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Three New Reports on the Children’s Health Initiatives Highlight their Strengths and Challenges
Legislative Briefing on Children’s Health, May 29th.
Gregory Stevens of the Center is presenting recent research findings on changes in vulnerable children’s access to care in California in Sacramento. For more information about the legislative briefing, sponsored by the California Program on Access to Care (CPAC), Click Here
Op-Ed in L.A. Times on the Dumping of Homeless Patients by Local Hospitals Michael Cousineau, Director of CCHS, contributed an opinion piece to the L.A. Times about the recent problem with blaming hospitals for the dumping of patients in Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. Read the article here
CCHS researchers have released new data today that show that Healthy Kids, a locally-funded health insurance program for children, saves the State of California and the federal government up to $7.3 million annually in health care costs by preventing more than 1,000 unnecessary child hospitalizations per year. The study findings were released in the February 2008 issue of Medical Care.
Healthy Kids Programs May Prevent 1,000 Child Hospitalizations, Saving $7.3 Million, Annually
A comparison of current and wait-listed Healthy Kids enrollees with reported financial contributions and commitments, suggests that over the next three years, without additional funds, the CHIs will face a deficit of about $200 million.
Shows that Healthy Kids programs are providing quality of health care that is as good, if not better, than Medi-Cal and Healthy Families. The study uses HEDIS reports from counties that had been operational for at least one full year.
Discusses the growth and maturation of the Children’s Health Initiatives and their coalitions, the perceived financial sustainability of the program directors, and expectations for continued growth.
Functioning at the Brink: The CHIs Have Grown but May Not Survive
Outcomes from Children’s Health Initiatives in California
Financial Sustainability of the Healthy Kids Programs