Iowa identified and analyzed Medicaid barriers related to screening, identification, and intervention services as a step toward policy improvement. Many of the perceived barriers were not actual policy barriers but rather misunderstandings and misperceptions on the part of Iowa’s health care providers. Because of this, there were a limited number of policy issues to address.
This section contains resources for "Improving Policy" developed by Iowa.
- Iowa Medicaid: Opportunities to Support the Healthy Mental Development of Iowa's Young Children
Iowa ABCD Project. (2006).
This report from the clinical workgroup of the Healthy Mental Development Panel I to the Iowa EPSDT Interagency Collaborative Board outlines recommendations to improve the healthy mental development of young children.
App. 7 Med Opp Ex Summ..doc - Medicaid Barriers to Implementation of the Three Level Identification System
Iowa's ABCD Project. (2005).
This resource is a draft version of the guiding principles, recommmendations, and billing codes for Levels 1-3 of developmental and behavioral suveillance.
Appendix 3 - MEDICAID BARRIERS- 6.doc - ABCD II Findings and Recommendations to Iowa Medicaid to Support the Healthy Mental Development of Iowa’s Young Children
Iowa ABCD Project (2006).
This report to Iowa Medicaid details findings and recommendations from ABCD pilot sites and the Medicaid Barriers workgroup in an effort to improve EPSDT services and add to the Medicaid Reform Child Health Plan.
App. 8 ABCDII Recs to Medicaid.doc - Informational letter: Billing Developmental services
Iowa Department of Human Services, Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (Jan 11, 2007).
This resource is an informational release regarding payment for use of standardized screening tool is not including in the reimbursement for a child’s preventive office visit or E/M service. This letter describes the codes used to bill for each standardized screening tool.
4-Informational Release.doc - Medicaid Barriers to Interventions Work Group Roster
Iowa's ABCD Project. (2005).
This resource is a list of workgroup members, staff and responsibliites of the Medicaid barriers to Inverventions workgroup under the ABCD Healthy Mental Development panel.
IA Work Group Members.doc - Medicaid Opportunities to Support the Healthy Mental Development of Iowa’s Young Children
Iowa ABCD Project (July 22, 2006)
This report (a final draft listed before in draft version) from the ABCD II Clinical Panel to the Iowa EPSDT Healthy Mental Development Collaborative Board details findings and recommendations to further the intent of the federal EPSDT mandate and add to the Medicaid Reform child health plan to improve preventive health care for Iowa children.
3-Opportunities-Medicaid.doc - Minimum Standards and Guidelines
Iowa's ABCDII Project. (2006).
This resouce is the final guidelines for Medicaid providers supporting the healthy mental development of Iowa’s young children, birth through 3 years.
10-Minimum Standards and Guildelines.doc - Principles to Guide Iowa's System of Developmental Services for Children and their Families
Iowa's Developmental Services Workgroup. (September 2002).
This resource outlines principles to guide interactions with children, families, and communities by Medicaid providers and was developed by the Developmental Services Workgroup under the Healthy Mental Development Panel.
Appendix Seven.pdf - Recommendations to implement the Iowa Medicaid standards for identification of young children with developmental or social-emotional problems
Iowa's ABCD II Healthy Mental Development Initiative. (2006).
This draft document (for reveiw by providers) is a set of recommendations for protocols and tools to help providers implement standards of care that will appropriately identify developmental and social-emotional concerns in children from birth through 3 years who participate in Medicaid.
App.4--Id Stds Impl1.doc - Child and Family Policy Website
Website designed to link research and policy on issues vital to children and families and advocating for evidenced-based strategies to improve child outcomes. Here you'll find research and policy information to help you promote strong children and families. You'll also find updates on our work to advance outcome-based policies that improve children's well-being.(from Website)
http://www.cfpciowa.org/ - Billing Codes for Iowa’s EPSDT Care for Kids Services
Iowa Department of Human Services. Available online at: http://www.iowaepsdt.org/Services/BillingCode.htm#screening.
This EPSDT Care for Kids website section contains billing code information. It clarifies that providers may crosswalk the Early Childhood DC: 0-3 with the DSMIV or ICD-9 diagnostic codes to bill for the screening service (see
http://www.iowaepsdt.org/Services/BillingCode.htm#screening - Billing Codes for Iowa's EPSDT Care for Kids Services
Iowa Department of Human Services. Available online at: http://www.iowaepsdt.org/Services/BillingCode.htm#screening. This EPSDT Care for Kids website section contains billing code information. It clarifies that providers may crosswalk the Early Childhood DC: 0-3 with the DSMIV or ICD-9 diagnostic codes to bill for the screening service (see
http://www.iowaepsdt.org/Services/BillingCode.htm#screening
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