NCT07594782NARecruitingAccepts Healthy Volunteers
ED Medicaid Support
Hackensack Meridian Health
Start Date
8/19/2026
Completion Date
8/13/2028
Summary
The study introduces a bedside intervention assisting families with the enrollment or re-enrollment process through patient direct contact with NJFamily Care and financial departments, using an emergency department (ED)-based navigator tool. The primary objective is to identify the barriers contributing to the lack of insurance coverage through NJ Family Care coverage using a brief survey with the parents of children who are treated in the ED and identified as uninsured, and to study the effect of a bedside intervention designed to assist families with the enrollment or re-enrollment process.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to No maximum
Inclusion Criteria:
* Parent/guardian/ legal authorized representative (age 18 years or older) with children aged: 1 month to 17 years of age who obtain care in the pediatric emergency department
* Child Uninsured (ie, Charity Care, HUMC Charity Care, Pending Medicaid, Self-Pay)
* Interested in applying or receiving assistance with NJfamilycare
* Not pending private insurance coverage
* Primary language of the parent or guardian is identified as English
* Pediatric patient lives in New Jersey
Exclusion Criteria:
* Parent/guardian/legal authorized representative with children aged: less than 1 month and greater than 17 years old Insured pediatric patient Parent/ Guardian/Legal Authorized Representative not present Parent/ Guardian/Legal Authorized Representative age 17 years or younger Primary language not identified as English Patients visiting the Emergency Department related to Motor Vehicle Accidents Already participated in this study
Interventions
OTHER
Navigation through financial systems and linkage to resources
Conditions
Pediatric Uninsured Emergency VisitsEmergencies
Locations
Hackensack Univarsity medical Center
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
United States