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Annotation: The goals of this project were to: (1) Heighten awareness of adolescent health insurance problems and potential solutions among policymakers, health care professionals, educators, business groups, and parents; (2) strengthen State-level capacity to plan and implement strategies for improving financing of health services for adolescents; and (3) update and expand our knowledge base concerning the financing of health services for adolescents. Activities included conducting workshops, providing technical assistance, and publishing reports and educational materials. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB94-161536.

Keywords: Adolescents, Data Collection, Education of Health Professionals, Financing Health Care for Adolescents, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Minorities

Annotation: The Primary Care Assistance and Accountability Project (PCAAP) was designed to identify the leadership roles of state Title V MCH and children with special health care needs (CSHCN) programs and address accountability for planning and ensuring the delivery of effective, comprehensive and coordinated services, especially in regard to primary health care services for children. The project was implemented by staff experienced in State Title V programs in consultation with a national advisory committee and workgroups, additional national MCH experts, the Association's Executive Council, and with the participation of interdisciplinary teams of State Title V directors. Activities included development of an information base on state Title V programs from surveys and analysis of state and national reports; in-depth study of Title V roles and activities through site visitation to 10 state programs; development of draft model guidance for state accountability documents and contributions to guidance and policy frameworks developed by federal agencies or other national policy entities; and assistance to states both on an individual basis and through information dissemination to all states through the AMCHP Updates, conference and training workshop presentations, and production of eight major publications. Information was provided on State Title V programs and local counterpart programs to over 9,000 individuals. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB94-161577.

Keywords: Coordination of Health Care, Data Collection, Data System, Financing of Health Care, Medicaid, Primary Care

Annotation: This project sought to achieve comprehensive, coordinated, community-based services for children with special health needs and their families through improved collaboration among parents and public and private agencies at all levels within the service delivery system. Activities included maintaining a network of States, facilitating coalitions within States, brokering technical assistance, organizing conferences, and developing materials on topics such as the financing of services, service provision to culturally diverse groups, rural services, and collaboration between mental health professionals and other health care providers. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-147130.

Keywords: Child Care, Chronically Ill, Collaboration of Care, Community-Based Health Care, Families, Family-Based Health Care, Financing, Grandparents, Medicaid, Networks, Parent Support Groups, Parents, Rural Population

Annotation: This project worked with the Technical Assistance for Parent Programs Project and the U.S. Office of Special Education Resources in order to increase and enhance parent involvement in the health care of children with disabilities and special health needs. The project sought to (1) prepare parents to assume an integral role in the health care of their children with disabilities; (2) promote effective communication and collaboration among health care professionals and parents in order to enhance health services for children; and (3) develop a national support system to ensure that parents have access to essential information and peer support. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-152940.

Keywords: 99-457 Financing Intervention, Early Association for the Care of Children', Health Professionals, L, Parent Education Parent Professional Communication Peer Support P, Parents, s Health (ACCH) Parent Networks

Annotation: This project sought to improve information sharing among public agencies, third-party payers, special projects of regional and national significance (SPRANS), and employers in Minnesota. Activities included an annual invitational workshop; technical assistance; a quarterly newsletter; a continuing education center; and the guidelines, *How to Develop a Community Network.* [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-163549.

Keywords: Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Community-Based Health Care, Continuing Education, Coordination of Health Care, Families, Financing Health Care, Medicaid, Networking

Annotation: This project sought to develop a statewide system of community-based, comprehensive care/case management and family support services. Program strategies included developing a training curriculum for the skilled delivery of home-based family support services by medical professionals, paraprofessionals, and parents; piloting a respite providers' network; providing statewide training on the provision of family support services; and developing and disseminating a statewide directory of trained family support service providers. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-158277.

Keywords: 99-457, Case Management, Chronically Ill, Community-Based Health Care, Coordination of Health Care, Family-Based Health Care, Financing Health Care, Fragmentation of Services, L, P, Parents, Rural Population

Annotation: The purpose of this project was to develop and apply a model for providing comprehensive nutrition services for children in Utah who have certain developmental disabilities or disease conditions. The objectives of the project were to (1) provide comprehensive nutrition care and expand resources; (2) demonstrate the costs and benefits of providing nutrition services to those children with selected developmental disabilities using an economic model; and (3) obtain third-party reimbursement for nutrition services provided to children with selected special health needs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-199172.

