Community Ideas of Improving Access
VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA,
WISCONSIN, WYOMING
Vermont
Kimball House Outreach
Outreach through the use of medical students and volunteers to assist
with enrollment and subsequent appointments
Target Population: Students of Rivendell Interstate School District
Contact: James Hughes, MD, MPH, FAAP
94 Passumpsic Point
West Fairlee, VT 05045-9662
Virginia
Arlington Pediatric Center
Community outreach through county fairs, community centers, churches,
and human services agencies, and materials development to promote benefits
of insurance and de-stigmatize SCHIP enrollment
Target Population: Children of families with low income of Arlington County,
VA
Contact: Susan DeMuth, MD, FAAP
Arlington Pediatric Center
3045-A Columbia Pike
Arlington, VA 22204
Children's Medical Security Insurance Plan (CMSIP) Outreach
Dental clinic outreach though the provision of an on-site outreach worker
at a dental clinic
Target Population: Children ages 0 to 6 years of families with low income
Contact: Tom Adams
Carilion Health System
2017 Jefferson St S
Roanoke, VA 24014
Medical Community Outreach Project
Medical community outreach through health professionals education about
SCHIP and placement of materials in offices and facilities. Establishes
systems at local community care settings using medical students as volunteer
outreach workers.
Target Population: Children of families with low income
Contact: Beth Bortz
Medical Society of Virginia Foundation
4205 Dover Rd
Richmond, VA 23221-3267
Newport News Healthy Families Initiative
Record-based risk screening through health care providers or hospitals
of prenatal or early infancy patients for outreach, enrollment assistance,
and preventive care education
Target Population: Expectant or first-time parents
Contact: Deena Obrokta, DO, FAAP
12695 McMannus Blvd, Bldg #2
Newport News, VA 23602
Outreach to Hispanic Families-Bridging the Gap From Children's Medical
Security Insurance Plan (CMSIP) to Family Access to Medical Insurance
Security (FAMIS)
Placement of a case worker to screen existing Medicaid and SCHIP enrollees
and provide education in the transition to revised SCHIP program. Enrollment
assistance also provided.
Target Population: Hispanic population in targeted areas of Virginia
Contact: Jill Ryland, MD, FAAP
Pratt Pediatrics
7117 Salem Field Blvd
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
South Norfolk Pediatric Center of Chesapeake Case Management (Chesapeake
Health Investment Program)
Placement of a case manager in a pediatric practice for SCHIP application
assistance, home visiting, parent education, and referrals
Target Population: Families that are uninsured and with low income of
South Norfolk borough of Chesapeake, VA
Contact: Ogu Emejuru, MD, FAAP
2040 Battlefield Blvd, N
Chesapeake, VA 23324
Stafford County Schools Head Start/Stafford Department of Social Service
Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Outreach Project
Head Start case management of SCHIP outreach and enrollment process, as
well as education of local pediatricians
Target Population: Head Start students in Stafford, VA
Contact: Krishnan Kumar, MD, FAAP
237 Garrisonville Rd, #102
Stafford, VA 22554
Washington
Creating Greater Clinic Involvement in Signing Up Children for Medical
Insurance
Coalition of clinics, health department, and local hospital convened to
develop SCHIP outreach materials specific to the clinics, provide training
for clinic staff on SCHIP information, and enroll children into SCHIP
by coalition members through standardized process
Target Population: Uninsured children of Cowlitz County, WA
Contact: Phyllis Cavens, MD, FAAP
Child & Adolescent Clinic
971 11th Ave
Longview, WA 98632
Crisis Nursery, Respite Care, Outreach
Use of statewide crisis nursery respite program to provide outreach and
enrollment in SCHIP to families being served by the nurseries
Target Population: Families using statewide crisis nurseries
Contact: Kyle Yasuda, MD, FAAP
7756 58th NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Early Childhood Education Outreach for Low-Income Native American and
Latino Families
Outreach, application assistance, and staff training at Head Start program
Target Population: Native Americans and Hispanics
Contact: Melanie Ito, MD, FAAP
Public Health-Seattle and King County
Columbia Health Center
4400 37th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98118
Health Insurance Protection for People Organization (HIPPO)
School outreach and enrollment and pediatrician education about effects
of uninsured
Target Population: Rural Whatcam County, WA
Contact: Kenneth Gass, MD, FAAP
Madrona Medical Group PS
4545 Cordata Pkwy
Bellingham, WA 98226
Nooksack Valley School District
School/pediatrician tribal collaboration providing health insurance status
screening, development of strategies for improved access, SCHIP outreach
through child find activities, and education of health care providers
about access barriers
Target Population: Native Americans and Hispanics
Contact: Mary Ellen Shields, MD, FAAP
1801 C St
Bellingham, WA 98225
West Virginia
- none
Wisconsin - none
Wyoming - none
This program is funded by the Health
Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health
Bureau (MCHB).
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