Advocating for children, adolescents, families, and all who care for kids
Leigh Cullen, MPA, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, WA Department of Health While childhood lead poisoning in Washington state is less common than it once was, unfortunately it is not […]
Medicaid/CHIP Provider Relief The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that the deadline for applying for financial relief through the Medicaid and CHIP Provider Relief Fund portal […]
Please see the attached document from the Health Care Authority which documents the Medicaid rate increase for pediatric primary care E&M and vaccine administration codes for July 1, 2019 – […]
Access to quality, timely health care is essential for children to grow up healthy and reach their full potential but due in part to the low rates paid by Medicaid, […]
Sarah Rafton WCAAP Executive Director During the 2018 legislative session, I met with community health workers from Vancouver and Kachina Inman, vice president of equity, partnerships and policy for the […]
Carl Yanagida CFO, Washington State Health Care Authority The dust is settling on the 2018 legislative session, and state agencies are adopting work plans to implement new statutes and budget […]
Lelach Rave, MD, FAAP and Wes Henricksen MD, MPH, FAAP Co-Chairs, WCAAP Legislative Committee State: Budget Focus during Special Session The Washington State legislature is now in a special session, […]
The Seattle Times’ Danny Westneat writes: “Almost every kid in our state has medical coverage, a health-care mountaintop that took decades to reach. The Republican health-care bill would bring that […]
The Medicaid rate is creating barriers to accessing care for kids all over Washington state. “The state pays $156 for a poor adult on Medicare, but less than half that […]
Read Drs. Andrea Posa and Mike Dudas’ opinion column in the January 7, 2016 Seattle Times: “Currently, children on Medicaid face big disadvantages when accessing medical care compared to their privately insured peers because Medicaid reimbursement rates are too low. These kids have fewer options of available clinics and longer wait times for appointments. The community health clinics that do accept Medicaid are overwhelmed with patients.”
