Iowa

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.
• Advancing the Pediatric Medical Home: Iowa Section 2703 Health Home Program
  Iowa implemented two statewide health home programs; one includes Medicaid pediatric beneficiaries with chronic conditions and  the other focuses on integration of behavioral health and primary care.
• State Innovation Model Testing Award
  Iowa was awarded a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid State Innovation Model Testing Award in December 2014. Through this grant, Iowa is implementing strategies to transform a state's health care delivery system through multi-payer payment reform and additional state initiatives.

• Iowa Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  This professional organization provides news, advocacy/legislation information, resources, and opportunities to connect with pediatric experts within Iowa.
• Family Voices of Iowa at Access for Special Kids Resource Center
  The Family-to-Family Health Information Center and Family Voices State Affiliate Organization of Iowa provides resources, peer support, education, and information to families of children with special health care needs.
• Iowa Title V
  A profile of Iowa'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.
• Iowa Medicaid
  State Medicaid Directors Contact Information
  Find information on Medicaid programs, resources, providers, and contacts within Iowa.

• Iowa 2016 CHIP Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet provides key information about Iowa Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
• Iowa Medicaid Fact Sheet
  Provides information on the number of children in Iowa 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, Iowa 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, Iowa 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 Iowa Medical Home State Page
  This state page summarizes Medicaid and CHIP initiatives in Iowa that promote medical home implementation.
• Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Iowa PCMH Map
  This state page summarizes public and private payer patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiatives in Iowa.