New York Medicaid Launches Children’s Health Homes

On December 5, 2016, New York Medicaid expanded its health home program to include children with two or more chronic medical conditions, serious emotional disturbance (SED), or complex trauma. The health home program provides comprehensive, person-centered care planning and coordination that is child and family-focused for all Medicaid services. Children in managed care plans or fee-for-service (FFS) Medicaid are eligible for the program. Enrollment of children in the program is voluntary and children must opt-in to the program. Almost 174,000 children are estimated to be eligible for the health home program. As of mid . . .