resource Medicaid Best Buys: Critical Strategies to Focus on High-Need, High-Cost Beneficiaries This brief outlines promising state approaches to improve care and curb spending for Medicaid's highest-cost patient subsets, including opportunities...

April 2010

resource System of Care Approaches in Residential Treatment Facilities Serving Children with Serious Behavioral Health Needs This issue brief describes the findings of a national survey of residential treatment facilities serving children and youth with...

March 2010

resource Periodicity of Dental Services for Children in NJ FamilyCare/Medicaid New Jersey's Medicaid agency, the Department of Medical Assistance and Health Services, created the Periodicity of Dental Services for...

March 2010

resource Child Oral Health Resources for Primary Care Providers These tools support primary care providers, dentists, and Head Start programs in oral health screening, family education, and dental...

March 2010

resource A “High-Touch” Approach to Improving Oral Health for Newark Children Describes CHCS' work with Newark Head Start programs and community dentists to increase the number of preschool NJ FamilyCare...

March 2010

resource Options for Integrated Care for Duals in Medi-Cal: Themes from Interviews with Key Informants and Community Dialogues This document describes California's approach to gathering stakeholder input related to proposed integration of services for dual eligibles for...

March 2010

resource A Guide to Improving Children’s Oral Health Care: Tools for the Head Start Community This manual was developed to help New Jersey Head Start staff working to establish dental homes and improve oral...

February 2010

resource Health Literacy Implications of the Affordable Care Act This report identifies provisions in the Affordable Care Act that directly and/or indirectly address health literacy.

November 2010

resource Supporting Alternative Integrated Models for Dual Eligibles: A Legal Analysis of Current and Future Options Integrating care for dual eligibles offers a significant opportunity to improve care and control rising health care costs, but...

November 2009

resource Faces of Medicaid III: Refining the Portrait of People with Multiple Chronic Conditions This report provides a close-up look at Medicaid beneficiaries with serious comorbidities, and highlights the pervasiveness of mental illness...

October 2009

resource Enhanced Primary Care Case Management Programs in Medicaid: Issues and Options for States This report examines enhanced Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) programs in five states -- Oklahoma, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Indiana,...

September 2009

resource Measurement Strategies for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Complex Needs This technical assistance brief describes how state purchasers can use the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Prevention Quality...

September 2009