Covering Kids & Families of Indiana Newsletter |
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ONE WEEK AWAY!
The State of Coverage Policy Summit
Thursday, October 19th is the 2023 CKF-IN State of Coverage Policy Summit! Scan the QR code below or follow this link to register.
National Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) expert, Sara Rosenbaum, and Hoosier state physicians, Dr. Janet Seabrook and Dr. Sarah Stelzner, will describe the decades old program, giving tips on improvement and implementation, while relating to Indiana communities. You won't want to miss it!
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NEWS FROM THE INDIANA SCHOOL HEALTH NETWORK |
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Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
October 22- October 28 is Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. No safe level of lead in children has been identified. Even low levels of lead in blood can hurt a child’s ability to learn, pay attention, and do well in school. The good news is that childhood lead poisoning is preventable.
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Amended Community Eligibility Provision Expands Free Meal Access to High-Poverty Schools
The Community Eligibility Provision is an option for schools to offer meals at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household information through applications. Currently, to be eligible, schools must meet or exceed the established, minimum identified student percentage (ISP) of 40%. The amendment goes into effect on October 23, 2023 and lowers the minimum ISP to 25%. As a result, more schools will be eligible for no-cost school meals, eliminating unpaid meal charges, and much more.
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Journal of School Health Articles Highlight CDC Research on Evidence-based Strategies for School Nutrition and Physical Activity
In this special open access issue of the Journal of School Health, the CDC draws on the last 10 years of research to identify evidence-based strategies schools can use to improve student and staff nutrition and physical activity knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. The strategies span across eight areas that have proven to be most critical:
(1) school nutrition,
(2) physical education and physical activity,
(3) health education,
(4) school environment and physical and social-emotional well-being,
(5) out-of-school time,
(6) family and community engagement,
(7) school employee health and well-being, and
(8) a coordinated school health approach.
In these articles, the CDC identified low- and no-cost interventions for US schools to maximize every student's potential for health and academic achievement.
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HIP Plan Selection
When enrolling in the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), new members can choose between four managed care entities (MCEs): Anthem, CareSource, MDwise or MHS. If no health plan is chosen, one is assigned. Members stay with their health plan for that calendar year.
Annually, from November 1st – December 15th, members can switch their health plan for the upcoming calendar year by calling 877-GET-HIP-9. If a member wants to keep their health plan, they do not need to take any action.
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Marketplace Plan Selection
Beyond the Basics is hosting a series of Marketplace Webinars. You can attend live or watch later. This week’s “Plan Selection Strategies” was presented by an assister with 10 years of experience who shared many tips and tricks on assisting and educating consumers through the process. Some of the items covered include:
- Changes to how HealthCare.Gov is listing plans
- How to use the filter tool
- Why it is best to start with silver plans
- The challenges of reviewing provider networks
- The benefits of checking on providers after narrowing the list of plans
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Unwinding Updates
Indiana is one of few states providing data on disenrollments by race and ethnicity. A KFF brief analyzed the data and found that currently there are not large differences in disenrollment rates by race and ethnicity. In Indiana, there is a 31% disenrollment rate overall and the only group slightly over that mark is Black Hoosiers with a 33% disenrollment rate There are still concerns since the share of Hoosiers for whom race and ethnicity is unknown or not reported is 18%. It is important to continue to monitor disenrollment data and ensure outreach efforts are equitable.
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Flu Season
The Indiana Immunization Coalition is reminding everyone that fall isn’t just about pumpkin spice – it’s flu shot time! They are offering free posters, fliers, and buttons to encourage vaccination.
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National Women's Blood Pressure Awareness Week
Next week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office on
Join OWH during the week as they highlight best practices in blood pressure control and bring awareness to the contributing factors that impact hypertension and heart health broadly.
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Domestic Violence and Health: Understanding Root Causes and Policy Options
Hosted by the Alliance for Health Policy, this webinar will help participants not only understand root causes but also potential policy changes as well as actionable information.
Wednesday, October 18th at 1 pm
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Leveraging Medicaid to Support Children and Youth Living with Complex Behavioral Health Needs
This webinar hosted by Manatt Health, will explore the services and supports children living with complex behavioral health conditions need, policy implications and the role of Medicaid and CHIP. If you can’t join live, you can register and receive the link to view later.
Wednesday, November 8 at 1 pm EST
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Total Membership decreased in September.
With 2,080,925 members, there were 28,596, or -1.36%, fewer members in September 2023 than in August 2023.
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