WIC/HRSA
Coordination Book
Health
Systems Research, Inc. (HSR) was awarded a one and a half year contract
by FNS to research and develop a "Best Practices Handbook"
designed to promote and facilitate the coordination and integration
of the WIC program with health care and social support services provided
through Community/Migrant Health Centers (C/MHC) and Indian Health Services
(IHS) clinics. This effort was the third and final stage of a project
required by WIC reauthorization legislation to foster coordination among
the WIC program and collaborating primary health care agencies.
The Handbook
showcases programs that have demonstrated model initiatives in a variety
of organizational, fiscal and clinical areas and have significantly
improved the coordination and/or integration of services. Additionally,
the handbook was designed to serve as a tool to motivate WIC, C/MHC
and IHS providers to develop and implement concrete action plans to
strengthen coordination.
Improving
the Outcome of State Health and Human Service Initiatives: Integrating
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Strategies (Workshop Summary)
This
document summarizes the key sessions of a workshop held for State policymakers
to address the issues of integrating services within health and human
service delivery to better assist those patients with mental health
and substance abuse problems. (Prepared for AHRQ, 1999)
Regional
State Team-Building Workshops on the State Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP), Executive Summary
50 kb file
Between
December of 1998 and May of 1999, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) and its centers -- the Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment (CSAT), the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP),
and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) -- sponsored four 2-day
State team-building workshops on CHIP to provide multidisciplinary teams
from States with information about national outreach efforts and strategies
for expanding mental health and substance abuse benefits under CHIP.
The workshops were held in Texas, South Carolina, Rhode Island, and
Alaska. (Prepared for CSAT Division of State and Community Assistance,
1999)
TIE
Communique on Substance Abuse Treatment and the State Children's Health
Insurance Program
50 kb file
The topic
of the State Children's Health Insurance Program and the valuable opportunity
this program presents to States to access additional resources for comprehensive
quality mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services
for children and adolescents is addressed by policymakers, providers,
researchers, clinicians, and State and county personnel. (Prepared for
CSAT Division of State and Community Assistance, Fall 1999) 365 KB PDF
downloadable.
Achieving
Service Integration for Children with Special Health Care Needs: An
Assessment of Alternative Medicaid Managed Care Models: Volumes 1 and
2
Vol. 1 (149 kb file)
Vol. 2 (564 kb file)
To gain
a more complete understanding of the effects of managed care on service
delivery for CSHCN, the National Policy Center for Children with Special
Health Care Needs studies eight States with different Medicaid managed
care models and, using qualitative evaluation methods, examined the
extent to which the alternative models supported effective, cross-system
service integration for CSHCN. This report presents the results of this
analysis. Volume 1 is a synthesis of study results and Volume 2 contains
the case studies. (Prepared for MCHB, July 1999)
Understanding
the Alphabet Soup of Managed Care Integrated Delivery Systems (Workshop
Summary)
This summary
covers a workshop held in Philadelphia in October 1998 which addressed
the information needs of State and local policymakers and program administrators
who have responsibility for providing oversight of and contracting with
integrated health care delivery systems. (Prepared for AHRQ, 1998)
TIE
Communique on Substance Abuse Treatment and Welfare Reform
372 kb file
This summarizes
a discussion by policymakers, providers, researchers, and State and
county personnel about the impact of Federal and State welfare reform
efforts on substance abuse agencies, and the impact of substance abuse
treatment on welfare reform. (Prepared for CSAT Division of State and
Community Assistance, Fall 1998)
Community
Development Training for Rhode Island Division of Family Health
173 kb file
For the
State of Rhode Island, HSR assisted the Division of Family Health (DFH)
in implementing its Community Family Health Initiative (CHFI), an effort
designed to facilitate improved integration of Division-funded programs
at the community level. The report is a compendium of reports from five
consultation site visits HSR conducted in Rhode Island, during which
it provided community development training to DFH and community representatives
participating in CHFI. (Prepared for Rhode Island Department of Health,
1996) 173KB PDF downloadable.
Delivering
and Financing Services for Vulnerable Children Under Health Care Reform
211 kb file
For the
State of Minnesota, HSR and its consultant analyzed alternative service
delivery and payment options for "wrap-around" services for
four populations of vulnerable children under the State's health care
reform initiative: children with special health care needs, children
at psychosocial risk of poor growth and development, adolescents, and
low-income children who face barriers to accessing health services.
(Prepared for Minnesota Department of Health, November 1995)
A
Consolidated Contract between the South Carolina Maternal and Child
Health and Medicaid Programs for the Provision of Family Support Services
under the Palmetto Health Initiative
139 kb file
For the
State of South Carolina, HSR facilitated the initial integration of
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services within the South Carolina Department
of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and Medicaid managed care.
The report presents a draft contract between Medicaid and MCH defining
a package of "wrap around" Family Support Services-including
outreach, risk assessment, case management, health education, nutritional
services, social work services, and caregiver training-that could continue
to be provided by DHEC providers and reimbursed by Medicaid within a
managed care environment. (Prepared for South Carolina Department of
Health and Environmental Control, 1995)
