Advancing Children’s Healthy Development
TUESDAY, JUNE 28
[12:00 – 12:30] Lunch
[12:30 – 12:45] Welcome and Introductions
Resources: Slides available here
Elisabeth Wright Burak, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF)
Bernadette Sangalang, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
[12:45 – 1:45] State Updates
[1:45 – 3:00] How do we approach screening? How do we most effectively communicate our work?
Resources: Slides available here
Facilitators: Elisabeth Wright Burak, Georgetown CCF
Emily Gardner and Edit Ruano, Spitfire Strategies
[3:15 – 4:15] Federal perspectives on improved access to screenings and interventions
Resources: HHS Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive
Slides available here
Speakers: Katherine A. Beckmann, Senior Policy Advisor for Early Childhood Health, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Interdepartmental Liaison for Early Childhood, HHS Administration for Children and Families
Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Senior Policy Advisor, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Children and Adults Health Programs Group
[4:15 – 5:15] Opportunities for progress with the new Medicaid Managed Care Rule
Resources: Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Final Rule
CCF Series on Medicaid Managed Care
- Looking at the New Medicaid/CHIP Managed Care Regulations Through a Children’s Lens
- Medicaid/Managed Care: Improving Consumer Regulations
The State of Children’s Health Care Quality in Medicaid and CHIP: State Strategies to Promote Reporting and Performance
Slides available here
Facilitator/Speaker: Tricia Brooks, Georgetown CCF
Respondent: Marsha Lillie-Blanton, CMS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29
[8:30 – 9:30] Identifying opportunities within the Medicaid reimbursement structure to enhance access to screenings
Resources: State Medicaid Reimbursement Policies for Developmental Screening
Slides available here
Speakers:
Carrie Hanlon, Project Director, National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
Donna Cohen Ross, Principal, Health Management Associates
[9:30 – 10:30] How do we effectively build an IT infrastructure that allows us to capture/track screens/referrals/treatment?
Resources: Slides available here
Facilitator: Tricia Brooks, CCF
Speaker: Kimberly Martini-Carvell, Executive Director, Help Me Grow National Center
[10:30 – 11:30] Intersections with the Early Intervention System
Resources: State Medicaid and Early Intervention Agency Partnerships to Promote Healthy Child Development
Slides available here
Speakers:
Jill Rosenthal, Senior Program Director, National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
Ron Benham, Treasurer, IDEA Infant & Toddler Coordinators Association and Director, Division for Children & Youth with Special Health Needs, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
[11:30 – 12:00] Reflections and Next Steps
