“Many low-income children persistently lag behind their peers cognitively, socially, physically, and emotionally due to difficult social and emotional environments, a lack of developmental services, and other challenging circumstances. This toolkit reflects the experiences of the Enhancing Child Development Services in Medicaid Managed Care workgroup – 10 health plans and a primary care case management program – that collaborated to develop best practices for enhancing child development services. Health plans using this toolkit will learn how the BCAP Quality Framework can be applied to design and evaluate pilot projects to improve developmental services for children from 0-3 years old. Case studies illustrate how individual plans conducted their projects. The online resources include practical tools for organizations designing programs to enhance early child development screening and services.” – Publisher’s description CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgements Foreword Section 1: Enhancing Child Development Services in Medicaid Managed Care Section 2: Enhancing Child Development Services Using the BCAP Quality Framework Section 3: Early Identification Using Standardized Developmental Screening Tools Section 4: Reaching Out to Members Section 5: Working with Providers Section 6: Reimbursement for Developmental Screening and Testing Section 7: Tracking Referrals Section 8: Conclusion: What is the Return on Investment for Health Plans? Section 9: Case Studies Directory of Online Toolkit Resources
