Common Terms, Acronyms, and Shorthands

Continuously Eligible Newborn

Feature of some Medicaid programs that allows newborn children to be continuously eligible for coverage from date of birth to one year old. Mother must be determined eligible for BC+, EMA, BCPP during month of birth, can be determined eligible prior to date of delivery or retroactively to cover the date of delivery.

Children's Health Insurance Program

BadgerCare program covering low-income children’s health care needs. In Wisconsin, these low-income children include children with incomes above the Medicaid income limits up to 306% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). CHIP also covers pregnant people who are enrolled in the BadgerCare Plus Prenatal Program.

Children's Long Term Support Services/Waiver

Medicaid home and community-based service waiver program that helps children with disabilities and their families. Aims to keep children with disabilities at home instead of at an institution.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

The federal agency that runs the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs, and the federally facilitated Marketplace

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

Continuation of benefits through employer, spouse or parent’s employer. Full premium paid monthly.

Children's Resource Center

Network of five resource centers throughout Wisconsin that support families with children and youth (age 0-22) with special health care needs.

Case Worker

The person assigned to a specific case / client.

Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

A program that promotes quality care for young people in Wisconsin. Children and youth with special health care needs are those who have chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition. They also require health and related services of a type and amount beyond that generally required. CYSHCN conditions include autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, deafness or blindness, down syndrome, etc.

An individual born in the United States or its territories (or subject to its jurisdiction), a person born abroad to U.S. citizen parents, or a lawful permanent resident who has completed the naturalization process.

The percentage of costs of a covered health care service you pay after you've paid your deductible.