Maternal and Child Health
A major portion of the Center's work on Medicaid managed care is related to maternal and child health population. The Center also conducts many analyses on the maternal and child health delivery system, including the implementation of SCHIP and EPSDT coverage policies. Center staff also provide technical assistance to state maternal and child health programs entering managed care arrangements. The Center also conducts research on:
- Delivery of care through Medicaid, SCHIP, Title V, and other federal programs for children.
- Child health and development policy issues at the federal and state levels.
- Federal and state immunization policies.
- Health insurance reform options for children.
- Pediatric performance standards under state Medicaid programs.
- Responsiveness of SCHIP to children with special health care needs through the Child Health Insurance Research Initiative (CHIRI).
Related Publications
Publications Available Online
Wilensky, S., Whittington, R., and Rosenbaum, S. Strategies for Improving Access to Comprehensive Obesity Prevention and Treatment Services for Medicaid-Enrolled Children. (2006) Supported with a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. April 2007.
Rosenbaum, S, Wilensky, S., Cox, M., and Wright, B.D. Reducing Obesity Risks During Childhood: The Role of Public and Private Health Insurance. (2005). April 2007.
Stewart, A. HPV Vaccine: Recommendation or Mandate? Rapid Public Health Policy Response Project. Jacobs Institute of Women's Health of the School of Public Health and Health Services at the George Washington University. January 2007.
Markus, A., Rosenbaum, S., Stein, R.E.K., and Joseph, J. Policy Brief #6: From SCHIP Benefit Design to Individual Coverage Decisions. January 2006.
Stewart, A., Cox, M., and Rosenbaum, S. Translating CDC Immunization Guidelines into Practice: State Laws Related to the Use of Standing Orders Covering Immunization Practice. January 2006.
Shin, P., Rosenbaum, S., and Mauery, D.R. Medicaid's Role in Treating Children in Military Families. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. October 2005.
Markus, A., Rosenbaum, S., Stewart, A., and Cox, M. How Medical Claims Simplification Can Impede Delivery of Child Developmental Services. The Commonwealth Fund, August 2005.
Rosenbaum, S., Shin, P. Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care. GW Department of Health Policy, Center for Health Services Research and Policy, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. May 2005.
Rosenbaum, S., Mauery, D.R., Shin, P., and Hidalgo, J. National Security and U.S. Child Health Policy: The Origins and Continuing Role of Medicaid and EPSDT. GW Department of Health Policy; The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. April 2005.
Markus, A., Rosenbaum, S., and Cyprien, S. SCHIP-Enrolled Children with Special Health Care Needs: An Assessment of Coordination Efforts Between State SCHIP and Title V Programs. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. March 2004.
Rosenbaum, S., Markus, A., Sonosky, C., Repasch, L., Mauery, D.R, and Schneider, A. Accountability in Medicaid Managed Care: Implications for Pediatric Health Care Quality. December 2003.
Shin, P., Jones, K., and Rosenbaum, S. Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Estimating the Impact of High Health Center Penetration in Low-Income Communities. Prepared under a grant from the National Association of Community Health Centers. September 2003.
Rosenbaum, S., Stewart, A., Cox, M., and Mitchell, S. The Epidemiology of U.S. Immunization Law: Mandated Coverage of Immunizations Under State Health Insurance Laws. Download the Executive Summary. Downlod Coverage Maps. July 2003.
Mauery, R., Collins, J., McCarthy, J., McCullough, C., and Pires, S. Contracting for Coordination of Behavioral Health Services in Privatized Child Welfare and Medicaid Managed Care. Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. June 2003.
Nolan, L., Kamoie, B., Harvey, J., Vaquerano, L., Blake, S., Chawla, S., Levi, J., and Rosenbaum, S. The Effects of State Dental Practice Laws Allowing Alternative Models of Preventive Oral Health Care Delivery to Low-Income Children. Download the Executive Summary. January 2003.
Pediatric Managed Care Training Module. Center for Health Services Research and Policy. December 2002.
Maloy, K., Kenney, K., Blake, S., and Proser, M. State Implementation of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presentation. October 2002.
Rosenbaum, S., Markus, A. Policy Brief #4: State Eligibility Rules under Separate State SCHIP Programs—Implications for Children's Access to Health Care. September 2002.
Rosenbaum, S., Sonosky, C., Shaw, K., and Mauery, D.R. Policy Brief #5: Behavioral Health and Managed Care Contracting Under SCHIP. September 2002.
Harvey, J., Vaquerano, L., Nolan, L., and Sonosky, C. School-Based
Health Centers and Managed Care Arrangements: A Review of State Models
and Implementation Issues. July 2002.
