Innovations in Health Reform Updates - The Children's Partnership

Kristen Golden Testa on Assessing the Healthy Families Transition

California Healthline

The Heathy Families transition started Jan. 1, moving 197,000 children to Medi-Cal managed care plans. So far, according to DHCS officials, the telephone complaint hotline has been pretty quiet. "That's what we're trying to assess right now," said Kristen Golden Testa, director of the California Health Program for The Children's Partnership. She said several provider groups are conducting surveys of their members to see what providers are experiencing, and that data hasn't come in yet. "I'm not sure I would rely on the call center and complaint lines because on the ground is where we'll hear it," she said.

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Terms:California Coverage, CHIP/Healthy Families, Kristen Golden Testa, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Press Clips

TCP Issue Brief on Medi-Cal and Children's Dental Health Calls for Action

California's Children, by HSMC

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Terms:Dental Health, Jenny Kattlove, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Press Clips

Jenny Kattlove on Ensuring Dental Coverage for California Children in Medi-Cal

New America Media

TCP released a report on the crisis faced by many families whose children depend on Medi-Cal for their dental care. Jenny Kattlove, the author of the issue brief, is TCP’s Director of Strategic Health Initiatives.

“The state has said that they feel there are enough dental providers, except for a few small counties … But, the program is not up to par. It can’t currently meet the needs of its enrollees, let alone those of a million new children,” Kattlove says.

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Terms:Dental Health, Jenny Kattlove, Press Clips

TCP Recommends Action for California Children Facing Dental Crisis

California Healthline

TCP report, Fix Medi-Cal Dental Coverage, highlights that "children currently enrolled in Medi-Cal are not receiving needed dental care. According to the report, nearly half of beneficiaries under age 21 who are enrolled in Denti-Cal -- a Medi-Cal dental program -- did not receive a dental check-up or treatment in 2011. The report found that a major factor in the lack of dental care was that relatively few dentists accept Medi-Cal patients."

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Terms:Dental Health, Jenny Kattlove, Press Clips

Jenny Kattlove on Looming Dental Crisis for California Children

83.9 KPCC

California is facing a looming dental crisis as it prepares to transition nearly a million more youngsters into Medi-Cal’s already overburdened dental programs. “Currently, families are really struggling to access dental care for their families,” says Jenny Kattlove, author of the report, Fix Medi-Cal Dental Coverage. “Often times they have to wait months even just to get an appointment and/or they have to travel great distances to get care.”

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Terms:Jenny Kattlove, Press Clips

Press Clips

Kristen Golden Testa on Assessing the Healthy Families Transition

TCP Issue Brief on Medi-Cal and Children's Dental Health Calls for Action

Jenny Kattlove on Ensuring Dental Coverage for California Children in Medi-Cal

TCP Recommends Action for California Children Facing Dental Crisis

Jenny Kattlove on Looming Dental Crisis for California Children

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