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• Financing Strategies for Medicaid Reimbursement of Maternal Depression Screening by Pediatric Providers, Brief
  Karen VanLandegehm. (Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy, April 2006). This news brief explores how pediatric providers (e.g., pediatricians, family physicians, and nurse practitioners) can play a key role in early intervention for maternal depression and provides sound financing strategies for Medicaid reimbursement.
  http://www.nashp.org/Files/Maternal_depression_screening_brief.pdf

• How Medical Claims Simplification Can Impede Delivery of Child Developmental Services.
  Anne Markus, Sara Rosenbaum, and Alexandra Stewart. (New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund, August 2005). This report examines HIPAA administrative standardization and the process of modifying the standardized codes. It assesses the implications of HIPAA standardization for payment of Medicaid-covered early childhood preventive and developmental services, drawing on findings from a 50-state, point-in-time review of readily available state HIPAA compliance documents conducted in December 2004. (From web Executive Summary)
  http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=290754

• Reimbursing for Screening
  Susan Castellano, Chris Collins, Sally Nadolsky, and Debby Saunders. (December 2007). This PowerPoint presentation (shared at the December 3, 2007 ABCD TA call) draws from the experiences of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and North Carolina to summarize the strengths and weaknesses of various options for reimbursing for screening.
  Reimbursing for Screening - final.ppt

• Using Title V Maternal & Child Health Services Block Grant to Support Child Development Services
  Sara Rosenbaum, Michelle Proser, Andy Schneider, et al., (New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund January 2002). This report explains how services provided through the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant can be used to foster optimal child development intervention services in the early years of life. (From Executive Summary)
  http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/rosenbaum_titlev_481.pdf