CAASP Funding & Financing 2

Question 1

Medicaid's EPSDT (Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment) benefit is significant for CAASP because it:

Accepted Answer

Requires states to cover any medically necessary service for enrolled children, even if not in the state plan

Answer

EPSDT mandates that states cover any service determined medically necessary for a Medicaid-enrolled child, giving systems authority to cover a broad range of behavioral health interventions.

Question 2

Which Medicaid waiver type gives states the most flexibility to test innovative children's mental health delivery models by waiving standard Medicaid requirements?

Accepted Answer

1115 Demonstration Waivers

Answer

1115 Demonstration Waivers allow states to waive standard Medicaid rules to pilot new approaches, making them the most flexible tool for testing innovative children's behavioral health models.

Question 3

Wraparound Milwaukee's financing model is frequently cited as a CAASP best practice because it:

Accepted Answer

Pools Medicaid, child welfare, and juvenile justice funds into a single capitated per-child budget

Answer

Wraparound Milwaukee pioneered pooling funds from multiple child-serving systems into a single per-child capitated budget managed by a care coordination entity, enabling flexible individualized services.

Question 4

In a CAASP context, formal 'cost-sharing' agreements between child-serving agencies typically refer to:

Accepted Answer

Two or more agencies agreeing to share financial responsibility for serving mutually eligible youth

Answer

Inter-agency cost-sharing involves formal agreements where systems such as mental health, child welfare, and education share the financial responsibility for youth who are eligible across multiple systems.

Question 5

The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) extends behavioral health coverage to children who:

Accepted Answer

Exceed Medicaid income limits but whose families cannot afford private insurance

Answer

CHIP covers children in families with incomes too high for Medicaid but too low to afford private insurance, extending behavioral health coverage to a broader population of children.

(CAASP) Child and Adolescent Service System Program Practice Test

(CAASP) Child and Adolescent Service System Program Practice Test

CAASP Funding & Financing 2