 Medical
Homes in Montana
This page is designed to keep you informed about events
and activities happening in Montana that will help improve
access to medical homes for children with special health care
needs (CSHCN).
Click on a topic below to learn more about what's
going on in Montana
Medical Home Initiatives
This section provides information
on state medical home initiatives/programs. States that
are a part of the mentorship
network will have a "Promise to the State"
which outlines how they will achieve ensuring that all children
have a medical home by 2010. This is based on the Healthy
People 2010 goals which is a 10 year action plan to
achieve and
measure
success for all CSHCN.
Montana Medical Home Contact:
Name: Mary Noel - Children's Special
Health Services
Contact: Phone: 406-444-6992 | Email:
manoel@state.mt.us
Related Grant Initiatives
This section provides information on
current state grants that are working on medical home initiatives.
This includes the grant abstract as well as key contacts
for the grant.
 The Mountain States Regional Collaborative (AZ, CO, MT, NM, NV, TX, UT & WV) was awarded a Medical Home Visting Professorship (2008)
The state of Montana was awarded a Genetics Visiting Professorship (2008)
Medical Home/Genetics Visiting Professorship Pilot Program
The American Academy of Pediatrics National Center for Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs and the American College of Medical Genetics' National Coordinating Center for the Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Service Collaboratives (NCC) in partnership with the ACMG and MCHB recently developed a pilot visiting professorship program. This program focuses on the specific topic areas of genetics and medical home and also establishing linkages between Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Services Collaboratives (RCs) and AAP Chapters.
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program
Grant (2004)
Follow the Child - Missoula, MT
Follow the Child will integrate foster children and their
foster parents into the MCCHD public health nursing home
visiting program and public health clinic, and into other
preventive health programs for which the child is eligible.
Foster children will have a designated medical home where
they receive routine well child and medical care, periodic
developmental screening and assessment, and a reduced incidence
of substantiated child abuse and neglect. Each child in
family foster care and group home care will have baseline
health data established. Key baseline indicators will be
identified and tracked for each child's participation in
Follow the Child. Foster parents will be educated about
their child's actual or potential health problems.
Projects Goals & Objectives: The goals
of this project are: 1) To integrate all Missoula County
foster children into existing public health systems of preventive
health care, and 2) To develop a system to collect retrievable
health information (medical record) that can follow the
child.
For more information on the Healthy
Tomorrows Grant Program click
here For more information on any of these HTPCP
projects, please e-mail your name, address, telephone, and
fax numbers with your specific request to healthyt@aap.org.
Hemophilia Grant: Abstract
Project Period: June 1, 2002 through May
31, 2005
Purpose: The purpose of this proposal is
to continue the family-centered, community-based comprehensive
hemophilia care supporting the successful existing structure
of Hemophilia Treatment Centers (HTCs) in MCHB Region VIII.
Partners in the State
This section provides information on who in the state
(individuals and agencies) are working together to create
medical homes for children.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Chapter: Chapter
Fact
sheet 
Executive Director Jan Donaldson at 406/443-5006 or sweenycrik@aol.com
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
www.aafp.org/chapterweb/montana.html
Title V CSHCN Program - Children's Special Health Service's
(CSHS): www.dphhs.mt.gov/cshs/index.shtml
Title V Block Grant to States
Title V of the Social Security Act is one of the largest
Federal block grant programs. It leads the nation in ensuring
the health of all mothers, infants, children, adolescents,
and children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Title
V is administered by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau
(MCHB) as part of the Health Resources and Services Administration,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Title V and Children with Special Health Care
Needs
MCHB Objective: Support development and
implementation of comprehensive, culturally competent,
coordinated systems of care for the estimated 18 million
U.S. children who have or are at risk for chronic physical,
developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions and
who also require health and related services of a type
or amount beyond that required by children generally.
