This study combined 10-state household survey and administrative data to provide an unprecedented analysis of families' Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment, retention, and disenrollment experiences. Findings were generally positive across states; however, many children become...

Some children cycled in and out of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, experiencing gaps in public coverage in the interim. These findings suggest that public program churning remains an issue and that continued efforts to simplify the process of remaining enrolled are needed.

Using data from a population survey of 261 Early Head Start programs and a father involvement demonstration of 21 programs, the authors examine the extent to which fathers participate in Early Head Start intervention programs for infants and toddlers. Fathers were present in the lives of a...

Reports impacts for subgroups of children and parents in this sequence: African American, White, Hispanic, low risk, moderate risk, and highest risk.

Focuses on key design issues and methods relevant for understanding the substantive analyses.

Reviews Tennessee's experience setting, monitoring, and updating capitation rates for Medicaid managed behavioral health care and draws lessons for other states. Finds that the initial behavioral health rate was inadequate, primarily because of the way available information was used, rather than...

A study recently published concluded that populations with different types of public health insurance have rates of receiving treatment for a substance use disorder that range from two to four times greater than the privately insured. The study was funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health...

With higher payments and expanded private-plan authority, Medicare Advantage (MA) has caused the market to grow. One in three Medicare beneficiaries with Part D now gets this coverage through MA. Analysis of the sources of and reasons for enrollment growth suggest a troubling report card....