Practical insights at a critical time: Lessons from Illinois on implementing family planning state plan amendments

IF 2.5 2区医学 Q1 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Contraception Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-27 DOI:10.1016/j.contraception.2025.111247

Kai Tao, Katie Thiede, Meg Lassar

{"title":"Practical insights at a critical time: Lessons from Illinois on implementing family planning state plan amendments","authors":"Kai Tao, Katie Thiede, Meg Lassar","doi":"10.1016/j.contraception.2025.111247","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Family planning Medicaid programs via state plan amendments can extend preventative care coverage to broader populations, generate cost savings for states, and safeguard against changes to Title X and to Medicaid and its financing structure. Contraceptive access initiatives, as subject matter experts and coalition builders, are uniquely positioned to serve as “systems orchestrators”, working across “the 4 Ps”—providers, patients, payers, and policymakers—to fulfill the promise of these policies to improve access to critical sexual and reproductive health services. Since 2021, ICAN! has played this role in Illinois. By providing technical assistance to state agencies, developing tailored trainings for diverse audiences of providers working in health center and community-based settings, and engaging patients through culturally responsive public awareness campaigns and digital tools, ICAN! has developed and implemented a family planning state plan amendment that may serve as a model for other states.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10762,"journal":{"name":"Contraception","volume":"155 ","pages":"Article 111247"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Contraception","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001078242500438X","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/10/27 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Family planning Medicaid programs via state plan amendments can extend preventative care coverage to broader populations, generate cost savings for states, and safeguard against changes to Title X and to Medicaid and its financing structure. Contraceptive access initiatives, as subject matter experts and coalition builders, are uniquely positioned to serve as “systems orchestrators”, working across “the 4 Ps”—providers, patients, payers, and policymakers—to fulfill the promise of these policies to improve access to critical sexual and reproductive health services. Since 2021, ICAN! has played this role in Illinois. By providing technical assistance to state agencies, developing tailored trainings for diverse audiences of providers working in health center and community-based settings, and engaging patients through culturally responsive public awareness campaigns and digital tools, ICAN! has developed and implemented a family planning state plan amendment that may serve as a model for other states.

查看原文本刊更多论文

关键时刻的实践洞察：伊利诺伊州实施计划生育州计划修订的经验教训

通过修订州计划，计划生育医疗补助计划可以将预防性医疗覆盖范围扩大到更广泛的人群，为各州节省成本，并防止第十条、医疗补助计划及其融资结构的变化。避孕药具获取行动作为主题专家和联盟建设者，具有独特的地位，可以作为“系统协调者”，跨“4p”（提供者、患者、付款人和政策制定者）开展工作，履行这些政策的承诺，改善获得关键的性健康和生殖健康服务的机会。自2021年起，ICAN！在伊利诺伊州扮演了这样的角色。通过向国家机构提供技术援助，为在卫生中心和社区环境中工作的提供者的不同受众开发量身定制的培训，以及通过响应文化的公共意识运动和数字工具吸引患者，ICAN！制定并实施计划生育国家计划修正案，对其他国家具有借鉴意义。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Contraception 医学-妇产科学

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

17.20%

发文量

211

审稿时长

69 days

期刊介绍： Contraception has an open access mirror journal Contraception: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review. The journal Contraception wishes to advance reproductive health through the rapid publication of the best and most interesting new scholarship regarding contraception and related fields such as abortion. The journal welcomes manuscripts from investigators working in the laboratory, clinical and social sciences, as well as public health and health professions education.