Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program February Update

Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program – Year 2 Update 75% of practices enrolled in the Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program met 3 out of 4 January immunization / lead screening targets or improvement targets. Practices that achieved this milestone should have received their payment by February 13. Practices can expect to receive ongoing KIDSNET performance reports around the 18^th of the month which will provide a status of the practice’s achievement in meeting 3 out of 4 immunization / lead screening targets or improvement targets for the next milestone in April. In addition, practices have available to them through KIDSNET, a new immunization report that will assist practices in identifying children that are due for immunizations. Instructions on the use of this report can be found here. Your Practice Facilitators are here to help. A special thank you to KIDSNET and RIDOH Lead Program staff for their heroic efforts in ensuring that immunization and lead screenings were properly reflected for the Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program January performance report.

80% of practices attended the 1st Behavioral Health ECHO® on Difficult Conversations which focused on vaccine hesitancy. Practices are eligible for participation payment based on practice staff attending 4 out of 6 Behavioral Health ECHO® Learning Sessions with practice payment due in July 2023. Completion of an evaluation for each session attended is required to receive credit for attendance. Please register for the February 22 Behavioral Health ECHO learning session with topics and dates below:

All practices participating in the Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program (Year 2) were encouraged to attend the February Improving Child Health in RI (formerly PCMH Kids Stakeholder) meeting. Drs. Flanagan and Lange provided an update on the Medicaid Pediatric Recovery Program and congratulated practices for their achievements to date. Janet Limoges, KIDSNET demonstrated use of the new KIDSNET immunization reports and provided helpful tips. In addition, Lori Clark, RIDOH Lead Program shared information on which lead screening data is needed when entering information into KIDSNET. Lastly, Stephanie Trafka, RIPIN shared survey results on what parents say they have found helpful when speaking with their pediatricians when making vaccination decisions. Of those parents who were surveyed, over 90% of children were indicated to be up-to-date on their recommended immunizations. Dr. Flanagan shared the following article: Reframing the Conversation about Child and Adolescent Vaccinations.

If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to your practice facilitator or Carolyn Karner at ckarner@ctc-ri.org. Funding for this program was provided by EOHHS and the Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program.