Keywords: Cystic Fibrosis, Developmentally Delayed/Disabled, Financing Health Care, Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit(NICU), Nutrition, Reimbursement

Annotation: This report describes an initiative to reduce oral health burdens among individuals in Pennsylvania who cannot afford dentists or who are unable to find oral health professionals who will treat them and their families. Contents include stories from community-based grantees who were awarded foundation funding to (1) improve coordination and build capacity, (2) address a regional strategy to support expansion of oral health services, or (3) expand or improve existing dental equipment. The report presents an analysis of the impact the grants have had to date using three metrics: access to care, quality of care, and financial sustainability. Implications for future improvements in the oral health of underserved populations in Pennsylvania are also addressed.

Contact: Highmark Foundation, Fifth Avenue Place, 120 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3099, Telephone: (800) 789-1726 Fax: (412) 544-6120 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.highmark.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children, Collaboration, Dental care, Diffusion of innovation, Financing, Foundations, Model programs, Oral health, Pennsylvania, Public health, Regional planning, State initiatives

Annotation: This paper outlines the importance of assuring access to quality care through public and private sectors, and the roles played by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the American Academy of Pediatrics in providing guidelines and training to individual practitioners on preventive care to children and adolescents. Topics include changing patterns of morbidity; problems with health care access and quality; and quality assurance and improvement. Contents include the introduction and background, opportunities and efforts to improve quality, congruent missions to improve child health care quality, all quality is local, a quality of care framework for public health and medicine, and next steps toward collaboration. Notes conclude the report.

Contact: Commonwealth Fund, One East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021, Telephone: (212) 606-3800 Fax: (212) 606-3500 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.commonwealthfund.org Contact for cost information.

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Keywords: Access to health care, American Academy of Pediatrics, Child health, Collaboration, Disease prevention, Health care financing, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Pediatric care, Physician patient relations, Primary care, Public health, Public private partnerships, Quality assurance, Role

Annotation: This report presents information gathered during a study that analyzed state Medicaid provider manuals. The purpose of the study was to determine how well the states were informing health care providers about revisions made to the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) program by the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1989 (OBRA '89). The report describes the methodology and results of the study; it includes state profiles presenting information about Medicaid, socioeconomic profiles of the children and adolescents covered, and estimates of the population covered. The report provides references and contains a sample data collection instrument. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: George Washington University, Center for Health Policy Research, 2021 K Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006, Telephone: (202) 994-4100 Contact Phone: (202) 530-2300 Fax: (202) 994-4040 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://publichealth.gwu.edu/projects/center-health-policy-research Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Children, EPSDT, Federal MCH programs, Health care delivery, Health care financing, Health insurance, Health professionals, Health promotion, Low income groups, Medicaid, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, Primary care, Program descriptions, State initiatives

Annotation: This report is the initial report of the Carolina Policy Studies Program case study of six states' efforts to implement the financial provisions of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H (P.L. 99-457, Part H). It describes the sources and funding mechanisms used in the six states, and makes recommendations regarding state response to the requirements of part H.

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Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Federal legislation, Financing, State policy

Annotation: This report, aimed at state level administrators, is one of a series of reports intended to present public policy perspectives on the complex task of financing services for infants and toddlers with handicaps and their families. It focuses primarily on use of parental fees as a source of funding for part H services of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (P.L. 99-457, Part H), and includes insights on the use of private insurance.

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Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Federal legislation, Financing, State policy

Annotation: This report, aimed at state level administrators, is one of a series of reports intended to present public policy perspectives on the complex task of financing services for infants and toddlers with handicaps and their families. It presents an overview of how Massachusetts has successfully integrated the use of the federal Medicaid program into a plan for financing part H services of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (P.L. 99-457, Part H) on a statewide basis.

