This Owner's Manual provides all the tools a school district needs to implement an Express Lane program in California. It is a "one-stop-shop" that includes a step-by-step guide, frequently asked questions, lessons learned from the field, resources, and links to documents.

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Putting Children on the Express Lane to Health Insurance: A Primer on Implementing Express Enrollment Through School Lunch (AB 59)

By Dawn Horner | October 2003

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Closing Health Insurance Gaps for Families: WIC Can Make It Happen

By Wendy Jacobson, Kristen Testa, and Dawn Horner | May 2003

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Future of Children Article "Express Lane Eligibility"

By Dawn Horner, Wendy Lazarus and Beth Morrow
Spring 2003

This article published in The Future of Children journal "Health Insurance for Children" (volume 13, no. 1) describes the potential of Express Lane Eligibility and provides examples of how it can be implemented.

Download the article. (PDF, 81KB)

Terms:Beth Morrow, Dawn Horner, Express Lane / ELE, Health , Wendy Lazarus

Children Falling Through the Health Insurance Cracks: Early Observations and Promising Strategies for Keeping Low-Income Children Covered by Medi-Cal & Healthy Families

By Kristen Testa, Larissa Mohamadi, Dawn Horner, Wendy Lazarus, Jayleen Richards, and Len Finocchio
January 2003

This report by The Children's Partnership and Children Now, as part of the 100% Campaign, offers promising strategies, including renewal through other public programs, for keeping California's low-income children covered by Medicaid/SCHIP (Medi-Cal and Healthy Families in California).

Download the report (PDF, 1 MB).

Terms:Dawn Horner, Health , Kristen Golden Testa, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Wendy Lazarus

The Majority of California's Low-Income Uninsured Children Are Enrolled in the School Lunch Program:

By Dawn Horner and Holly Kenny
December 2002

This eight-page Issue Brief reports on the estimates and characteristics of the California children who stand to benefit from Express Lane Eligibility.

Download the brief (PDF, 488 KB).

Terms:Dawn Horner, Express Lane / ELE, Health

Work by Beth Morrow

Beth Morrow Joins Consumer Empowerment Workgroup

on April 05, 2013
The Children's Partnership is pleased to announe that Beth Morrow, Director of Health IT Initiatives, is joining the Consumer Empowerment Workgroup (CEWG) of the Health ...

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Group Comments on Proposed Regulations Governing Eligibility and Enrollment for the Individual Exchange

on April 03, 2013
Download submitted comments from The Children's Partnership and our consumer advocate partners regarding the Exchange's March 21, 2013 proposed eligibility and enrollment regulations for ...

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Comments on Proposed Online and Paper Model Applications

on February 28, 2013
Download TCP's submitted comments to CMS on the proposed Online and Paper Model Applications, CMS-10440.

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Webinar - Electronic Information Exchange: Elements that Matter for Children

on January 31, 2013
The Children’s Partnership and SPARC will be co-hosting a webinar, "Electronic Information Exchange: Elements that Matter for Children in Foster Care," on Thursday, January 31st at ...

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The Children's Partnership Releases New Issue Brief on Electronic Information Exchange for Children in Foster Care

on January 24, 2013
The Children's Partnership and SPARC co-released Electronic Information Exchange: Elements that Matter for Children in Foster Care, an issue brief that lays out the case ...

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Electronic Information Exchange: Elements that Matter for Children in Foster Care

on January 17, 2013
Beth Morrow | January 2013

This brief lays out the case for investing in systems that enable electronic information exchange for children and youth in foster ...

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Comments on Stage 3 Meaningful Use

on January 14, 2013
Download TCP's submitted comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HIT Policy Committee, regarding Stage 3 Meaningful Use criteria.

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The Children's Partnership Applauds Congress for Passing the Uninterrupted Scholars Act

on January 10, 2013
On January 1, 2013, federal lawmakers passed a bill that will improve social workers’ access to school records of the children and youth in foster ...

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Comments, California Health Information Exchange “Strategic and Operational Plan, June 2012”

on August 09, 2012
Download TCP's comments on California's HIE Strategic and Operational Plan, submitted August 9, 2012

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Comments, Improving Outcomes for Disconnected Youth RFI

on July 05, 2012
Read the official comments to the U.S. Department of Education on improving outcomes for disconnected youth.

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Electronic Information Exchange for Children in Foster Care.

on May 17, 2012
Washington, DC, May 17, 2012 -- Ms. Morrow, Director, Health IT Initiatives, spoke before the Children's Health Care Caucus on uses of Electronic Information Exchange for Children ...

