Enrolling and retaining uninsured and underinsured populations in public health insurance through a service integration model in New York city

J. Fuld, M. Farag, J. Weinstein and L.B. Gale

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 2, 202-205

Abstract: Innovative strategies to identify uninsured and underinsured populations are critical to successful enrollment and retention in public health insurance. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Office of Health Insurance Services has partnered with the department's Early Intervention Program to implement a Service Integration Model to enroll special needs children, aged 0 to 3 years, into public health insurance. This model uses data from program databases and staff from children's programs to proactively identify uninsured and underinsured children and facilitate their enrollment into public health insurance. The model overcomes enrollment barriers by using consumer-friendly enrollment materials and one-on-one assistance, and shows the benefits of a comprehensive and collaborative approach to assisting families with enrollment into public health insurance. Copyright © 2012 by the American Public Health Association®.

Keywords: article; child health care; health care quality; health insurance; health promotion; health service; human; infant; methodology; newborn; patient; preschool child; statistics; United States, Child Health Services; Child, Preschool; Health Promotion; Health Services Needs and Demand; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Insurance, Health; Medically Uninsured; New York City; Program Evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300872

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