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Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Federal legislation, Financing, Infant health, Medicaid, State policy

Annotation: This document was developed by a consortium of four states that had used Medicaid and other third-party payments to support an early intervention program. It provides a brief overview of the mechanisms, focusing primarily on Medicaid. It includes several brief case studies of what states are actually doing, and summarizes the lessons learned from the consortium's activities and discussions. It concludes with a plan of action for incorporating Medicaid and other third-party payments into the overall financing picture for early intervention in the states. The states participating were Utah, Massachusetts, Colorado, and New Jersey, with additional input from Connecticut, Illinois and other states. The work was funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Federal legislation, Financing, Medicaid, Third party payers

Annotation: [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB90-147448.

Keywords: Data Collection, Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs), Financing of Health Care, Health Professionals

Annotation: The purpose of this project was to devise a system that would promote effective decision making by professionals in the State of Wisconsin as they address the interrelated health, psychosocial, and educational needs of children with chronic handicapping conditions, and the coordinated delivery of the required services at the community level necessary to satisfy those needs. The goals included: (1) Establishment of effective ongoing decision-making and feedback processes at the state, regional, and community levels which were responsive to the needs of chronically ill and disabled children and their families; (2) facilitation of effective community based services to families of children with chronic illness or disabling conditions; (3) development and field testing of a model communications system which established ongoing partnerships between schools and health care providers. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB93-198190.

Keywords: Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Community-Based Health Care, Coordination of Health Care, Data Bases, Data Collection, Family-Based Health Care, Financing Health Care, Parents, School Based Health Care

Annotation: This report aims to assist states in examining the use of private health insurance financing for services for young children with special health care needs under the Education of the Handicapped Act, Part H. It reviews the statutory requirements of Part H; discusses the rate of health insurance protection among children; the types of coverage they are likely to have, and the early intervention service benefits typically available; and examines the policy issues that states will need to address. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Policy Research Center, 750 17th Street, N.W., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20006-4607, Telephone: (202) 223-1500 Fax: (202) 496-9067 Price unknown.

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Early intervention services, Education of the Handicapped Act, Part H, Health care financing, Health insurance, Young children

Annotation: This document provides an overview of the basic missions, plan themes, and highlights of program emphasis for the Health Services Administration. The topics discussed are health care financing, improving the health care system, prevention, quality assurance, knowledge development, management, and tracking and evaluation. Programmatic plans for the Bureau of Community Health Services, Indian Health Service, Bureau of Medical Services, and Bureau of Quality Assurance are included.

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Keywords: Bureau of Community Health Services, Bureau of Medical Services, Bureau of Quality Assurance, Evaluation, Health Resources and Services Administration, Health care financing, Health care systems, Indian Health Service, Knowledge level, Management, Prevention, Quality assurance, Strategic plans

Annotation: This paper, presented before the U.S. Senate Committee on House Appropriations, Sub-Committee on Labor, Health, Education, and Welfare, speaks for the budget for Maternal and Child Health Services of the Health Services and Mental Health Administration of the U.S. Public Health Service. The speaker is associate professor of surgery and head of pediatric surgery at University Hospitals in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The specific focus of his remarks is regarding the need for emergency funding through MCH Services for regional facilities in the United States to decrease infant mortality, especially in rural and outlying communities. The presentation asks for transportation-communication system funding, intensive care facility funding, increased allocations for Crippled Children's Services, and patient funding for critical special problems.

Keywords: Children with developmental disabilities, Children with special health care needs, Communication, Congressional hearings, Financing, Infant mortality, MCH services, Maternal and Child Health Services, Neonatal intensive care units, Rural health, Transportation of patients

Annotation: This reprint of a special issue of the Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine discusses the 1966 Health Conference of the Academy. The contents discuss major policy decisions facing the United States in financing and organizing health care, resources needed to meet effectively expected demands for service, problems in public-private relationships, implications of the new social insurance mechanisms, the clinician's point of view, the public health point of view, the community point of view, urban dilemma in health care, forces reshaping health care financing and quality, bringing small hospitals into the mainstream of medical advance, the role of the community health planning agency, regional integration of services, relating nursing homes and home care service to the hospital and medical service base, the general physician and his patient, new types of personnel and changing roles of health professionals, new patterns of organization for providing health services, and priorities for the future.

Keywords: Conferences, Health care delivery, Health care financing, Health insurance, Health services, New York Academy of Medicine, Public health, United States