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U.S. Government Accountability Office. 2016. Nonemergency medical transportation: Updatred medical guidance could help states. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 30 pp.

Annotation: This report examines non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) in Medicare and Medicaid. Topics include key features of NEMT services and how these services are delivered, federal oversight, and challenges in providing NEMT and steps that state Medicaid agencies have taken to address them. Recommendations are included.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Barriers, Contract services, Coordination, Costs, Medicaid, Model programs, Policy development, State agencies, Transportation of patients

Shuptrine SC, Grant VC, McKenzie GG. 1998. Southern regional initiative to improve access to benefits for low income families with children. Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, 111 pp.

Annotation: This report describes a regional outreach initiative to help southern states identify ways to improve access to benefits for low-income working families with children. The report describes the development of information outreach materials, child health coverage, child care assistance, transportation solutions, and options for earned income tax credit. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Southern Institute on Children and Families, 140 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 140, Columbia, SC 29201, Telephone: (803) 779-2607 Fax: (803) 254-6301 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.thesoutherninstitute.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Access to health care, Child care services, Child health, Children, Families, Health insurance, Information dissemination, Low income groups, Southern United States, Tax credits, Transportation of patients

Strobino D, Buekens,P. 1997. Evaluation of the guidelines for maternal transport. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 8 pp. (Research roundtable summary; no. 17)

Annotation: This report summarizes a seminar presentation about a Maternal and Child Health Bureau funded project on guidelines for maternal transport. The study evaluated transport of high risk mothers and antenatal or neonatal transport of infants. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University, Telephone: (202) 784-9770 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.ncemch.org Photocopy available at no charge; also available from the website.

Keywords: High risk infants, High risk mothers, Newborn infants, Perinatal care, Pregnancy complications, Research methodology, Transportation of patients

President's Committee on Mental Retardation. 1974. MR 73: The goal is freedom. Washington, DC: President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 41 pp.

Annotation: The first section of this report is based on individual children and adults diagnosed as mentally retarded who have grown and developed as a result of a goal-oriented, personalized concept of service. The report is also concerned with other kinds of programs that can aid in avoiding dependency and promoting optimum development with an emphasis on prevention. The second section contains material related to research on prevention and early intervention. It is based on presentations given at a four-state forum held in Kansas City, Missouri in the Fall of 1973. Areas covered include prenatal research into the causes of handicapping conditions, methods of transporting high-risk infants, early childhood programs for children with developmental disabilities, and treatment to prevent long-term institutionalization.

Keywords: Children with developmental disabilities, Early intervention services, High risk infants, Institutionalization, Mental retardation, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, Rehabilitation, Reports, Transportation of patients, United States

Leonard AS. 1971. A regional concept in health care delivery to reduce infant mortality. No place: No publisher, 12 pp.

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