Medical Homes in North Dakota

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

North Dakota Medical Home Contact:

Name: Tamara Gallup-Millner - Division Director, Children's Special Health Services
Phone: 701/328-2436 | E-mail: tgallupmilner@state.nd.us

Name: Kathy Barchenger, Program Manager
Children with Medically Fragile Needs
Address: ND Dept of Human Services, Med. Services
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept 325
Bismarck, ND 58505-0250
Phone: 701/328.3701 | Fax: 701/328.4875

Name: Donene Feist - Executive Director
Family Voices of North Dakota, Inc.
Address: PO Box 163
Edgeley, ND 58433
Phone: 701/493-2634 | Cell: 701/1709-0168 | Fax: 701/493-2635 |
E-mail: fvnd@drtel.net

Name: Pam Gallagher
MeritCare Hospital, Social Services Department
Address: 720 North 4th Street
Fargo, ND 58122
Phone: 701/234-5690 | Fax: 701/234-7184 | E-mail: pamgallagher@meritcare.com

Name: Tricia Kiefer, Program Administrator
Children’s Special Health Services
Department of Human Services
Address: 600 East Boulevard Ave., Dept. 325
Bismarck, ND 58505-0269
Phone: 701/328-4854 | Fax: 701/328-1645 | E-mail: tkiefer@nd.gov

Name: Vicki Peterson, Family Consultant
Family Voices of North Dakota
Address : 312 2nd Ave W., PO Box 163
Edgeley, ND 58433
Phone: 701/258-2237 | E-mail: Vicki_asdc@msn.com

Name: Janel Schmitz, Medical Home Liaison, AAP-ND Chapter
Address: 1018 Voyager Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: 701/400-3463 | E-mail: Janel@bis.midco.net

Children’s Special Health Services (CSHS) of the North Dakota Department of Health:

• Distributes information on medical homes to increase public awareness and facilitate practice implementation.
• Collaborates with partners to further the medical home concept and practice in North Dakota (e.g. Support completion of Integrated Services Grant activities).
• For children receiving CSHS coordination services, monitors the medical home status and the percentage of children with a service plan.
• Seeks out sources of funding to support implementation of medical homes and provide grant funding to support medical home infrastructure development in ND (e.g. submit optional legislative budget request/provide contract funding to the ND Chapter of AAP, etc).
• Obtains training, technical assistance, and/or mentoring support to further knowledge of medical homes in practice.

At this time, pediatric practices are being recruited and learning collaboratives are underway. Some pilot projects are conducting activities throughout the state. For more information, contact:

Name: Tammy Gallup-Millner
Children's Special Health Services, ND Department of Health
Address: 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 301
Bismarck, ND 58505-0200
Phone: 701/328-2436 or 800/755-2714 (in-state) | E-mail: tgallupmillner@nd.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.

The North Dakota Integrated Services Project
The North Dakota Integrated Services (NDIS) project is a three-year grant funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services – Maternal and Child Health Bureau to the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities at Minot State University. The NDIS project will assist state agencies, local medical providers, and families of children and youth with special health care needs, ages birth to 21, to develop the knowledge and infrastructure to assure that all children and youth receive the coordinated care they need. The grant activity will continue through May 31, 2011.For more information, click here or contact:

Name: Kora Dockter RN BNSc, Director, ND Integrated Services Project
ND Center for Persons with Disabilities
Address: 500 University Avenue West
Minot, ND 58707
Phone: 701/858-3423 | E-mail: Kora.dockter@minotstateu.edu

Medical Home Liaison Grant to the North Dakota AAP Chapter
The American Academy of Pediatrics – North Dakota chapter received a grant from Children’s Special Health Services of the North Dakota Department of Health for a Medical Home Liaison. This position is responsible for seeking funding sources for care coordination activities, assisting with website development, and serving as a link between the chapter and various collaborative activities. For more information, contact:Myra Quanrud, MD, FAAP at 701/253-5300 or by at e-mail at mquanrud@InnovisHealth.com or M.Quanrud@annecenter.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) North Dakota Chapter

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) North Dakota 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: Kim Senn, RN, BNSc, Director, Division of Family Health
ND Dept. of Health
Address: 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 301
Bismarck, ND 58505-0200
Phone: 701/328-2493 | Fax: 701/328-1412 | E-mail: ksenn@nd.gov
Web site

Family Voices of North Dakota
Family Voices of North Dakoata assisst families as they navigate public and private systems, including health systems and insurance plans and provide assistance to families in accessing services and resources for their children and how to partner with providers and caregiver.

North Dakota FamNet
ND FamNet is a collaborative rural health network that specializes in providing family support information and resources, currently housed at the ND Center for Persons with Disabilities at Minot State University. ND FamNet provides information and referral to a variety of rural family support options, a collaborative training/event calendar, a collaborative training library and assistance in supporting challenged family populations.

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 areas.

Name: Sue Burns
Phone: 701/328-2436 | Fax: 701/328-1645 | E-mail: sburns@nd.gov
Web site

Name: Wendy Thomas
Phone: 701/858-4367 | Fax: 701/858-3483 | E-mail: wendy.thomas@minotstateu.edu

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: Debra Balsdon, Part C Coordinator
Phone: 701/328-8936 | Fax: 701/328-8969 | E-mail: dbalsdon@nd.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: Nancy Skorheim
Phone: 701/857-7770 | Fax: 701/857-7771 | E-mail: nskorheim@nd.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: Laura Larson, ICC Chair
Phone: 701/328-4817 | E-mail: ldlarson@nd.gov

Name: Tamara Gallup-Millner, ICC Vice-Chair
Phone: 701/328-2436 | E-mail: tgallupmillner@nd.gov

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.

Name: Karen Tescher
Phone: 701/328-2324

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.

Medical Home Learning Collaboratives take place three times annually. For more information contact:

Name: Kora Dockter RN BNSc, Director, ND Integrated Services Project
ND Center for Persons with Disabilities
Address: 500 University Avenue West
Minot, ND 58707
Phone: 701/858-3423 | E-mail: Kora.dockter@minotstateu.edu

Family Training provides excellent information to families of children with special health care needs. Content focuses on advocacy, finding a healthcare provider, and legislative information. The training is coordinated and led by Family Voices of North Dakota.

Name: Donene Feist
Phone: 888/522-9654 | E-mail: fvnd@drtel.net
Web site

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

State Newborn Screening & Genetics Programs:
North Dakota Newborn Screening Program and Contact Information

North Dakota Genetic Services and Contact Information

Newborn Screening and Genetics Collaborative – HRSA Region 5

Autism Service Guidelines
Guidelines: Identifying, Serving, and Educating Children and Youth with Autism
The document (published in 2003) provides practical and useful guidelines based on a sophisticated and rigorous analysis of the needs of young children. It is intended to be a valuable resource to help make informed decisions with respect to assessment and intervention for young children with autism.

Great Plains Autism Program
The Great Plains Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment Program provides training, research, diagnostic and treatment services to North Dakota children and youth suspected or diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

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, 2010