Medical Homes in Louisiana
This page is designed to keep you informed about events and activities happening in Louisiana that will help improve access to medical homes for children with special health care needs (CSHCN).

Medical Home Initiatives
This section provides information on state medical home initiatives/programs. States that are a part of the mentorship network will have a "Promise to the State" which outlines how they will achieve ensuring that all children have a medical home by 2010. This is based on the Healthy People 2010 goals which is a 10 year action plan to achieve and measure success for all CSHCN.

Louisiana Medical Home Team Contact:

Name: Linda Pippins - Children's Special Health Services (CSHS)
Contact: Phone: 504-568-5055 | Email: lpippins@dhh.la.gov

Louisiana Statewide Medical Home Implementation Plan: Promise to the State
www.medicalhomeinfo.org/states/state /Downloads/Louisiana.doc

Louisiana was selected to be part of the National NICHQ Medical Home Learning Collaborative - A fifteen-month collaborative activity to improve care for the growing population of CSHCN. This initiative focuses on 3 practices in the state and assists them in completing a quality improvement process to provide medical homes to their patients with special needs. It also assists in building the capacity of Louisiana's CSHS and other health department programs to support and extend this approach after the completion of the project period.

Related Grant Initiatives
This section provides information on current state grants that are working on medical home initiatives. This includes the grant abstract as well as key contacts for the grant.

No information is currently available for this category.

Partners in the State
This section provides information on who in the state (individuals and agencies) are working together to create medical homes for children.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Chapter: www.laaap.org/

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
Main Web Site: www.lafp.org/

Title V CSHCN Program: www.oph.dhh.state.la.us/maternalchild/index.html

Title V Block Grant to States
Title V of the Social Security Act is one of the largest Federal block grant programs. It leads the nation in ensuring the health of all mothers, infants, children, adolescents, and children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Title V is administered by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) as part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Title V and Children with Special Health Care Needs
MCHB Objective: Support development and implementation of comprehensive, culturally competent, coordinated systems of care for the estimated 18 million U.S. children who have or are at risk for chronic physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally.

Healthy Ready to Work: www.hrtw.org/about_us/proj_files/hrtw_la.html

Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Contact(s):
State EHDI programs promote universal newborn hearing screening, develop effective tracking and follow-up as a part of the public health system, promote appropriate and timely diagnosis of the hearing loss, prompt enrollment in appropriate Early Intervention, link newborns to a medical home and strive to eliminate geographic and financial barriers to service access.

Web site: www.oph.dhh.louisiana.gov/childrensspecial/hearspeech/index.html

Name: Lorraine E. Farr, M.S
E-mail: lfarr1@dhh.la.gov.

Name: Dwana Johnson Green, M.P.H.,
Follow-Up Coordinator
E- mail: ddjohnson@dhh.la.gov

Name:Christy Fontenot; M.A.,CCC-A
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program Coordinator
Contact: Phone: 337.837.3648

Name: Terri Mohren ; M.Ed
System Development Coordinator
Contact: Phone: 504-271.1251

Name: Susan Berry, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Children's Special Health Services
Contact: phone 504-568-8250 | Fax 504-568-5854
E-mail: sberry1@dhh.la.gov

Name: Amy Fass, MPH
Epidemiologist
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
Contact: phone: 504-568-5055 | E-mail: alfass@dhh.la.gov

Name: Mary Jo Smith
Tracking Specialist
Contact: phone 318-627-5714

ChildNet - Early Intervention/Part C Coordinator:
The Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C of IDEA) is a federal grant program that assists states in operating a comprehensive statewide program of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities, ages birth through age 2 years, and their families.

Name: Nichole Dupree, Program Manager I
Contact: Phone: (504) 599-1072 | Fax: (504) 599-1082
Email: nmdupree@dhh.la.gov
Web site: www.oph.dhh.state.la.us/childrensspecial/earlyinterventionservices/index.html

Section 619/ Preschool Grants Program of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This program provides free appropriate public education (FAPE) for children, ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities:

Name: Susan Crowther, 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (225) 342-3730 | Fax: (225) 342-5297
Email: susan.crowther@la.gov
Web site: www.doe.louisiana.gov/lde/eia/home.htmll

State Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) Chairs:
The ICC advises appropriate agencies on the unmet needs in early childhood special education and early intervention programs for children with disabilities, assists in the development and implementation of policies that constitute a statewide system, and assists all appropriate agencies in achieving full participation, coordination, and cooperation for implementation of statewide system.

Name: Senator Willie Mount, ICC Chair
Contact: Phone: (337) 491-2016 | Fax: (337) 433-8080
Email: lasen27@legis.state.la.us

Name: Janie Martin - Executive Director
Contact: Phone 225-219-7560 | Fax 225-219-7561 | E-mail: Janie.Martin@gov.state.la.us

Resources
State Waiver Information: www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidStWaivProgDemoPGI/08_WavMap.asp
Waivers are the result of a process that allows state Medicaid agencies to apply for and receive permission from HCFA to provide services not otherwise covered by Medicaid and/or to do so in ways not described by the Social Security Act. Most Medicaid managed care programs require Waivers. The Waivers, which can differ greatly, are known by their numbers (1115, 1119), or as home-and community-based, or as Katie Beckett Waivers.

Educational Initiatives
This section provides information on training initiatives on the medical home. Some states will discuss their outreach projects in relation to physicians, families, and the community.

No information is currently available for this category.

Screening Initiatives
This section provides information on surveillance and screening initiatives in the state.

State Newborn Screening & Genetics Programs: genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/resources.htm

• State Newborn Screening Program Links
• State Genetics Program Links
• Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative Links
• Newborn Screening State Contact Fact Sheet