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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 2018. About the Technical Assistance and Analytic Support Program. Baltimore, MD: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 1 p. (Medicaid/CHIP health care quality measures)

Annotation: This fact sheet describes a program to support states in collecting, reporting, and using datafrom three core sets of quality measures in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Topics include technical assistance and analytic support vehicles such as issue briefs, fact sheets, analytic reports, and toolkits; one-on-one support; virtual learning opportunities; and hands-on information and networking opportunities.

Keywords: Adults, Children, Children's Health Insurance Program, Data analysis, Measures, Medicaid, Medical home, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Technical assistance

Honsberger K. 2018. Crosswalk to National Committee for Quality Assurance primary care medical home recognition. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs; [Portland, ME; Washington, DC]: National Academy for State Health Policy, 24 pp.

Annotation: This comprehensive guide, authored by Kate Honsberger, MPH, examines the complex landscape of healthcare delivery for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) in the context of evolving Medicaid managed care systems. The text addresses several key aspects of the issue, including the prevalence of CYSHCN (approximately 14 million U.S. children), their unique challenges in accessing coordinated care across multiple sectors, and significant disparities in healthcare access particularly affecting low-income and minority populations. The guide outlines two major frameworks - the National Standards for Systems of Care for CYSHCN and the NCQA Primary Care Medical Home Recognition program - and describes a crosswalk tool developed to align these standards within Medicaid managed care systems. The document emphasizes the critical importance of integrating CYSHCN-specific needs into healthcare policy and practice, highlighting how states and health plans can utilize the crosswalk tool to enhance care quality while maintaining compliance with NCQA standards, ultimately promoting more effective healthcare delivery for this vulnerable population.

Keywords: Title V programs, CHSCN programs, Medical home, Medicaid, Managed care, Children's Health

Honsberger K, VanLandeghem K. 2018. Serving children and youth with special health care needs in Medicaid managed care: Contracting language and the contracting process. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs; [Portland, ME; Washington, DC]: National Academy for State Health Policy, 21 pp.

Annotation: This report discusses the role of Medicaid managed care in serving children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), highlighting the fact that over 40 states now enroll at least some CYSHCN in managed care plans as they seek to control costs and improve care quality. The document examines how four states (Texas, Virginia, Michigan, and Maryland) use specific contract language and management strategies to ensure managed care organizations (MCOs) effectively serve CYSHCN populations. Also discussed are key provisions around identification/assessment, access to care, medical homes, care coordination, and quality assurance, with detailed examples from each state's contracts. The document emphasizes that both strong contract language and active contract management are essential for ensuring MCOs meet the unique needs of CYSHCN, who comprise about 15% of U.S. children and require more frequent provider access, increased hospitalizations, and multiple medications compared to typical children.

Keywords: Title V programs, CHSCN programs, Medical home, Medicaid, Managed care, Children's Health, Regulations, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, Michigan

2018. New Mexico's Title V CYSHSN program: Using the national standards as a framework for educating stakeholders. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs; [Portland, ME; Washington, DC]: National Academy for State Health Policy, 2 pp.

Annotation: This case study describes New Mexico's implementation of the National Standards for Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN). It explains how the state's Title V program, housed within the Department of Health's Family Health Bureau, integrated these standards into its framework and action plans. The document highlights New Mexico's participation in an Action Learning Collaborative that brought together diverse stakeholders from Medicaid, managed care organizations, the family-to-family organization, and the Quality Improvement Partnership to establish common objectives. These objectives included developing a standard CYSHCN definition for Medicaid contracts, creating youth transition best practices, expanding family engagement, and strengthening medical homes with better care coordination. Key lessons learned and recommendations for next steps are included.

Keywords: Title V Programs, New Mexico, Standards, Family Support Services, Medical Home, State CHSCN programs, Staff Development

Wisconsin Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Medical Home Systems Integration Project. 2017. Wisconsin care coordination for children and youth mapping project. Madison, WY: Wisconsin Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program, 33 pp. (exec. summ. 1 p.).

