 Medical
Homes in Alabama
This page is designed to keep you informed about events
and activities happening in Alabama 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 Alabama
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.
Alabama
Medical Home Contact:
Name: Linda Lee - Executive Director,
AAP Chapter
Phone: 334/954-2543 | Email:
llee@aap.net
State Team: Roster
Alabama Medicaid: Bringing Health to Life: Medical
Home Health Literacy
Through the Medicaid program, physicians can earn enhanced
case management fees for each patient in their panel when
they join other Patient 1st PMPs in earning up to nine hours
category 1 or AAFP credit for participating in Medicaid’s
free CME activity, Bringing Health to Life: Medical Home
– Health Literacy. All you have to do is complete
either the adult or pediatric CME post-test/evaluation at
the end of each of the three modules — Medical Home,
Health Literacy, and Medicaid 101.
In addition to the training modules, the CD also contains
an extensive library that puts valuable resources at your
fingertips as you provide care to children and adults in
the Patient 1st program. For more info on this program go
to: www.medicaid.alabama.gov/programs/patient1st/index_patient1st.aspx?tab=4
Chapter CATCH project, “Medical Home for Children
with Special Health Care Needs: Parent Partnership Model”,
is piloting the use of parent-advocates to assist parents
of special needs children in accessing services.
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.
No information is currently available
for this category.
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.alchapaap.org/
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
www.aafp.org/chapterweb/alabama.html
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:
Chris R. Haag, MPH
Deputy Director, Bureau of Family Health Services
Address: Alabama Dept. of Public Health, PO Box 303017
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3017
Phone: (334) 206-5331 | Fax: (334) 206-2950
Email: chaag@adph.state.al.us
Internet site: www.adph.org
CSHCN Contact:
Melinda Davis, MS, CCC-A
Assistant Commissioner
Address: Children's Rehabilitation Service 2129 E. South Blvd.
Montgomery, Alabama 36116
Phone: (334) 281-8780 | Fax:(334) 613-3553
Email: melinda.davis@rehab.alabama.gov
Internet site: www.rehab.alabama.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, ensure a medical home
for all newborns and
strive to eliminate geographic and financial barriers to
service access.
Name: Melissa Tucker
Contact: Phone: 334-206-2920 | Fax: 334-206-2950
Email: melissatucker@adph.state.al.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: Elizabeth Prince, Part C Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (334) 613-3543 | Fax:
(334) 613-3541
Email: bdprince@rehab.state.al.us
Web site: www.rehab.state.al.us/Home/default.aspx?url=/Home/Services/AEIS/Main
Section 619/Special Education for ages 3-5 Coordinators:
This program provides free appropriate public education
(FAPE) for children, ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities:
Name: Phyllis Mayfield, 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (334) 242-8114 | Fax:
(334) 242-9192
Email: phyllism@alsde.edu
Web site: www.alsde.edu/html/sections/section_detail.asp?section=65&footer=sections
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: Glenn Harger, ICC Chair
Contact: Phone: (334) 479-4900 | Fax:
(334) 479-4998 | Email: gharger1947@aol.com
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 27, 2008
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