Inc Health Services Advisory Group
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Adults with various types of disabilities in the United States have reduced access to routine screening and experience lower utilization of preventive health care services than recommended. CDHCPF wants to eliminate health disparities among persons with disabilities and to ensure that Medicaid members have access to preventive health care.
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) is a specific health care program within Medicaid for persons from birth through 20 years of age. EPSDT provides a comprehensive child health program to help ensure that health problems are identified, diagnosed, and treated early, before they become more complex and before their treatment becomes more costly.
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
This was the third-year submission of the Foothills Behavioral Health Partners (FBHP) Reducing ED Utilization for Youth PIP. This topic addressed CMS' requirements related to quality outcomes--specifically, access to, and quality of, care and services. The purpose of this study was to reduce the rate of emergency department (ED) visits for a covered mental health diagnosis that did not result in a hospitalization within 24 hours of the ED visit.