Annotation: This report describes a project that aimed to increase the number of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHN) served within a medical home by 20% and specifically a mapping project that examined how care coordination is being implemented for CYSHN currently in Wisconsin, what gaps exist, and what assets can be built upon and shared. It describes findings of interviews conducted with a diverse group of systems, providers, and family representatives between October 2015 and December 2016. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Medical home, Program coordination, State programs, Title V programs, Wisconsin

Zewdem N, Berdahl T. 2017. Children's Usual Source of Care: Insurance, Income, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities, 2004-2014. Silver Spring, MD: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Brief 501)

Annotation: This statistical brief provides estimates of trends in the number of children ages 0–17 who lack a usual source of care in the United States for the period from 2004–2014. Based on data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC), the estimates are presented according to insurance status, family income, and race/ethnicity.

Keywords: Access to care, Child health, Data, Medical home, National surveys, Statistics, Trends

Heider F, Wirth B, Kuznetsov RD. 2016. Medicaid managed care: Challenges and opportunities for pediatric medical home implementation and children and youth with special health care needs. Elk Grove Village, IL: National Center for Medical Home Implementation, 5 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet for Title V programs, clinicians, and family leaders provides information about the potential effect of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care on children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and their families. Topics include requirements for managed care organizations in CHIP and opportunities to mitigate potential unintended negative consequences of Medicaid managed care for CYSHCN and their families. Promising practices and strategies from states are included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Children, Contract services, Enrollment, Family centered care, Health care delivery, Health care reform, Medicaid managed care, Medical home, Model programs, Primary care, Service delivery systems, Special health care needs, State MCH programs, Youth

Jankovsky K, Walter AW, Yuan Y, Dworetzky B. 2016. Alternative payment strategies: Must-know definitions that will impress your colleagues. Boston, MA: Catalyst Center, the National Center for Health Insurance and Financing for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, 2 pp.

Annotation: This glossary is designed to help Title V staff, family leaders, policymakers, providers, advocates, and others become familiar with definitions of alternative health service payment strategies. Topics include value-based purchasing, value-based insurance design, and patient-centered medical homes. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Costs, Family centered care, Health care financing, Health insurance, Medical home, Reimbursement

Thomas J, Taylor S; The Parents' Place of Maryland . 2016. Parent Partners in the Medical Home. Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 19 pp.

Annotation: These presentation slides emphasize the value of parent involvement in the medical home for children with special health care needs. A description of the benefits to pediatric practices and families; key traits of parent partners; parent partner training; and opportunities for parents within the medical home model are among the topics addressed.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Maryland , Medical home, Models, Parent participation

National Center for Medical Home Implementation. 2015. Building your medical home: An introduction to pediatric primary care transformation. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, Division of Children with Special Needs,

Annotation: This resource provides direction, resources, and tools to pediatric medical home clinicians and practices seeking to advance their knowledge and understanding of the medical home concept as it relates to practice transformation. Contents include resources and strategies for starting medical home transformation, integrating key functions of a medical home into practice, and sustaining changes. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Health care reform, Medical home, Model programs, Resources for professionals, Service integration, Sustainability

Children's Partnership and the Pacific Center for Special Care. 2015. The virtual dental home. Santa Monico, CA: Children's Partnership, 2 pp.

Annotation: This document describes the Virtual Dental Home, a system that combines technological advances with work force innovations to bring oral health care to children where they already spend time, such as at schools and Head Start sites. Topics include barriers to accessing oral health care among children in California, how the system works, client satisfaction and quality of care, and economic benefits. The document also provides information about efforts to advance state policy changes and educate stakeholders about how they can implement the Virtual Dental Home in their communities.

Keywords: Access to health care, California, Children, Medical home, Model programs, Oral health, Oral health care, Policy development, Statewide planning, Sustainability, Systems development, Technology, Work force

Moses K, Klebonis J. 2015. Designing Medicaid health homes for individuals with opioid dependency: Considerations for states. Baltimore, MD: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7 pp.

Annotation: This brief highlights key features of approved health home models in Maryland, Rhode Island, and Vermont that are tailored to individuals with opioid dependency. It identifies important considerations in developing opioid dependence-focused health homes, including: (1) leveraging opioid treatment program requirements; (2) promoting collaboration across multiple state agencies; (3) supporting providers in transforming into health homes; and (4) ecnouraging information sharing.

