP Guidance

• SCHIP Guidance-HCFA (now CMS) Guidance
• SCHIP Guidance-Methodological Issues
• SCHIP Guidance-Strategies Suggested by Presenters 
• SCHIP Guidance-State Strategies