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

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Medical Home Initiatives
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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.

New York Medical Home Contact:

Name: Sue Slade - Co-Director, Medical Home Unit
Contact: Phone: 518-474-0570 | Email: sjs11@health.state.ny.us
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Family Leadership Champions Incentive Grant - Incentive Award FAQs
Goal: To promote family leadership for children and youth with special health care needs by creating a sustainable Family Advisor Program which will provide input into state and county CSHCN programs.
For more information contact: Susan Slade, Medical Home Unit
Phone: (518) 474-0570 | Email: sjs11@health.stste.ny.us

MCHB Medical Home Grant: Suffolk Medical Home Network Abstract
Project Period: 4 Years From: July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008
Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to combine resources of several agencies that specialize in caring for CSHCN to develop a care coordination model, and to provide medical home training for pediatric residents; to create effective linkages to educational and social services; to increase the access of Suffolk County families to medical homes; and to provide services for families such as parent training, support groups and advocacy coaching for parents.

MCHB Medical Home Grant:
Abstract
Project Period: 3 Years From: to 3/31/02 3/30/05
Purpose: New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) embraces the American Academy of Pediatrics definition of the Medical Home as “the provision of accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, coordinated and compassionate care…" To ensure that CSHCN in New York State benefit from a medical home, NYSDOH will:

  • Engage key stakeholders to develop and implement a comprehensive statewide medical home plan for New York State.
  • Ensure that all CSHCN, especially the hard to reach/serve populations, have access to medical homes in New York State.
  • Implement the medical home plan in three major geographic regions of NYS, which will become mentoring projects during statewide implementation.

New York 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 the New York State Department of Health's Medical Home Unit to support and extend this approach after the completion of the project period. For more information you can go to the project overveiw.

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.

Dyson Community Pediatrics Training Grants
University of Rochester School of Medicine: Pediatric Links with the Community / Child Advocacy Resident Education (PLC/CARE) Program
Through the Pediatric Links with the Community (PLC) Program and Child Advocacy Resident Education (CARE) Program, the Initiative at the University of Rochester will create a residency training program that inspires and empowers future pediatricians to become leaders in improving the health of children in their communities. The program will also develop a model of community pediatrics in which pediatricians collaborate with community-based organizations, work to assure the health of all children in the community, and advocate for their community to be more child-responsive and child-oriented.

Columbia University Community Pediatric Training Program at Children's Hospital of New York – Presbyterian and Harlem Hospital Center (HHC)
Through The Initiative, the Community Pediatric Training Program broadens residency education by ensuring that all residents have acquired the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will enable them to work effectively as life-long advocates in partnership with the community to define the health problems of its children, provide curative and preventive services, and evaluate the effectiveness of those services. It also enhances the service to the community by strengthening and building new partnerships with community-based organizations. The program strengthens and expands the core pediatric faculty in community pediatrics and collaborations with other academic disciplines.

The ultimate goal of the Dyson Initiative is the development of pediatric professionals with greater skills and interest in community-based medicine, advocacy, and the capacity to improve the health of children in their communities. Here you can learn how diverse programs around the country are educating residents about community pediatrics and fostering practical community experiences. www.aap.org/commpeds/cpti/grantees.htmindex.htm

Genetics MCHB Grant: Abstract
Purpose: The mission of the GENE Project is to assist underserved populations in making informed choices about their health by improving their access to culturally and linguistically appropriate genetics information, resources and services.

Hemophilia MCHB Grant: Abstract
Purpose:The purpose of this project is to support the multidisciplinary model for the care of patients with this Hemophilia and other congenital bleeding disorders in order to continue to provide excellent, cost effective care to this community. We anticipate further improvements in health outcomes for this population with the continuation of this project. This will be measured through the Universal Data Collection surveillance and regional data collection, including the new revised Hemophilia Data Set.

