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Richards J. 2015. State MCH-Medicaid coordination toolkit: Title V and Title XIX interagency agreements (upd.). Washington, DC: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, multiple items.

Annotation: This toolkit supplements the publication State MCH-Medicaid Coordination: A Review of Title V and Title XIX Interagency Agreements (2nd ed.). It provides the pdf and Web versions of the publication, full-text versions of state interagency agreements (IAAs), a searchable database of key components of state IAAs, and links to additional resources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Interagency cooperation, Medicaid, Social Security Act, Title V, Social Security Act, Title XIX, State MCH programs

Health Resources and Services Administration. 2008. State MCH-Medicaid coordination: A review of Title V and Title XIX interagency agreements (2nd ed.). [Rockville, MD: Health Resources and Services Administration], 202 pp.

Annotation: This publication serves as a tool to provide technical assistance to State Title V and Medicaid agencies in achieving successful and required coordination between their programs. The document begins with a review of the Federal legislation regarding Title V/Title XIX interagency agreements (IAAs) and a summary of how states have incorporated this legislation and other components into their IAAs. It continues by presenting recommended components and methodologies in developing new IAAs and a model IAA as a template for states. Finally it highlights promising practices being carried out by states that have developed successful partnerships through their IAAs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Interagency cooperation, Medicaid, Social Security Act, Title V, Social Security Act, Title XIX, State MCH programs

[Iowa Department of Public Health, Oral Health Bureau]. 2005. EPSDT registry: 2005 update. [Des Moines, IA: Iowa Department of Public Health, Oral Health Bureau], 32 pp.

Annotation: This report presents results of a periodic statewide survey of dentists conducted by the University of Iowa Department of Pediatric Dentistry asking whether they were willing to provide services to individuals enrolled in Iowa's Medicaid program, children ages 3 and younger, and children with developmental disabilities. The report includes data collected only from those dentists who were willing to have their information included in a statewide registry.

Keywords: Collaboration, Dentists, EPSDT, Iowa, Medicaid, Oral health, Provider participation, Public health services, Social Security Act, Title XIX, State programs, State surveys, Young children

U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau. 1999 (ca.). Relationship between the Children's Health Insurance Program and the Maternal and Child Health Block Program: Report to Congress. Rockville, MD: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 31 pp.

Damiano PC, Kanellis MJ, Willard JC, Momany ET. 1996. A report on the Iowa Title XIX Dental Program. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa, Public Policy Center and College of Dentistry, 74 pp. (Hiscock Collection; related)

Annotation: This report describes a project to (1) assist the Iowa Department of Human Services in providing access to dental care for Title XIX recipients, (2) evaluate aspects of the Title XIX dental program in Iowa, and (3) develop a series of policy options for improving the program. The report includes a detailed discussion of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) Dental Registry of Title XIX participating dentists, and information on educating Iowa dentists and physicians about the oral health component of the EPSDT Care for Kids program; the utilization of dental services by Title XIX–enrolled children ages 5 years and under; attitudes about and participation of Iowa dentists in the Title XIX program and factors affecting their participation; fees reimbursed by the Title XIX program compared to fees of Iowa private practice dentists; and policy options for improving the Title XIX dental program.

Keywords: Dental fees, EPSDT, Iowa, Oral health, Oral health care, Oral health care, Policy development, Registries, Reports, Social Security Act, Title XIX

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 1995. The relationship between the Title V MCH Services block grant and Medicaid (Title XIX). Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 2 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet describes the distinct features of the MCH Services Block Grant, Title V of the Social Security Act; and Medicaid, Title XIX of that act. The fact sheet describes each program separately and then indicates how the two programs were designed to work together. It refers to a 1994 U.S. General Accounting Office report, "Medicaid Prenatal Care," which describes how well the programs work together in various states, and cites North Carolina and Washington in particular.

Keywords: Block grants, Child health, Federal MCH programs, Maternal health, Medicaid, North Carolina, Social Security Act, Title V, Social Security Act, Title XIX, State MCH programs, Washington

National Association of School Nurses. 1994. School-based EPSDT program training and presentation manual for school nurses. Scarborough, ME: National Association of School Nurses, 188 pp.

Annotation: This manual is intended to assist school health nurses in promoting, initiating, and participating in the development and implementation of the federal Title XIX EPSDT Program for students eligible for Medicaid through the school setting. It provides generic training and presentation program content based on successful existing EPSDT programs in schools; suggestions for EPSDT program development and implementation; and strategies to address anticipated barriers to EPSDT program success in schools. Included in the manual are reproduction materials including transparencies, handout materials and worksheets to support each part of the content. The appendices contain a literature review; EPSDT model program site visit reports; portions of the National Association of School Nurses EPSDT model school-based project; and overview information regarding this project.

Keywords: EPSDT, Model programs, School age children, School nurses, Social Security Act, Title XIX

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 1992. State MCH-Medicaid coordination: A review of Title V and Title XIX interagency agreements. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 147 pp. (Walker)

Annotation: This report reviews the federally recommended elements of state Title V/Title XIX interagency agreements, summarizes how individual states have incorporated these and other components in their interagency agreements, and suggests considerations for state agencies to weigh in developing interagency agreements. The appendix lists Title V/Title XIX Interagency Agreements in state-by-state summary charts. The report is intended primarily to assist state program administrators in coordination efforts.

Keywords: Interagency cooperation, Medicaid, Social Security Act, Title V, Social Security Act, Title XIX, State MCH programs

Foltz AM. 1978. Uncertainties of federal child health policies: Impact in two states. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Center for Health Services Research, 31 pp. (NCHSR Research Digest Series)

Annotation: This report assesses the impact of federal child health policy under Titles V and XIX of the Social Security Act on the states of Connecticut and Vermont for the years 1935 and 1975, and analyzes the reasons for the discrepancy between policy intent and state execution. Research methods comprised a review of Congressional intent, regulations of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, state legislation, administrative performance, and service with special reference to urban and rural variations. The study offers a basis for a methodology for policy evaluation studies in other states or the country as a whole.

Keywords: Child health, Connecticut, Federal legislation, Social Security Act, Social Security Act, State legislation, Title V, Title XIX, Vermont

Ohio State University, Department of Preventive Medicine and Center for Continuing Medical Education and Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health-Crippled Children Services . 1976. Proceedings of a conference on the administration of maternal and child health and crippled children services program. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University, Department of Preventive Medicine and Center for Continuing Medical Education and Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health-Crippled Children Services, 94 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings begin with a paper on the effect of organizational structure on an agency performance followed by an analysis of specific maternal and child health (MCH) and crippled children's services (CCS) organizational structures. Other topics addressed were components involved in the supervision of agency programs; local projects and the evaluation of MCH and CCS programs and local projects; the content of MCH and CCS programs; documentation of matching funds for MCH and CCS programs and local projects; fee schedules, third party payments and Title XIX and Title V working agreements; writing of state plans for MCH and CCS programs; and the relationship of professional standards review organization (PSRO) requirements and MCH and CCS program activities along with an introduction to new reporting systems. [Funded in part by the Bureau of Community Health Services]

Keywords: Child health, Children with developmental disabilities, Children with special health care needs, Conferences, Fees and charges, Maternal health, Organizations, Social Security Act, Standards, Supervision, Title V programs, Title XIX
   

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