There are no announcements at this time.

Current Activities

• Medical Home Chapter Champions Program on Asthma, Allergy, and Anaphylaxis
  This program supports the facilitation and dissemination of best practices, evidence-based guidelines, and resources in asthma, allergy, and anaphylaxis for clinicians throughout the state.

• Alliance for Innovation on Maternal and Child Health Learning Collaborative
  Pennsylvania is participating in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau funded Alliance for Innovation on Maternal and Child Health Learning Collaborative. As part of this initiative, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) gathered information related to access to care and coverage issues from patient/family and clinician perspectives in Pennsylvania. In addition, the AAP reviewed current Pennsylvania Early Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements to compare the services offered with the services recommended within the Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision.
  
• Pennsylvania Medical Home Initiative
  In partnership with Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, this program assists pediatric practices with implementation of care coordination, particularly for children and youth with special health care needs.
• Pennsylvania Medical Home Transition Program
  This program provides support and technical assistance to adult and pediatric primary care providers with transitions of care, particularly for children and youth with special health care needs.
• Pennsylvania Chronic Care Initiative
  This program involves over 170 primary care practices enrolled in regional learning collaboratives to enhance care coordination, case management, and population health outcomes. Partnering organizations include the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Past Activities

• Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Quality Demonstration Grants
  Pennsylvania was a lead on one of 10 grants funded to improve health care quality and delivery systems for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
• Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program
  With funding from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, these community-based projects address health disparities and implement components of the pediatric medical home. Past projects in Pennsylvania include the following:
• Promoting Health through Community Collaboration Initiative
• Medical Home/Care Coordination for High-risk Infants: Baby Steps for Health
• Connect Kids to Health
• 215Go! A Comprehensive Pediatric Obesity Clinic
• The Nurse Family Partnership at Pocono Health System
• Healthy Families Expansion Project
• Prevention and Remediation through Inclusive Early Intervention
• The Tioga County Fit for Life Project
• Family Growth Center Pilot Project
• Primary Care for Children in Foster Care and Homeless Shelters
• Primary Care Physicians: Caring for Low-Income Children with Special Health Needs
• Technology Dependent Children's Service: Prevention and Remediation through Inclusive Early Intervention

• Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  This professional organization provides news, advocacy/legislation information, resources, and opportunities to connect with pediatric experts within Pennsylvania.

• Parent Education and Advocacy Leadership Center
  The Family Health Information Center and Family Voices State Affiliate Organization of Pennsylvania provides education, information, and peer support to families of children with special health care needs.

• Pennsylvania Title V
  A profile of Pennsylvania's state Title V program, includes contact information for the Maternal and Child Health and the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program.
• Pennsylvania Medicaid
  State Medicaid Directors Contact Information
  Find information on Medicaid programs, resources, providers, and contacts within Pennsylvania.
• Pennsylvania Children's Health Insurance Program
  Find information Pennsylvania's Child Health Insurance program, eligibility, resources, and contacts.
• CAP4KIDS
  A community resource locator for families and child health professionals; provides contact information that pediatric practices can utilize to enhance care coordination for families of children and youth with special health care needs.

• Pennsylvania 2014 CHIP Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet provides key information about Pennsylvania's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at a time when Pennsylvania was implementing the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization and the Affordable Care Act.

• Pennsylvania Medicaid Fact Sheet
  Provides information on the number of children in Pennsylvania eligible, enrolled, and unenrolled in Medicaid.
• State at-a-glance Chartbook on Coverage and Financing for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
  This chartbook provides state specific data on select indicators of health coverage and financing for children and youth with special health care needs.
• Medical Home Data Portal, Pennsylvania State Profile, CYSHCN
  This profile summarizes pediatric medical home results from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN), 2009/2010.
• Medical Home Data Portal, Pennsylvania Profile, All Children
  This profile summarizes pediatric medical home results from the National Survey of Children's Health, 2007.
• National Academy for State Health Policy Pennsylvania Medical Home State Page
  This state page summarizes Medicaid and CHIP initiatives in Pennsylvania that promote medical home implementation.
• Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Pennsylvania PCMH Map
  This state page summarizes public and private payer patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiatives in Pennsylvania.