title: Enrolling and retaining uninsured and underinsured populations in public health insurance through a service integration model in New York City.
abstract: Innovative strategies to identify uninsured and underinsured populations are critical to successful enrollment and retention in public health insurance. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Office of Health Insurance Services has partnered with the department's Early Intervention Program to implement a Service Integration Model to enroll special needs children, aged 0 to 3 years, into public health insurance. This model uses data from program databases and staff from children's programs to proactively identify uninsured and underinsured children and facilitate their enrollment into public health insurance. The model overcomes enrollment barriers by using consumer-friendly enrollment materials and one-on-one assistance, and shows the benefits of a comprehensive and collaborative approach to assisting families with enrollment into public health insurance.
authors.affiliation: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY 11101-4132, USA. jfuld@health.nyc.gov
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuld
authors.forename: Michline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farag
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: Linda Barr
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Gale
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009519:New York City; D015397:Program Evaluation