 Medical
Homes in Kansas
This page is designed to keep you informed about events
and activities happening in Kansas 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 Kansas
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.
Kansas
Medical Home Contact:
Name: Marc Shiff - Director, Services
for Children w Special Health Care Needs
Contact: Phone: 785-296-1316 | Email: mshiff@kdhe.state.ks.us
Website: www.Kdheks.gov/shs
Champions for Progress Center: State Incentive
Award
Health Care Delivery Quality Assurance
Goal: to develop and implement both medical
home and transition measurement strategies with Kansas Stakeholders
and to integrate this information into the health care delivery
system currently available at the local level.
For more information contact:
Mary Ann Bechtold, RN
Phone: 785-296-1311
Email: mbechtol@kdhe.state.ks.us
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.
Kansas Department of Health and Environment State Implementation Grant for Systems of Services for Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs
Project period: June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2012
Purpose: To implement the President’s New Freedom Initiative (NFI) by improving access to a quality, comprehensive, coordinated community-based system of services for CYSHCN and their families that are family-centered and culturally competent. The initiative supports grants to assist State Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) programs, family organizations, providers, and other partners to implement the six core outcomes of a system of services based on evidence based practices for CYSHCN. These six core outcomes are as follows: 1) families partner in decision making and are satisfied with the services they receive; 2) CYSHCN receive coordinated ongoing comprehensive care within a medical home; 3) families of CYSHCN have adequate private and/or public insurance to pay for the services they need; 4) children are screened early and continuously for special health care needs; 5) community-based service systems are organized so families can use them easily; and 6) youth with special health care needs receive the services necessary to make transitions to adult life, including adult health care, work, and independence.
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.aapkansas.org/
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
kafponline.org/
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.
MCH Contact
Linda Kenney
Director, Bureau of Family Health
Address: 1000 SW Jackson, #220
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785-296-1310| Fax: 785-296-6553
Email: lkenney@kdhe.state.ks.us
Internet site: www.kdheks.gov/bcyf
For the CSHCN Contact please view the Medical Home Contact at the top of the page.
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.
Name: Carolyn Nelson
Contact: Phone: 785-296-6136
E-mail: cnelson@kdhe.state.ks.us
Web site: www.soundbeginnings.org
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: Tiffany Smith-Birk
Contact: Phone: (785) 296-2245
Email: tsmith-birk@kdhe.state.ks.us
Web Site: www.kdhe.state.ks.us/its/
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: Carol Ayres , Part B
Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (785) 296-1944
Email: cayres@ksde.org
Web site: www.ksde.state.ks.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: Linda Mitchell, PhD, Chair
Coordinating Council on Early Childhood Developmental
Services
Contact: Phone:316-978-6367
Email: linda.mitchell@wichita.edu
Web site: www.Kansasicc.org
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 June 1, 2009 |
