Asthma Program

If your child has asthma, there is a special program for Keystone First – CHIP Enrollees you can join a to help your child manage their condition.

Call at 1-844-377-2447 (TTY 711) or visit the Enrollee portal today to join the asthma program.

What can the asthma program do for me?

The asthma program can help you:

• Understand what triggers your child’s asthma.
• Make an asthma action plan for your child.
• Understand your child’s daily and rescue medications.
• Learn the early warning signs of an asthma attack.

What is asthma?

Asthma is a long term illness that makes the airways to your child’s lungs narrow, swollen, or blocked. It is important to do everything you can to keep your child’s asthma under control.

Uncontrolled asthma:

• Makes it hard for your child to breathe.
• Keeps you child from playing sports or doing physical activities.
• Can cause your child to miss school or work.

You can help your child control asthma if you:

• Know your child’s triggers and how to avoid them.
• Make sure your child takes their daily medicine as directed by their doctor.
• Make sure your child uses their rescue inhaler as directed by their doctor.

Join the asthma program today.

To join the asthma program, please call 1-844-377-2447 (TTY 711).

Or, you can Enrollee portal  and go to Enroll in a Special Program.

Questions?

If you are a part of but no longer want to be in the asthma program, call 1-844-377-2447 (TTY 711). Leaving the program will not change your child’s benefits. It will also not change the way Keystone First - CHIP or the Department of Human Services (DHS) treats you or your child.

1.“Asthma,” National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, September 18, 2014,  https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/asthma.