Medical Homes in Nevada

Medical Home Initiatives
This section provides information on state medical home initiatives/programs.

Nevada Medical Home Contact:

Name: Debra Wagler, MCH Manager, Bureau of Child, Family, and Community Wellness
Phone: 775/684-3479 | E-mail: dwagler@health.nv.gov

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.

State Implementation Grant (D70) for Improving Systems of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) - Abstract
Grantee: Family TIES of Nevada, Inc.
Grant Period:  2008-2011
Program Director: Marcia O'Malley
Phone: 775/823-9500
E-mail: momalley@familytiesnv.org

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

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter

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
Name: Debra Wagler , MCH Manager
Address: 4150 Technology Way, #101
Carson City, NV 89706
Phone: 775/684-3479 | Fax: 775/684-4245 | Email: dwagner@health.nv.gov
Web site

CSHCN Contact
Name: Judith Wright
Address: 4150 Technology Way, #101
Carson City, NV 89706
Phone: 775/684-4285 | Fax: 775/684-4245 | E-mail: jwright@health.nv.gov
Web site

Family Voices of Nevada at Family TIES
Family Voices of Nevada at Family TIES engages families and professionals in a number of ways to promote quality health care services for CYSHCN. These include assistance provided through individual support, training, parent matching, support groups, conferences, topical calls, surveys, website, video, and resource guides.

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: Jack Zenteno
Phone: 775/684-3478 | Fax: 775/684-4245 | E-mail: jzenteno@nvhd.state.nv.us

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: Wendy Whipple, Coordinator
Phone: 775/688-0456 | Fax: 775/829-1872 | E-mail: wwhipple@dhhs.nv.gov
Web site

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: Sherry Halley, 619 Coordinator
Phone: 702/ 486-6460 || E-mail: shalley@doe.nv.gov
Web site

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: Ann Bingham , ICC Co-Chair
Phone: 775/784-4383 | Fax: 776/784-4384 | Email: abingham@unr.edu

Name: Nora Behrens , ICC Co-Chair
Phone: 775/832-6890 | Fax: 776/832-6890 | E-mail: norabbehrens@yahoo.com

Resources/Documents

State Waiver Information
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.

The Division of Health Care Policy and Finance Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment program has an ongoing program to train providers regarding the "medical home".

Name: Name: Marti Cote
Phone: 775/684-3748 | E-mail: mcote@dhcfp..nv.gov

Nevada's Family TIES and the Health Division's Bureau of Child, Family, and Community Wellness were awarded a HRSA systems transformation grant to work with parent and community groups on medical home and youth health transitioning.

Name: Marcia O'Malley & Debra Wagler
Phone: 775/823-9500 | E-mail: momalley@familytiesnv.org

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

State Newborn Screening & Genetics Programs:
Nevada Newborn Screening Program and Contact Information

Nevada Genetic Services and Contact Information

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 January 7, 2009