• ​NEW: CHIP/Medicaid post pandemic – helping families understand changes

  • Renew Your Medicaid or CHIP Coverage – CMS

  • 50-State Unwinding Tracker – Georgetown Center for Children and Families 

• State CHIP Fact Sheets – National Academy for State Health Policy/American Academy of Pediatrics
• Medicaid in Small Towns and Rural America: Lifeline for Children, Families, and Communities – Georgetown University Center for Children and Families – map
• Monthly Child Enrollment in Medicaid/CHIP by state – KFF
• Medicaid/CHIP Enrollment Trend Snapshot – CMS
• Reference Guide to Federal Medicaid Statute and Regulations – MACPAC
• CHIP Resources – MACPAC
• Medicaid 101 – MACPAC
• Applying for CHIP/Medicaid through the Marketplace info and additional info —  HHS/CMS
• Learn if your family members qualify for Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or savings to lower their health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs — HHS
• Patients/families can call 1-800-318-2596 (TTY: 1-855-889-4325) available 24/7 in 150 languages to ask questions about insurance program enrollment
• Health Insurance Marketplace — information, account sign up, etc. – HHS
• El Mercado de Seguros Medicos — HHS

Resources developed and curated by NAPNAP, including podcasts and CE courses.

• New Study: Evaluating the Impact of Executive Orders Lifting Restrictions on Advanced Practice
  Registered Nurses During the COVID‑19 Pandemic – Journal of Nursing Regulation
• Area Health Resources Files contain data on health care professions, facilities, population characteristics, economics, health professions training and more – HRSA
• Official statement the Removal of Unnecessary Barriers to Patient Access to Care – NAPNAP
• Position on the Scope of Nurse Practitioners (Response to AMA) – NP Roundtable
• Position on Post-Licensure Clinical Training – NP Roundtable
• Position on Revised APRN Compact Licensure – NP Roundtable
• Nurse Practitioner Scope-of-Practice Laws and Opioid Prescribing – Milbank
• Improving Efficiency in the Health-Care System: Removing Anticompetitive Barriers for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Physician Assistants – The Hamilton Project/Brookings
• Nurse practitioners: A solution to America’s primary care crisis – Peter Buerhaus/American Enterprise Institute
• Reforming America’s Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition – HHS
• Perspectives of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners on Primary Care Practice — NEJM
• Reinventing Rural Health Care – Bipartisan Policy Center and the Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE) 
• Title VIII — Nursing Community
•  Section 2706 “Provider Non Discrimination” ACA FAQ- CMS
• Competition and the Regulation of Advanced Practice Nurses – Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Guidance on “active supervision” post-SCOTUS ruling on NC dental case – FTC

• Interactive data for National Survey of Children’s Health – Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
• National Survey of Children’s Health – HRSA
• Health care data by state – Kaiser Family Foundation

• Overview about the impact of the public charge rule on immigrant families – NAPNAP
• Resources to help your patients and families – NAPNAP

• NAPNAP Health Policy Agenda
• NAPNAP Position Statements and White Papers
• NAPNAP Official Statements
• NAPNAP Strategic Plan

• Building Blocks for a Child Health Coalition – NAPNAP
• Federal Advocacy 101 Presentation – NAPNAP
• Citizen’s Handbook to Influencing Elected Officials – Recommended reading, approximately 130 pages of easy reading and resources; available online for $10 or less; available as e-book

These resources were created or shared by our chapters and collaborative partners. They are provided as a resource only and are not specifically endorsed by NAPNAP.

APRN Practice

• Official statement the Removal of Unnecessary Barriers to Patient Access to Care – NAPNAP
• Practice environment – NCSL
• Practice environment – AANP

Collaborating with State Partners

• Child Health Coalition Toolkit – NAPNAP
• Press release example – NCNA
• Consumer support example – N.C. collaboration
• State Action Coalitions — Campaign for Action
• Directory of state nurse practitioner organizations — AANP

State Legislatures

• Connecting with state legislatures – Congress.gov
• Tips for testifying – Medscape article by NP/JD

Consensus Model 

• Consensus Model 
• Toolkit – NCSBN
• Implementation Status – NCSBN

Legislation & Communication Examples

• A Guide for Writing to Lawmakers – Pennsylvania
• Epinephrine auto-injectors in school – Georgia

Other

• Chapter health policy/legislative history timeline