Primary Medical Care – Healthy Child Development State Resource Center

February 2020: Michigan Works to Improve Health Equity for Mothers and Infants

February 3, 2020/in Addressing Needs, Developmental Screening, Family, Healthy Child Development, Identifying Children, Making the Case, Medicaid, Parent and Family Resources, Primary Medical Care, Resource of the Month Archive, Screening Tools Michigan /by kevina

This month, NASHP features Michigan’s Mother Infant Health and Equity Improvement Plan. The plan is designed to address maternal and infant health disparities that are rooted in racial inequity by aligning and leveraging maternal behavioral health resources, Medicaid, and child welfare and human services. View other resources at the Healthy Child Development State Resource Center. Submit new resources to ehiggins@nashp.org.

January 2020: California Initiative Addresses Adverse Childhood Events

January 7, 2020/in Addressing Needs, Developmental Screening, Family, Healthy Child Development, Identifying Children, Making the Case, Medicaid, Primary Medical Care, Resource of the Month Archive, Screening Tools California /by kevina

January 2020: California Initiative Addresses Adverse Childhood Events This month, NASHP features California’s ACEs Aware website. Individuals with multiple ACEs are at a much higher risk of developing physical or mental health disorders, and life expectancy for individuals with six or more ACEs is 19 years shorter than for those with none. The initiative’s website provides resources, information, and training for providers and community leaders working to reduce the prevalence and impact of ACEs and toxic stress. View other resources at the Healthy Child Development State Resource Center. Submit new resources to ehiggins@nashp.org.

December 2019: Updated Map: State Reporting of the CHIPRA Developmental Screening Core Measure

December 2, 2019/in CHIPRA, Developmental Screening, Healthy Child Development, Medicaid, Primary Medical Care, Resource of the Month Archive /by kevina

NASHP features its updated map of State Reporting of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) Developmental Screening Core Measure, which identifies states that are voluntarily reporting on this access measure for developmental screening. View other resources at the Healthy Child Development State Resource Center. Submit new resources to ehiggins@nashp.org.

November 2019: Final Report of the First 1,000 Days Preventive Pediatric Care Clinical Advisory Group.

November 4, 2019/in Care Coordination, Developmental Screening, Engaging Families, Healthy Child Development, Medicaid, Primary Medical Care, Resource of the Month Archive /by kevina

This month, we feature NY State’s Final Report of the First 1,000 Days Preventive Pediatric Care Clinical Advisory Group. Learn what NY is doing to address preventive primary care for children and improve population health by implementing innovative early childhood policies and programs through budget appropriations, executive orders, and legislative initiatives. View other resources at the Healthy Child Development State Resource Center. Submit new resources to ehiggins@nashp.org.

October 2019: Federal Oversight and State Data to Ensure Childhood Screening

October 1, 2019/in Developmental Screening, Evaluation, Healthy Child Development, Improving Policy, Medicaid, Primary Medical Care, Resource of the Month Archive /by kevina

NASHP features a new General Accounting Office report, Medicaid: Additional CMS Data and Oversight Needed to Help Ensure Children Receive Recommended Screenings, that details all states’ reported Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) data and examines federal oversight of the EPSDT benefit. View other resources at the Healthy Child Development State Resource Center, supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Submit new resources to ehiggins@nashp.org.

September 2019: States Take Action to Improve and Expand Early Childhood Education

August 29, 2019/in Developmental Screening, Healthy Child Development, Improving Policy, Medicaid, Paying for Improvements, Primary Medical Care, Resource of the Month Archive /by admin

This month, we feature a NASHP resource, States Take Action to Improve and Expand Early Childhood Education. State policymakers recognize the link between early childhood education and better health, higher educational attainment, and improved socioeconomic status. With early childhood programs yielding a $2 to $4 return for every $1 invested, many states are looking upstream and investing in early education. Learn how states are implementing innovative early childhood policies and programs through budget appropriations, executive orders, and legislative initiatives. View other resources at the Healthy Child Development State Resource Center. Submit new resources to ehiggins@nashp.org.

AHCCCS Developmental Screening Tools PIP

August 28, 2019/in Autism, Developmental Screening, EPSDT, Healthy Child Development, Making the Case, Medicaid, Primary Medical Care, Screening, Screening Tools Arizona /by admin

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, 2015. Arizona is implementing a Performance Improvement Project to demonstrate a statistically significant increase in the number and percent of children screened for risk of developmental, behavioral, and social delays using a standardized screening tool.

August 2019: Blueprint on Fostering Social and Emotional Health through Pediatric Primary Care

August 5, 2019/in Developmental Screening, Gauging Success, Healthy Child Development, Improving Policy, Medicaid, Paying for Improvements, Primary Medical Care, Resource of the Month Archive /by admin

This month, NASHP features a resource from Manatt Health and the Center for the Study of Social Policy, Fostering Social and Emotional Health through Pediatric Primary Care: A Blueprint for Leveraging Medicaid and CHIP to Finance Change. The blueprint describes a set of strategies and tools that state Medicaid and CHIP agencies, managed care plans, pediatric care providers, and others can use to optimize the social and emotional development of young children through pediatric practice. View other resources at the Healthy Child Development State Resource Center. Submit new resources to ehiggins@nashp.org.

Primary Care Behavioral Health Screening Toolkit for the MassHealth Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI)

July 29, 2019/in Autism, Care Coordination, Developmental Screening, Healthy Child Development, Making the Case, Medicaid, Primary Medical Care, Referral Forms, Screening Tools Massachusetts /by admin

MassHealth, 2010. This toolkit provides suggestions for how to implement standardized behavioral health screening tools, guidance on clinical issues related to the screening – such as how to manage the screening within the well-child visit and how to respond to an identified risk of a behavioral health concern – and information about several of the most commonly used MassHealth-approved screening tools.

Developmental Screening for Young Children Guidance Document

July 29, 2019/in Claims, Developmental Screening, Healthy Child Development, Identifying Children, Improving Policy, Medicaid, Primary Medical Care, Screening Tools Oregon /by admin

Oregon Health Plan, 2015. This guidance document is designed to provide Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs), Oregon clinics, and administrative staff with guidance on developmental screening in young children up to 36 months, including coding and billing information and details explaining CCO Incentive Measure specifications.