Keywords: Maryland, Medical homes, Rhode Island, State initiatives, Substance abuse treatment services, Vermont

Vigil J, Kattlove J, Litman R, Marcin J, Calouro C, Kwong MW. 2015. Realizing the promise of telehealth for children with special health care needs. Palo Alto, CA: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, 31 pp., fact sheet (1 p.)

Holtby S, Zahnd E, Grant D. 2015. Ten-year trends in the health of young children in California: 2003 to 2011–2012. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 9 pp.

Annotation: This brief presents 10-year trends in several key health and wellness indicators for infants and children from birth to age 5 in California. The indicators are health insurance coverage, source of medical care, dental visits, overweight-for-age, parents singing and reading to their child and going out with their child, and preschool attendance.

Keywords: California, Children, Health insurance, Infants, Medical home, Oral health, Oral health care, Preventive health services, Reading, School attendance, School readiness, Trends

Damiano PC, Reynolds JC, McKernan SC, Mani S, Kuthy RA. 2015. The need for defining a patient-centered dental home model in the era of the Affordable Care Act. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa, Public Policy Center, 32 pp.

Annotation: This report describes medical home and dental home models of care, Affordable Care Act–related health care system changes, and options for integrating oral health care and other health care. Topics include medical-dental integration approaches, features of highly integrated systems, integrating oral health into medical and health home models, integrating oral health into training programs, advantages and barriers to integration, and future directions for the patient-centered dental home.

Keywords: Family centered services, Health care delivery, Health care reform, Health insurance, Medical home, Model programs, Oral health, Oral health care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Patient care, Service coordination, Service delivery systems, Service integration

Mass Family Voices. 2015. Family engagement guide: The role of family health partners in quality improvement within a pediatric medical home. Boston, MA: National Institute for Children's Health Quality, 47 pp.

Annotation: This guide provides direction on how to effectively engage family perspectives in a pediatric practice. Topics include examining the role and benefits of family health partners (FHPs); building practice readiness for FHPs as team members; family training and partner orientation; building communication and leadership skills; and evaluating, sustaining, and improving family engagement and the FHP role. Handouts for families and practices are included. The guide is available in English and Spanish.

Keywords: Families, Medical home, Patient care teams, Pediatric care, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Role, Spanish language materials, Training

Wisconsin Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Medical Home Systems Integration Project. 2015. Wisconsin state plan to serve more children and youth within medical homes, including those with special health care needs. Madison, WY: Wisconsin Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program, 61 pp.

Guan K, Harrison D, Lane J. 2015. Drawing a picture: Adolescent centered medical homes. [Ann Arbor, MI]: University of Michigan Health System, Adolescent Health Initiative,

Annotation: In this video, adolescents explain what makes them feel welcome when visiting the doctor’s office. They address aspects such as physical space, policies, procedures, and priorities. The video showcases a person drawing illustrations on a whiteboard to demonstrate how a medical clinic can cater to the needs of adolescents. This includes aspects such as space planning, creating a welcoming atmosphere, providing inclusive spaces, and ensuring privacy, among others. This project was supported by the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation Youth Council and the Michigan Department of Community Health. Length: 3 minutes, 13 seconds.

Keywords: Adolescents, Medical home

Moses K, Ensslin B. 2014. Seizing the opportunity: Early Medicaid health home lessons. Hamilton, NJ: Center for Health Care Strategies, 10 pp.

Reach Out and Read National Center. 2014. Improving school readiness in Washington state through Reach Out and Read . Boston, MA: Reach Out and Read National Center, 31 pp.

Annotation: This final report describes the school readiness project that took place between March 2009 and February 2014 to integrate the Reach Out and Read program into Washington's state and local school readiness efforts so that vulnerable children are better prepared to learn when they enter kindergarten. The report describes the need for the program, the goals and objectives, methodology, evaluation, results, outcomes, future plans, and sustainability of the project. It also discusses the collaboration that took place and the partnerships formed. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.]

Keywords: Early childhood development, Medical home, Reading, School readiness, State programs, Washington
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