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Congressional Briefing: Electronic Information Exchange for Children in Foster Care

on May 17, 2012
Beth Morrow, Director, Health IT Initiatives
Children's Health Care Caucus, Washington, DC
May 17, 2012

Download the Power Point Presentation

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Comments on Stage 2 Proposed Rules

on May 07, 2012
Download submitted comments to CMS regarding CMS-0044-P, Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rules.
May 7, 2012

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Getting Health Reform Right, Right from the Start: A Guide to How California (or Any State) Can Build an Effective Enrollment System

on January 17, 2012
Say Ahhh! A Children's Health Policy Blog

Beth Morrow guest blogs on essential design features for enrollment under the ACA.

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Building A Consumer-Driven Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal System: Essential Design Features for Effective Health Reform in California

on January 01, 2012
By Dawn Horner and Beth Morrow | January 2012

This roadmap lays out the four design features (and practical recommendations for action within each) necessary to ...

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Beth Morrow on Need for Medicaid Enrollment in ERs

on October 31, 2011
State Health Watch

Download article here.

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Maximizing the Value of HIT to Improve the Health of Children: A Guide for Consumer Engagement

on September 01, 2011
By Beth Morrow | September 2011

The Children's Partnership has developed a guide to maximize HIT's ability to engage child and parent consumers in their own ...

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Health Insurance Enrollment in California

on July 04, 2011
By Beth Morrow, Kristen Golden Testa, Terri Shaw, and Lisa Han | July 2011

This visual companion piece to Easy, Efficient, Real-Time (EER): A Framework for a ...

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Explaining Health Reform: Uses of Express Lane Strategies to Promote Participation in Coverage

on July 01, 2011
By Beth Morrow | July 2011

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of uninsured adults and children will gain eligibility for Medicaid or ...

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Easy, Efficient, and Real-Time (EER): A Framework for a First-Class Health Insurance Enrollment Experience in California

on July 01, 2011
By Beth Morrow, Kristen Golden Testa, Terri Shaw, and Lisa Han | July 2011

This Framework lays out, step by step, how eligibility, enrollment, and retention should ...

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Testimony, Consumer Perspective on EHR Usability

on April 21, 2011
Download testimony to the Certifcation/Adoption Workgroup on the impact of EHR Usability on the Consumer.
April 21, 2011

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New Tools for New Times: Using Cell Phones to Help Families Enroll and Stay Enrolled in Health Insurance

on March 09, 2011
Say Ahhh! A Children's Health Policy Blog

Beth Morrow guest blogs on using mobile technology to increase participation in health coverage.

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Mobile Technology: Smart Tools to Increase Participation in Health Coverage

on March 01, 2011
By Lisa Han and Beth Morrow | March 2011

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Explaining Health Reform: Building Enrollment Systems That Meet The Expectations of the Affordable Care Act

on October 01, 2010
By Beth Morrow | October 2010

The success of the Affordable Care Act in achieving near-universal health coverage will depend on the ...

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Beth Morrow on CHIPRA as a Platform for Health Reform Change

on August 15, 2010
State Health Watch

Download the article here. (See page 9).

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Building an Express Lane Eligibility Initiative: A Roadmap of Key Decisions for States

Building Efficient and Effective Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Systems: Core Requirements to Ensure the Greatest Value for Children and Families

Why Express Lane Eligibility Makes Sense for States and Low-Income Families

Wendy Lazarus on California's Efforts to Save Children's Health Insurance

Express Lane Eligibility Efforts: Lessons Learned from Early State Cross-Program Enrollment Initiatives

The Express Lane Story: Turning Common Sense into Public Policy

Wendy Lazarus on Proposition 1D

Wendy Lazarus Letter to the Editor on Uninsured Children in California

California's Children Need a Strong SCHIP Reauthorization Before March 2009

Meeting the Health Care Needs of California's Children: The Role of Telemedicine

Meeting the Health Care Needs of California Children in Schools and Child Care: Telemedicine Can Help

E-Health Snapshot: Harnessing Technology to Improve Medicaid and SCHIP

Reaching Uninsured Children in Provisional Schools Through Express Enrollment Strategies

California's Express Enrollment Program: Lessons from the Medi-Cal/School Lunch Pilot Program-And Suggested Next Steps in Making Enrollment Gateways Efficient and Effective

Using Existing Databases to Meet the New Medi-Cal Citizenship Documentation Requirement in the Deficit Reduction Act: Ex Parte Options for California

Opening Doorways to Health Care for Children: 10 Steps to Ensure Eligible but Uninsured Children Get Health Insurance

Health Savings Accounts & High Deductible Health Plans: How They Affect Children

Mapping Children's Health Care Enrollment: Recommendations for Improvement

Building an On-Ramp to Children's Health Insurance: A Report on California's Express Lane Eligibility Program

Express Lane Eligibility's Owner's Manual