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 Medical
Homes in West Virginia
This page is designed to keep you informed about
events and activities happening in West Virginia 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 West Virginia
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.
West Virginia Medical Home Contact:
Name:
Phil Edwards, Director of Infant, Child, Adolescent Health
Contact: Email:
philedwards@wvdhhr.org
The majority of West Virginia’s Medicaid population has a medical home through their participation in managed care. In addition, the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program and Public Employees Insurance Agency encourage the selection of a medical home.
Access to health care financing is a critical step in assuring that children have a health home. Approximately 93% of all children residing in the State of West Virginia have coverage, with approximately 53% of the group covered under government sponsored health services, CHIP and Medicaid.
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.
IIn 2008, West Virginia unveiled Kids First, an initiative championed by Governor Joe Manchin to assure that every child entering kindergarten in 2008 received a well-child visit within 1 year of entry. The Governor asked the medical associations, AAP and AAFP, to screen children regardless of their insurance coverage using a uniform tool that mimicked EPSDT protocols. Children were either screened in their health home or for those who didn't have a health home or lacked coverage, screening offerings occurred at school using physicians from the community. Ultimately, the information gathered from the screenings will be used for health interventions and resource planning. At-school screening for children who lacked a medical home or lacked credible coverage also provided an opportunity for families to be advised of the need for a source of primary preventive health services and for linkages and referrals to occur, including application for CHIP/Medicaid.
The Healthy Tomorrows Project at Marshall University, Department of Pediatrics, promotes innovative and cost-effective approaches to provide community-based preventive children health and development services, particularly for vulnerable children and families with limited access. This Project focuses on vulnerable children who reside in the City's homeless shelter or are in the foster care system.
West Virginia is currently participating in the second
National Initiative for Child Health Quality (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 West
Virginia's CSHCN and other health department programs to
support and extend this approach after the completion of
the project period.
For more information on this project click
here.
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.hsc.wvu.edu/som/pediatrics/aapwv/
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
www.wvafp.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:
Pat Moss
Director OMCFH
Address: 305 Capitol St, Room 427
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-558-5388 | Fax: 304-558-4984
Email: patmoss@wvdhhr.org
CSHCN Contact:
Phil Edwards
Director ICAH
Address: 305 Capitol St. Room 427
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-558-5388 | Fax: 304-558-4984
Email: philedwards@wvdhhr.org
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: Patricia Moss
Contact: Phone: 304-558-5388 | Fax: 304-558-2183
| E-mail: patmoss@wvdhhr.org
First Steps - 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: Pam Roush
Contact: Phone: (304) 558-6311 | Fax:
(304) 558-4984 | AltPhone1: (304) 558-3071
Email: pamroush@wvdhhr.org
Web Site: www.wvdhhr.org/mcfh/testarea/birth23/template.asp
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: Ginger Huffman, 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (304) 558-2696 | Fax:
(304) 558-3741| Email:
vhuffman@access.k12.wv.us
Web site: wvde.state.wv.us/ose/
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: Gail Foley,
ICC Chair
Contact: Phone: (304) 873-1834
| Email: gfoley@iolinc.net
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.
Developmental Surveillance and Screening Policy
Implementation Project (D-PIP)
Marshall University Pediatrics from Huntington,
WV is participating in the Developmental Surveillance and
Screening Policy Implementation Project (D-PIP). The D-PIP
has selected 17 practices from across the United States
to implement the AAP policy statement (scheduled for publication
in July 2006) “Identifying Infants and Young Children
with Developmental Disorders in the Medical Home: An Algorithm
for Developmental Surveillance and Screening” to 1)
determine if the algorithm is efficiently and effectively
implemented into pediatric practice; 2) recognize strategies
for implementing the algorithm; and 3) examine outcomes
of implementation. Following the project, information and
outcomes will be shared with pediatric clinicians and other
health care professionals who are seeking to improve the
delivery of developmental surveillance and screening.
Click
here for additional information on the D-PIP.
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 January 7, 2009
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