 Medical
Homes in Louisiana
This page is designed to keep you informed about events
and activities happening in Louisiana 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 Louisiana
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.
Louisiana
Medical Home Contact:
Name: Linda Pippins - Children's Special
Health Services (CSHS)
Contact: Phone: 504-568-5055 | Email:
lpippins@dhh.la.gov
Louisiana Statewide Medical Home
Implementation Plan: Promise
to the State 
Louisiana was selected to be part of the National NICHQ
Medical Home Learning Collaborative - A fifteen-month
collaborative activity to improve care for the growing population
of CSHCN. This initiative focuses on 3 practices in the
state and assists them in completing a quality improvement
process to provide medical homes to their patients with
special needs. It also assists in building the capacity
of Louisiana's CSHS and other health department programs
to support and extend this approach after the completion
of the project period. For more information you can go to
the project
overview.
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.
Medical Home: Primary Care for the 21st Century Is This the Path to Quality and Value in Health Care? Presentation
Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum, May 23, 2008
Richard C. Antonelli, MD, FAAP
Assoc Prof Pediatrics, Univ Conn SOM
Chief of General Pediatrics
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
AAP National Center for Medical Home Initiatives Project Advisory Committee
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:www.laaap.org/
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
www.lafp.org/
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:
Joan Wightkin, DrPH, MPH
MCH Administrator
Address: Office of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health P.O. Box 3214
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-3214
Phone: 225-342-7981 | Fax: 225-342-2256
Email: jwightki@dhh.la.gov
CSHCN Contact:
Susan Berry, MD
CSHCN Director
Address: Office of Public Health, CSHS 1450 L & A Road
Metairie, Louisiana 70001
Phone: 504-568-5055 Fax: 504-568-7529
Email: sberry1@dhh.la.gov
Healthy Ready to Work: www.hrtw.org/about_us/proj_files/hrtw_la.html
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.
Web site:
www.oph.dhh.louisiana.gov/childrensspecial/hearspeech/index.html
Name: Lorraine E. Farr, M.S
E-mail: lfarr1@dhh.la.gov.
Name: Dwana Johnson Green, M.P.H.,
Follow-Up Coordinator
E- mail: ddjohnson@dhh.la.gov
Name:Christy Fontenot; M.A.,CCC-A
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program Coordinator
Contact: Phone: 337.837.3648
Name: Terri Mohren ; M.Ed
System Development Coordinator
Contact: Phone: 504-271.1251
Name: Susan Berry, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Children's Special Health Services
Contact: phone 504-568-8250 | Fax 504-568-5854
E-mail: sberry1@dhh.la.gov
Name: Amy Fass, MPH
Epidemiologist
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
Contact: phone: 504-568-5055 | E-mail:
alfass@dhh.la.gov
Name: Mary Jo Smith
Tracking Specialist
Contact: phone 318-627-5714
ChildNet - 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: Nichole Dupree, Program Manager
I
Contact: Phone: (504) 599-1072 | Fax:
(504) 599-1082
Email: nmdupree@dhh.la.gov
Web site: www.oph.dhh.state.la.us/childrensspecial/earlyinterventionservices/index.html
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: Susan Crowther, 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (225) 342-3730 | Fax:
(225) 342-5297
Email: susan.crowther@la.gov
Web site: www.doe.louisiana.gov/lde/eia/home.html
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: Senator Willie Mount, ICC Chair
Contact: Phone: (337) 491-2016 | Fax:
(337) 433-8080
Email: lasen27@legis.state.la.us
Name: Janie Martin - Executive Director
Contact: Phone 225-219-7560 | Fax 225-219-7561
| E-mail: Janie.Martin@gov.state.la.us
Resources
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.
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 26, 2008 |
