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	Network Resources: Peer Mentoring Network: Funding: Medicaid
	Peer Mentoring Network Innovative Strategies Regional Resource Centers Quality Assurance/ Credentialing Training State Systems Funding Events	Guiding Questions Additional Resources Guiding Questions 1) Have you communicated with your state Medicaid administrator and familiarized yourself with the state Medicaid plan? Is your liaison willing to spend time pursuing Medicaid resources on your behalf? 2) Is home visitation an eligible service under your state plan and if not what process is needed to make it one (amendments to legislation, formal review process through federal liaison, etc.)? 3) How high is your state's federal matching rate and which health care systems administer Medicaid in your state? 4) Do you have adequate staffing to address administrative components of Medicaid processing? 5) What mechanism do you have in place to capture the Medicaid eligible population served by your program? Additional Resources The Medicaid Resource Book, The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, July 2002. Free copies available through www.kff.org or by calling the publication request line at 800-656-4533. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Central administration site offering state plan and contact information. More... Families USA - A wealth of state specific Medicaid data and an action kit. More... Room to Grow: Promoting Child Development Through Medicaid and CHIP." The Commonwealth Fund, June 2001. More... MCH Update 2002: State Health Coverage for Low-Income Pregnant Women, Children, and Parents." National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. Highlights state specific eligibility issues. More... Child Development Services in Medicaid Managed Care Organizations: What Does It Take? " Carolyn Berry et al., Pediatrics, vol. 106, no. 7, July 2000. Copies are available from American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point Blvd., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098, Phone: 888-227-1773, Fax 847-434-8000, E-mail: journals@aap.org.
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