Nolan, L., Harvey, J., Jones, K., Vaquerano, L., and Zuvekas, A. The Impact of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) on Community Health Centers. June, 2002.
Maloy, K.A., Kenney, K.A., Darnell, J., and Cyprien, S. Can Medicaid Work for Low-Income Families? Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. April 2002.
Rosenbaum, S., Presentation, GWUMC Research Day, From Cancer Treatment to Health Policy for the Uninsured: The Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 (April 19, 2002) (Download PDF file now)
Sonosky, C. Early Child Development and Title V: Partnerships for Early Childhood Services, Presentation at the 2002 Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Annual Meeting March 4, 2002 (Download pdf file now)
Rosenbaum, S., Proser, M., Schneider, A., and Sonosky C. Using Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to Support Child Development Services. The Commonwealth Fund. January 2002. (Download PDF file now)
Rosenbaum, S., Proser, M., Shin, P., Wilensky, S., and Sonosky, C. Child Development Programs in Community Health Centers The Commonwealth Fund. January 2002. (Download PDF file now)
Shaw, K. and Rosenbaum, S. Access to Pediatric Services under Medicaid Managed Care in the District of Columbia. December 2001(Download PDF file now)
Rosenbaum, S., Shaw, K., and Sonosky, C. SCHIP Policy Brief #3: Managed Care Purchasing Under SCHIP: A Nationwide Analysis of Freestanding SCHIP Contracts. December 2001. (Download PDF file now)
Sonosky, C. Early Child Development and EPSDT: Opportunities for States, Presentation at the 14th Annual State Health Policy Conference, National Academy for State Health Policy August 13, 2001. (Download pdf file now)
Lambrew, J. Section 1115 Waivers in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program: An Overview. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. July 2001.
Lambrew, J. Diagnosing
Disparities in Health Insurance for Women: A
Prescription for Change. The Commonwealth Fund. August 2001.
Rosenbaum, S., Proser, M., and Sonosky, C. Health Policy and Early Childhood Development: An Overview. The Commonwealth Fund. July 2001.
Rosenbaum, S., Proser,M., Schneider, A., and Sonosky, C. Room to Grow: Promoting Child Development Through Medicaid and CHIP. The Commonwealth Fund. July 2001.
Lambrew. J. Health Insurance: A Family Affair; A National Profile and State-by-State Analysis of Uninsured Parents and Their Children. The Commonwealth Fund. May 2001.
Rosenbaum, S., and Smith, B. SCHIP Policy Brief #1: State SCHIP Design and the Right to Coverage., (Download PDF now)
Rosenbaum, S., Markus, A., Sonosky, C., and Repasch, L. SCHIP Policy Brief #2: State Benefit Design Choices under SCHIP. May 2001. (Download PDF now)
Rosenbaum, S, and Sonosky, C. Federal EPSDT Coverage Policy: An Analysis of State Medicaid Plans and State Medicaid Managed Care Contracts. December 2000.
Johnson, K., and Rosenbaum, S. Making Medicaid and SCHIP Work for Working Families. Carnegie Corporation (September 2000). (Click here to order from the Carnegie Corporation)
Rosenbaum, S., Markus, A., and Roby, D. An Analysis of Implementation Issues Relating to CHIP Cost-Sharing Provisions for Certain Targeted Low Income Children. Health Resources and Services Administration and the Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. 1999. (Download PDF now)
Markus, A., Rosenbaum, S., and Roby, D. CHIP, Health Insurance Premiums and Cost-Sharing: Lessons from the Literature. Prepared for the Health Resources and Services Administration. October 1998. (Download PDF now)
Johnson, K., DeGraw, C., Sonosky, C., Markus, A., and Rosenbaum, S. State Children's Health Insurance Program: 1997 Budget Agreement Provisions. October 1997. (Download PDF now)
Johnson, K., DeGraw, C., Sonosky, C., Markus, A., and Rosenbaum, S. Children's Health Insurance: 1997 Budget Reconciliation Provisions. July 1997. (Download PDF now)
Johnson, K., DeGraw, C., Sonosky, C., Markus, A., and Rosenbaum, S. Children's Health Insurance: A Comparison of Major Federal Legislation. May 1997. (Download PDF now)
Articles Published in Professional Literature
Markus, A.R., Rosenbaum, S., Sonosky, C., Repasch, L., Mauery, D.R. (2005) State Purchasing and Enforcement of Quality Care for Children in Medicaid and SCHIP Managed Care. Managed Care Interface Vol. 18: No. 6, pp. 24-30.