MCH Contact:
Jo Ann Walsh Dotson, RN, MSN
Chief, Family & Community Health Bureau
Address: 1218 E. 6th Avenue
Helena, MT 59620-2951
Phone: 406-444-4743 | Fax: 406-444-2750
Email: jdotson@mt.gov
CSHCN Contact:
Mary Runkel, RN MSN
Supervisor, Childrens Special Health Services
Address: 1218 E. 6th Avenue
Helena, MT 59620-2951
Phone: 406-444-3617 | Fax: 406-444-2750
Email: mrunkel@mt.gov
Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Contact(s):
State EHDI programs promote universal newborn hearing screening,
develop effective tracking and follow-up as a part of the
public health system, promote appropriate and timely diagnosis
of the hearing loss, prompt enrollment in appropriate Early
Intervention, link newborns to a medical
home and strive to eliminate geographic and financial barriers
to service access.
Name: Sib Clack
Contact: Phone: 406-444-4119 | Fax: 406-444-2606
E-mail: sclack@state.mt.us
Early Intervention/Part C Coordinator:
The Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
(Part C of IDEA) is a federal grant program that assists
states in operating a comprehensive statewide program of
early intervention services for infants and toddlers with
disabilities, ages birth through age 2 years, and their
families.
Name: Judy LeRoux, Part C Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (406) 444-5647 | Fax:
(406) 444-0230
Email:
jleroux@state.mt.us
Web Site: www.dphhs.state.mt.us/dsd/index.htm
Section 619/ Preschool Grants Program of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This program
provides free appropriate public education (FAPE) for children,
ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities:
Name: Daniel McCarthy, Preschool/Monitoring
Specialist
Contact: Phone: (406) 444-4425 | Fax:
(406) 444-3924
Email: danmcc@state.mt.us
Web Site: www.metnet.state.mt.us/
State Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) Chairs:
The ICC advises appropriate agencies on the unmet needs
in early childhood special education and early intervention
programs for children with disabilities, assists in the
development and implementation of policies that constitute
a statewide system, and assists all appropriate agencies
in achieving full participation, coordination, and cooperation
for implementation of statewide system.
Name: Kelly Johnson, ICC Chair
Contact: Phone: (406) 755-2425 | Fax:
(406) 755-2426 | Email:
kjohnson@wmcdc.org
Resources/Documents
The University of Montana Rural Institute:
Center for Excellence in Disability Education, Research,
and Service
ruralinstitute.umt.edu/
State Waiver Information: www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidStWaivProgDemoPGI/08_WavMap.asp
Waivers are the result of a process that allows state Medicaid
agencies to apply for and receive permission from HCFA to
provide services not otherwise covered by Medicaid and/or
to do so in ways not described by the Social Security Act.
Most Medicaid managed care programs require Waivers. The
Waivers, which can differ greatly, are known by their numbers
(1115, 1119), or as home-and community-based, or as Katie
Beckett Waivers.
Educational Initiatives
This section provides information on training initiatives
on the medical home. Some states will discuss their outreach
projects in relation to physicians, families, and the community.
No information is currently available for this category.
Screening
Initiatives
This section provides information on surveillance
and screening initiatives in the state.
Developmental Surveillance and Screening Policy
Implementation Project (D-PIP)
South Valley Pediatrics from Hamilton,
MT is participating in the Developmental Surveillance and
Screening Policy Implementation Project (D-PIP). The D-PIP
has selected 17 practices from across the United States
to implement the AAP policy statement (scheduled for publication
in July 2006) “Identifying Infants and Young Children
with Developmental Disorders in the Medical Home: An Algorithm
for Developmental Surveillance and Screening” to 1)
determine if the algorithm is efficiently and effectively
implemented into pediatric practice; 2) recognize strategies
for implementing the algorithm; and 3) examine outcomes
of implementation. Following the project, information and
outcomes will be shared with pediatric clinicians and other
health care professionals who are seeking to improve the
delivery of developmental surveillance and screening.
Click
here for additional information on the D-PIP.
State Newborn Screening & Genetics Programs:
genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/resources.htm
- State Newborn Screening Program Links
- State Genetics Program Links
- Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative
Links
- Newborn Screening State Contact Fact Sheet
State Resources on the Internet
Note: The information provided on the state pages was submitted
by the state medical home teams.As this is not an exhaustive
list, please let us know if you have additions for your
state resource page. You can contact us at: medical
home@aap.org.
Last Updated
August 25, 2008
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