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Medical Homes in the Virgin Islands
This page is designed to keep you informed about
events and activities happening in the Virgin Islands 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 the Virgin Islands
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.
No information is currently available for this category.
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 Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
www.aafp.org/cgi-bin/chapterlookup.pl?chapter=vi
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: C. Patricia Penn
Contact: Phone: 340-776-3580 | Fax:
340-774-8633 | E-mail:
cppenn@earthlink.net
Name: Mavis L. Matthew; MD, MPH
Contact: Phone: 340-713-9924 | Phone:340-713-9925
| Fax: 340-713-9928
E-mail: vimchstx@viaccess.net
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: Rene Joseph Rhymer, Director
Contact: Phone: (340) 777-8804 x2631
| Fax: (340) 774-2820 | Email: birthto3usvi@viaccess.net
Web site: www.ectac.org/contact/ptccoord.asp#VI
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: Belinda O'Neal, Acting Special
Education Director
Contact: Phone: (340) 774-0100 | Fax:
(340) 779-7153 | Email: bwoneal@usviosep.org
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: Michele LaCoss, ICC Chair
Contact: Phone: (340) 692-2323 | Email:
bigmango85@hotmail.net
Name: Maureen Moorehead, ICC Vice Chair
Contact: Phone: (340) 773-7997 | Fax:
(340) 773-4640 | Email: mmooreh@viaccess.net
Resources/Documents
Virgin Islands Department of Health Web site:
E-mail: patricia.penn@cusvl-doh.org
Virgin Islands University Center for Excellence in Developmental
Disabilities
www.uvi.edu/pub-relations/viuapindx.htm
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
August 15, 2006
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