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:
New York Chapter 1: www.ny1aap.org/
New York Chapter 2: www.ny2aap.org/
New York Chapter 3: www.ny3aap.org/
New York District II: www.aapdistrictii.org/

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter: www.nysafp.org/

Title V CSHCN Program: Children with Special Health Care Needs Program (CSHCN) Including Physically Handicapped Children’s Program: www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/child/maternal_child_health.htm

The CSHCN Program is a statewide public health program that provides information and referral services for health and related areas for families of CSHCN. In addition some of the local CSHCN programs offer case management services.

The CSHCN program also has a financial component, the Physically Handicapped Children’s Program (PHCP). The PHCP assists families in paying medical bills for children with severe chronic illnesses and/or physical disabilities, between birth and 21 years of age, who live in New York State and meet county medical and financial eligibility criteria.

The PHCP is located in most county health units. Prior authorization from the local PHCP must be obtained for all services. The PHCP has two components: the Diagnosis and Evaluation Program (D&E) and the Treatment Program. The D&E program will reimburse specialty providers May 6, 2008 for eligible children. The treatment program will reimburse specialty providers for the ongoing health and related services for children who are medically and financially eligible in their county of residence. The county standards are designed to assist families with low incomes or inadequate private health insurance to obtain medical services for their children.

For Information: Call the New York State Health Department’s Growing Up Healthy Hotline, 1-800-522-5006; or contact your local county health department. (In New York City, contact the Bureau for Families and Community Health Services of the New York City Health Department at (212) 676-2950.

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: Brenda Knudson Chouffi
Contact: Phone: 518-473-7016 | Fax: 518-486-1090 | E-mail: bkc03@health.state.ny.us
Web site: www.infanthearing.org/states/newyork/index.html

State Genetics Program: www.wadsworth.org/newborn/index.htm

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: Brad Hutton ,Director
Contact: Phone: (518) 473-7016| Fax (518) 486-1090 | E-mail: bjh08@health.state.ny.us
Web site: www.nyhealth.gov/community/infants_children/early_intervention

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: Candace Shyer,
Contact: Phone: (518) 473-2878 | Fax: (518) 474-2219 | Email:cshyer@mail.nysed.gov
Website: www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/preschool/home.html

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: Lisa Kowal , ICC Vice Chair
Contact: Phone: (718) 912-3177 |Fax: (716) 858-8099 | Email: kowall@erie.gov

Web site: www.nectac.org/contact/iccchair.asp#NY

Resources/Documents
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

Autism Service Guidelines
Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorders Assessment and Intervention for Young Children (Age 0-3 Years) This clinical practice guideline provides recommendations about best practices for assessment and intervention for young children with autism, with a primary focus on children under 3 years of age. However, age 3 is not an absolute cut-off, and many of the recommendations in this guideline are also applicable in somewhat older children.
http://www.nyhealth.gov/community/infants_children/early_intervention/autism/index.htm


Funding Opportunities
New York State Health Foundation Issues First Request for Proposals

Deadline: September 15, 2006

The New York State Health Foundation has issued its first Request for Proposals.

The new foundation, which was created as a result of the privatization of Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, is inviting proposals for innovative projects that address one or more of the three
elements of its mission: expanding health insurance coverage, increasing access to high-quality healthcare services, and improving public and community health.

The foundation expects to make grants totaling $5 million in its start-up year, including approximately twenty grants in the range of $50,000 to $150,000 and three to five grants in the range of $150,000 and $1,000,000. In future years, the foundation, which has assets of about $250 million, will make between $12 million and $15 million in grants each year.

Grants made under this request will be one-time awards. Because these grants are unlikely to be renewed, the foundation will make awards only to existing organizations that are either enhancing
current initiatives or beginning new ones that will not require the foundation's future funding.

The foundation will consider proposals from existing nonprofit 501(c)(3) and for-profit organizations with a significant presence in New York state.

The complete Request for Proposals can be found on the Call for Proposals page of the foundation's Web site.

RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10003580/nyshealthfoundation

For additional RFPs in Health, visit:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_health.jhtml


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 6, 2008

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