Nolan, L., Zuvekas, A., Harvey, J., Jones, K., Vaquerano, L., and Regan, J. "Enrolling Uninsured Children in SCHIP: Lessons Learned from Community Health Centers". The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Vol. 26, No. 1, January-March 2003, pgs. 51-61.
Rosenbaum, S., Smith, B., Sonosky, C., Repasch, L., and Markus, A. Devolution of Authority and Public Health Insurance Design: National SCHIP Study Reveals An Impact on Low-Income Children. Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy, Vol. 1, No. 1, Symposium 2001.
Rosenbaum, S., and Sonosky, C. Medicaid Reforms and SCHIP: Health Care Coverage and the Changing Policy Environment in Who Speaks for America’s Children: The Role of Child Advocates in Public Policy. DeVita, C, and Mosher-Williams, R, editors. The Urban Institute. 2001. (Link to order online)
Wehr, E. Evidence-Based Health Care Coverage for Children: Proceed with Caution. Journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Vol. 1., No. 1, Jan-Feb. 2001
Mouradian W., Wehr, E., and Crall, J. Disparities in Children's Oral Health and Access to Care and Their Consequences. Journal of the American Medical Association.November 22/29, 2000 pp. 2625-263
Ireys, H.T., Wehr, E., and Cooke, R.E. Defining Medical Necessity: Strategies for Promoting Access to Quality Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation, and Other Special Health Care Needs. National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University. 1999. (Link to order online)
Rosenbaum, S., Johnson, K., Sonosky, C., Markus, A., and DeGraw, C. "The Children's Hour: The State Children's Health Insurance Program," Health Affairs. 1:75-89 January/February, 1998.
Markus, A. and DeGraw, C. "Expanding Health Insurance Coverage for Uninsured Children: The Next Step in Health Care Reform," The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. 10(5). Sept-Oct, 1997
Rosenbaum, S., Shin, P., Mauskopf, A., and Zuvekas, A. "Medicaid Managed Care and the Family Planning Free Choice Exemption: Beyond the Freedom to Choose." Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law 1997; 22(5): 1191-1214.
Maloy, K.A. The Tennessee Children's Plan: How Do We Get There? In Evaluating Mental Health Services: How Do Programs for Children "Work" in The Real World? Eds. C. Nixon and D. Northrup; Newborn Park CA: Sage Publications. 1997.
Rosenbaum, S., Shin, P., Mauskopf, A., Funk, K., Stern, G., and Zuvekas, A. Beyond the Freedom to Choose: Medicaid Managed Care and Family Planning. Western Journal of Medicine 1995; 103 [suppl]: 33-38.
Other Publications
Zuvekas, A., Goldsberry, Y., Shin, P., Silver, K., Guendelman, S., Hirsch, R., Verme, D., Schwartz, N., and Frisbie, P. Mortality Rates among Infants of Mexican Descent in the United States: Evaluating the Validity of Current Estimates. Prepared for the Bureau of Primary Health Care, Human Resources Services Administration. 1995.
Zuvekas, A., Shin, P., Scarpulla-Nolan, L. Parenting Premies Program Evaluation. Prepared for the National Association of Community Health Center. 1995.
Rosenbaum, S., and Sonosky, C. Issue Brief: Medicaid Case Management Services and Child Development June 2001. Funded by The Commonwealth Fund. (Available for purchase at www.nashp.org)
Markus, A., Rosenbaum, S., and Roby, D. CHIP, Health Insurance Premiums and Cost-Sharing: Lessons from the Literature. Prepared for the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. 1998.
Van Landegham, K., and Sonosky, C. Maternal and Child Health Principles in Practice: An Analysis of Select Provisions in Medicaid Managed Care Contracts, Washington, DC, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 1998.
DeGraw, C., ed. Child Health and Health Policy, Vol. 1 (1994), Nos. 1-4; Vol. 2 (1995), Nos. 1-4; Vol. 3 (1996), Nos. 1-4; Vol. 4 (1997), Nos. 1-4; Vo1.5 (1998), No. 1.
Jameson, E.J., Evans, L., and Wehr, E. Troubling Signs: Severely III Children in Employment Based Managed Care Plans in California. Report of the Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. May 1997.
Solloway, M., and Sonosky, C. The Role of Maternal and Child Health in Women's Health. May 1997.
Rosenbaum, S., and Borzi, P. Health Insurance Coverage for Children: Background and Options for Reform, prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. March, 1996..
Sonosky, C., and Perry, D. Maximizing the Flexibility of Categorical Funding for Children's Health Services, Issue Brief, Washington, DC: National Governor's Association. July 1996.
Rosenbaum, S., and Darnell, J. An Analysis of the Medicaid and Health-Related Provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193). February 1997.
