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States have shown creativity and adaptability in developing outreach strategies to promote State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) enrollment. As the program has matured and the fiscal environment has tightened, States have learned what efforts are successful and have tailored their approaches accordingly. This article reviews the evolution of State outreach strategies under SCHIP, using qualitative information from all 50 States and the District of Columbia. Early campaigns were aimed at building broad awareness of SCHIP. Over time, States have adapted their outreach campaigns to close the gaps in enrolling hard-to-reach populations, by modifying their target populations, messages, methods, organizational strategies, and emphasis., INTRODUCTION Since the initiation of SCHIP in 1997, States have recognized the importance of outreach in raising awareness and facilitating enrollment in the program. States have shown creativity and adaptability [...]

'The doctor's in' is taking on a whole new meaning for some companies that are moving health care and preventive services on-site. That's an approach mailstream technology company Pitney Bowes [...]

A little over two years ago, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) began working with health plans to recognize physicians practicing in internal medicine or one of its subspecialties [...]

Byline: Gale Scott Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer's lead health care adviser will recommend that the new administration immediately overhaul New York's $46 billion Medicaid program. Reforming the health insurance system for [...]

In April, Massachusetts enacted what is widely considered to be landmark health care legislation. The new law is intended to achieve near-universal coverage of state residents within a few years. [...]

So-called nearshore outsourcing services delivered from Canada have become an alternative to traditional offshore arrangements for some U.S. companies that are looking to cut their IT costs. The cheaper dollar […]

CHICAGO-Employer-based disease management programs not only can reduce the cost of treating chronic illnesses but also improve the quality of life for workers. Programs that can help workers control diseases [...]

The federal government continues to press for workplace drug-testing programs, and court cases involving drug testing are running against the interests of workers. For the foreseeable future, drug testing will [...]

Changing behaviors, improving health, and reducing expenditures are all noble goals in the health care industry, but they aren't always easy to achieve. One company, however, aims to attain all [...]

NEW YORK -- A new program in New York City that pays low-income families for obtaining preventive medical care and for maintaining health insurance is garnering its share of praise [...]

Putting up shiny state-of-the-art health facilities is no guarantee the needy will queue up to use them. Officials at Crozer-Keystone Health System, Media, Pa., knew that language differences and transportation [...]

Power to the patients--and doctors--is the outcome of health care's foray into cyberspace The health care industry is poised for a major revolution, and it isn't in managed care--it's in […]

Managed care executives are looking at innovative ways to reduce healthcare costs without negatively impacting members. Realizing the importance of vision care and its relationship to overall health can make [...]

Providing low-income children with government-sponsored health insurance improves their quality of life as it expands their access to physicians and other health services, according to a BAND Corporation study. Researchers [...]

MIAMI -- Diabetes rates among Hispanics are higher than those among the general population, but the pharmacists at Navarro Discount Pharmacies are among the health care professionals striving to help [...]

When employers look at the cost of various diseases that strike their employees, the impact on their medical plan costs is usually top of mind. For acute conditions, such as [...]

Before your next business trip out of the country, consider this: Will your medical insurance cover you if you require treatment for an illness or injury while you're abroad? More [...]