The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Quality Measures Initiatives: Moving Forward to Improve Measurement, Care, and Child and Adolescent Outcomes

Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.

On Feb. 4, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). The state children's health insurance program ("CHIP") provides health insurance for children whose families cannot afford private healthcare but do not qualify for federal Medicaid. CHIPRA expanded CHIP by providing additional special enrollment rights related to group...

The Ryan White CARE Act 2000 reauthorization.

As the Ryan White CARE Act enters its second decade, it continues to be a critical source of care and services for people living with HIV/AIDS. The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Relief Emergency (CARE) Act was first enacted in 1990. Ryan White is a significant source of federal funding for people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States. The Ryan White CARE requires reauthorization every five ...

Moving Forward to Improve Safety and Quality of Neonatal Intensive Care in Korea

On December 16, 2017, four preterm infants died consecutively in 81 minutes in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Korea, which triggered an immediate police investigation.1 Combining the results of the epidemiological investigation by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and those of the autopsies conducted by the National ...

The HIV care cascade: models, measures and moving forward

INTRODUCTION This article seeks to identify where delays occur along the adult HIV care cascade ("the cascade"), to improve understanding of what constitutes "delay" at each stage of the cascade and how this can be measured across a range of settings and to inform service delivery efforts. Current metrics are reviewed, measures informed by global guidelines are suggested and areas for further c...

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