Iowa developed a provider training to cover topics including: proposed identification standards, best practices in developmental screening, autism screening, family risk assessment, and healthy mental development. At the direction of the ABCD II Board, $75,000 in state dollars was secured to support statewide training of health care providers in the finalized standards, protocols and tools. Iowa Medicaid matched these funds with $75,000 in federal Medicaid match.
This section contains resources for "Improving Quality" developed by Iowa.
- ABCD II Prevention and Identification Workgroup Report June 14, 2004
Iowa ABCD II Prevention and Identification Workgroup (2004).
This resource summarizes the Prevention and Identification Workgroup efforts around detailing miinimum clinical standards for providers in the identification of developmental, social-emotional, and behavioral problems in children birth to three years.
Appendix Five.pdf - ABCDII Gaps/Barriers to Interventions at the Demonstration Sites
Iowa ABCD Project (2006)
This resource summarizes results from Iowa's Care Coordinators survey regarding barriers faced when referring families for services. Particularly, they were asked to document when a needed or recommended service was not available, and why.
5-Barriers Report.doc - Educational Objectives: Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD II) Project
Iowa ABCD Project (2006).
Educational objectives for training on the revised approach to child health care delivered through the Medicaid EPSDT program. The training was held at Pella Medical Clinic, March 16, 29 & 30, 2006.
App. Two--PellaTraining.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--Conference Call Minutes
Iowa ABCD Project. (2005).
This resource details conversations between workgroup members discussing perceived and real Medicaid barriers and opportunities--an insightful look into cooperative problem solving and interagency collaboration.
IA Nov conf call on Medicaid barriers.doc - Healthy Mental Development in the Young Child: The Case for Practice Change newsletter
Alfred Healy, Kay DeGarmo. (Care for Kids Newsletter Vol. 14 No. 1 Winter 2007).
This newsletter outlines the scientific understandings in child development that highlight the need for health providers to alter their current practices.
Winter2007.pdf - Proposal for ABCDII Evaluation Study Focus Groups
The Iowa ABCDII Evaluation Committee (March 2006)
This document details the ABCD project's recommendations for using focus group methods to obtain data regarding project-related questions of interest beyond the three required NASHP performance measures.
App. One -Eval-Focus Grp Plan 3-06.doc
|
