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 Medical
Homes in Arkansas
This page is designed to keep you informed about
events and activities happening in Arkansas 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 Arkansas
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.
Arkansas Medical Home Contact:
Name: Rodney Farley
Contact: Phone: 501-682-1461 | Email:refarley@juno.com
State Team: Roster
Medical Home Arkansas Web site: www.medicalhomear.org/index.html
Arkansas Statewide Medical Home Implementation Plan:
Promise to the State 
MCHB Medical Home Grant: Abstract
Project Period: 3/31/02 to 3/30/05
Purpose: To improve the health of all CSHCN in
Arkansas by improving the quality of their medical homes.
CMS intends to enhance the quality of all characteristics
of the medical home – accessibility, family-centeredness,
continuity, comprehensiveness, coordination, compassion
and cultural-competence. Objectives are to: (1) expand medical
home knowledge of 90% of State’s 360 pediatricians
by the project’s end; (2) increase medical home knowledge
of 33 medical residents and 8 pediatric nursing graduate
students at UAMS per year by 50%; (3) provide effective
care coordination component of medical home (as measured
by a 10% increase in parent satisfaction over three-year
project); and
(4) provide “systems” care coordination to make
systems changes needed to ensure quality medical homes (as
measured by degree of systems change during three-year project
and/or by having plans in place to effect such change).
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: http://www.araap.org
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:www.arkansasafp.org
Title V CSHCN Program - DDS Children’s Services: www.medicalhomear.org/about.html
Name: Mike McMillan, DDS Assistant Director
Contact:(501) 682-8668 Emali: mike.mcmillan@arkansas.gov
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.
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.
 Updated webpage: http://www.arhealthyhearing.com/
Name: Mary Gwyn Allen, MA, Project Manager, Infant Hearing Program
Contact: Phone: 501-280-4139
Email: Mary.Allen@arkansas.gov
DDS 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: Sharon Lee-Mitchell, Part C Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (501) 682-8703 | Fax:
(501) 682-8890
Email: Sharon.lee-mitchell@arkansas.gov
Web site: www.state.ar.us/dhs/ddds/FirstConn/index.html
Web Site:: www.medicalhomear.org/about.html
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:
www.ectac.org/contact/619coord.asp#AR
Name: Sandra Reifeiss
Contact: Phone: (501) 682-4225 | Fax:
(501) 682-5168 |
Email: Sandra.reifeiss@arkansas.gov
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:Dr. Brenda Holder, ICC Co-Chair
Contact: Phone:(870)862-4545, Ext. 103|
Fax:(870)862-0380 | Email:
holder@factinc.us
Name: Susan Perry, ICC Co-Chair
Contact: Phone: (501)269-6688 Email: ar.chadd@yahoo.com
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
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
May 16, 2007
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