Medicaid/CHIP Policy Guidance – Page 5 – Healthy Child Development State Resource Center

Maryland’s Screening Tool Selection Criteria

April 29, 2016/in Identifying Children, Medicaid/CHIP Policy Guidance, Screening Tools Maryland /by admin

(Maryland ABCD Project, 2007) Criteria agreed upon by the Maryland Screening Tool Selection Committee for the purpose of choosing a list of approved tools for general developmental screening for use in the Maryland Healthy Kids Program (EPSDT). This resource also lists tools selected for review based on those criteria.

Partners and Providers Page, MHCP Provider Manual, Children’s Therapeutic Services and Supports (CTSS)

April 29, 2016/in Medicaid/CHIP Policy Guidance, Mental Health Minnesota /by admin

(Minnesota ABCD Project, 2006) This section of the Minnesota Health Care Programs Manual details the CTSS program, including eligibility requirements and covered services. Minnesota improved program coverage by creating CTSS, which provides mental health services to children with an emotional disturbance.

Minnesota Department of Human Services Managed Care Contract

April 29, 2016/in Developmental Screening, Medicaid/CHIP Policy Guidance Minnesota /by admin

(Minnesota ABCD Project, 2007) This resource outlines policy improvements made during the ABCD project to Managed Care Contracts. Section 7.10.6 of the contract set financial incentives for implementation of standardized developmental and mental health screening with use of appropriate code by participating Managed Care Organization providers in Medicaid.

Developmental Surveillance and Screening: C&TC Fact Sheet for Primary Care Providers

April 29, 2016/in Billing, EPSDT, Medicaid/CHIP Policy Guidance, Referral Forms, Screening Tools Minnesota /by admin

Fact sheet presents background information about developmental screening, recommended tools, referral and follow-up, and billing under the Child & Teen Checkup (EPSDT) program.

Instruments at a Glance for Minnesota Clinics and Providers

April 29, 2016/in Medicaid/CHIP Policy Guidance, Screening Tools Minnesota /by admin

Presents information about the most commonly used screening instruments by Minnesota clinicians: the ASQ-3, PEDS, ASQ-SE, and PSC

Instruments for Providers at a Glance

All Instruments at a Glance: Developmental and Social-Emotional Screening Instruments for Young Children in Minnesota

April 29, 2016/in Medicaid/CHIP Policy Guidance, Screening Tools Minnesota /by admin

Matrix presenting basic information about 11 tools for developmental and social-emotional screening for young children

Improving the Delivery of Health Care that Supports Young Children’s Healthy Mental Development

April 29, 2016/in Making the Case, Medicaid/CHIP Policy Guidance, Mental Health /by admin

Neva Kaye, Jill Rosenthal. (Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, February 2008). This report details the results of the 3-year project, Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD II) Consortium. The five states that participated in the second ABCD project were successful in improving child development services, increasing the rate of identification of children in need of developmental services, and improving the likelihood that those identified with a potential need received appropriate follow-up services.

Developmental and Social-emotional screening of young children (0-5) in Minnesota

April 29, 2016/in Billing, Developmental Screening, Medicaid/CHIP Policy Guidance, Referral Forms, Screening Tools, Training Minnesota /by admin

Web site provides information on all aspects of developmental screening under EPSDT in Minnesota, including recommended forms, billing, referral, and training.