 Medical
Homes in Alaska
This page is designed to keep you informed about events
and activities happening in Alaska that will help improve
access to medical homes for children with special health care
needs (CSHCN).
Click on a topic below to learn more about what's
going on in Alaska
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.
Alaska
Medical Home Contact:
Name: Stephanie Birch RNC, BSN, MPH
MCH Title V and CSHCN Director
Contact: Phone: 907-334-2424 | Fax: 907-269-3465
| E-mail: Stephanie_Birch@health.state.ak.us
KEY STATE RESOURCE for Medical Home Initiatives: www.stonesoupgroup.org/
Name: Lynn Caswell, Executive Director, Stone Soup Group
Email: lynnc@stonesoupgroup.org
Related Grant Initiatives
This section provides information on
current state grants that are working on medical home initiatives.
This iincludes 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.aapalaska.org
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
www.aafp.org/cgi-bin/chapterlookup.pl?chapter=ak
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, ensure a medical
home for all newborns and
strive to eliminate geographic and financial barriers to
service access.
Name: Beth Kaplan, M.Ed.
Contact: Phone: 907-334-2273 | Fax: 907-269-3465
Email: Beth_Kaplan@health.state.ak.us
State Newborn Screening & Genetics Programs:
Name: Thalia Wood, MPH, Manager,
Children's Health Unit & Newborn Metabolic Screening
Contact: Phone: 907-269-3499 Fax: 907-269-3465
EMail: thalia_wood@health.state.ak.us
- Infant Screening & Testing Programs (Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Newborn Metabolic Screening Program) http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/screening_testing.htm
- Genetics and Specialty Clinics
http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/genetic_specialty.htm
The Alaska Genetic Clinics offer specialty genetics clinics for diagnosis and genetic counseling for individuals with inherited conditions, chromosomal disorders (i.e. Down syndrome), or birth defects.
Specialty clinics improve access to care for children in need of consultation, screening, and follow-up. HCS brings medical specialists to regional centers to offer specialty care in or close to communities where children and their families reside. Efforts are made to involve local health practitioners in these clinics to insure coordination of care.
Early Intervention/Infant Learning Program /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: Erin Kinavey
W., M.Ed.
Contact: Phone: (907) 269-3423|
Fax: (907) 269-3465
Email: erin_Kinavey@health.state.ak.us
| Fax: (907) 269-3465
Web site: www.hss.state.ak.us/gcdse/committees/EIC/default.htm
Section 619/Special Education for ages 3-5 Coordinators:
This program provides free appropriate public education
(FAPE) for children, ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities.
Name: Sharon Schumacher, 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (907) 465-2824 | Fax:
(907) 465-2806
Email:
sharon_schumacher@eed.state.ak.us
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: Arthur Walter
Contact: Phone: (907) 224-5221
Resources
ON-LINE RESOURCE GUIDE: Raising
Children with Special Health Care Needs
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.
See State Newborn Screening & Genetics Programs section under Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Contact(s).
State Resources on the Internet
Note: The information provided on the state pages was submitted
by the state medical home teams.As this is not an exhaustive
list, please let us know if you have additions for your
state resource page. You can contact us at: medical
home@aap.org.
Last Updated
April 27, 2007
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