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Identification of the Foster Care Population in the Pediatric Practice

Identification of the Foster Care Population in the Pediatric Practice. Based on the Wilmington Health – Pediatrics experience. Disclaimer. No source is 100% accurate. This is a “weeding out” process. Determine your practice parameters Does your practice want to :.

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Identification of the Foster Care Population in the Pediatric Practice

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  1. Identification of the Foster Care Population in the Pediatric Practice Based on the Wilmington Health – Pediatrics experience

  2. Disclaimer No source is 100% accurate. This is a “weeding out” process

  3. Determine your practice parametersDoes your practice want to: • Follow patients in county of practice • Follow patients in surrounding counties • Follow patients in traditional foster placement • Follow patients in non-traditional foster placements (trial home placement, relative/kinship placement, non relative placement)

  4. At the beginning of project, Wilmington Health – Pediatrics chose to follow patients in New Hanover County DSS custody in both traditional and non-traditional foster placements. Due to great demand, we’re currently establishing a protocol for Pender and Brunswick County DSS.

  5. Identification of Current Patients – Getting started • Utilize Medicaid Portal Informatics Center to filter your practice data to reflect patients receiving HSF or IAS Medicaid. You can also filter per set practice parameters. (Be aware: This will also pull adoption subsidy patients. Also, this may not capture patients in DSS custody in non-foster/relative placement and receiving other forms of Medicaid) • Work is in process so IC will provide more accurate information

  6. Identification of Current Patients • Obtain list from your DSS contact of children in foster care linked to your practice • Cross reference lists – this will aid in removing children who have been adopted and receiving IAS Medicaid as adoption assistance

  7. Create a means to identify Foster Care Population in your practice • How will you know a child is in DSS custody? • Who is responsible for this task? • What will it look like in practice EMR?

  8. Pop ups created in scheduling database to alert scheduling staff • High Priority Reminder created in EMR – with AAP Foster Care Standard of Care Schedule • V61.06 or V61.05 indicated in Problem List

  9. Receiving New Foster Care Patients • Establish a referral protocol with DSS for children coming into DSS custody who are not linked with another provider or being transferred from another provider • Develop forms for the referral process as well as forms within practice appropriate to the foster care population

  10. DSS Social Worker forwards DSS-5243 – Child Health Status Component, Foster Care PHI Authorization, and all available medical records • Chart created (updated for current patients), pop ups/reminders added • Appointment scheduled Current protocol for receiving new referrals

  11. Patients seen per AAP’s Foster Care Standards of Care • Screening tools applied (PEDS, MCHAT, PSC) • Referrals made for specialty care/behavioral health • Physical form/Health Summary form generated to DSS social worker. Ongoing

  12. 85 Foster Children served • Reduced Well Child Check delinquency rate from 21% (traditional) to 1 ½ % (foster care standards) • 74 Foster Care Well Child Checks completed • 21 Specialty referrals • Reduced ER visits – 5 ER visits in 3 months prior to program inception; 1 since Foster Care Coordination program highlights from 10/1/12 – 1/31/13

  13. Questions?

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