Medical Homes in Puerto Rico
This page is designed to keep you informed about events
and activities happening in Puerto Rico that will help improve
access to medical homes for children with special health care
needs (CSHCN).
Click on a topic below to learn more about what's
going on in Puerto Rico
Medical Home Initiatives
This section provides information
on state medical home initiatives/programs. States that
are a part of the mentorship
network will have a "Promise to the State"
which outlines how they will achieve ensuring that all children
have a medical home by 2010. This is based on the Healthy
People 2010 goals which is a 10 year action plan to
achieve and
measure
success for all CSHCN.
Puerto
Rico Medical Home Contact:
Name: Gloria Bezares Salinas, MSC
Contact: Phone: 787-274-3350 | Email:
gbezares@salud.gov.pr
Champions
for Progress Center: State Incentive Award
Goal: To develop partnerships
between families, providers, and insurance companies so
that these groups are able to work together to promote care
for CSHCN within a medical home.
For more information contact:
Gloria Bezares Salinas, MSC
Habilitative Services Division
Puerto Rico Department of Health
P.O. Box 70184
San Juan, PR 00936-8184
Phone: (787) 274-3350
Email: gbezares@salud.gov.pr
Related Grant Initiatives
This section provides information
on current state grants that are working on medical home
initiatives. This includes the grant abstract as well as
key contacts for the grant.
No information is currently available for this category.
Partners in the State
This section provides information on who in the state
(individuals and agencies) are working together to create
medical homes for children.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Chapter:
Contact President: Lillian Rivera, MD at 787/840-7663
or victoria@pol.net
or the Chapter Executive
Director, Marisol Capote, at 787/840-0052 or solcapote@hotmail.com.
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
www.aafp.org/cgi-bin/chapterlookup.pl?chapter=pr
Title V Block Grant to States
Title V of the Social Security Act is one of the largest
Federal block grant programs. It leads the nation in ensuring
the health of all mothers, infants, children, adolescents,
and children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Title
V is administered by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau
(MCHB) as part of the Health Resources and Services Administration,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Title V and Children with Special Health Care
Needs
MCHB Objective: Support development and
implementation of comprehensive, culturally competent,
coordinated systems of care for the estimated 18 million
U.S. children who have or are at risk for chronic physical,
developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions and
who also require health and related services of a type
or amount beyond that required by children generally.
MCH Contact:
Maria del C. Rullan, MD
MCH Director
Address: PO Box 70184
San Juan, PR 00936
Phone: 787-274-5680 | Fax: 787-274-5523
Email: mrullan@salud.gov.pr
Internet site: www.salud.gov.pr
CSHCN Contact:
Naydamar Perez de Otero, MD, MPH
CSHCN Director
Address: PO Box 70184
San Juan, PR 00936
Phone: 787-274-5660 | Fax: 787-274-3301
Email: nperez@salud.gov.pr
Internet site: www.salud.gov.pr
Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Contact(s):
State EHDI programs promote universal newborn hearing screening,
develop effective tracking and follow-up as a part of the
public health system, promote appropriate and timely diagnosis
of the hearing loss, prompt enrollment in appropriate Early
Intervention, link newborns to a medical
home and strive to eliminate geographic and financial barriers
to service access.
Name: Naydamar Perez de Otero, MD, MPH
Contact: Phone: 787-274-5660 / 5659 |
Fax: 787-274-3301 | Email: nperez@salud.gov.pr
Early Intervention/Part C Coordinator:
The Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
(Part C of IDEA) is a federal grant program that assists
states in operating a comprehensive statewide program of
early intervention services for infants and toddlers with
disabilities, ages birth through age 2 years, and their
families.
Name: Naydamar Perez de Otero, Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (787) 274-5659 | Fax:
(787) 274-3301 | Email: nperez@salud.gov.pr
Web site: www.salud.gov.pr/Dsh/
Section 619/ Preschool Grants Program of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This program
provides free appropriate public education (FAPE) for children,
ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities:
Name: Maria Yolanda Vazquez, Director
for Early Childhood
Contact: Phone: (787) 759-7228 | Fax:
(787) 753-7691
Email: vazquez_mar@gobierno.pr | Web site
State Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) Chairs:
The ICC advises appropriate agencies on the unmet needs
in early childhood special education and early intervention
programs for children with disabilities, assists in the
development and implementation of policies that constitute
a statewide system, and assists all appropriate agencies
in achieving full participation, coordination, and cooperation
for implementation of statewide system.
Name: Ana Navarro, ICC Chair
Contact: Phone: (787) 759-6546 | Fax:
(787) 759-6719
Resources/Documents
Puerto Rico Resources:
www.nichcy.org/stateshe/pr.htm
A publication of the National Information Center for
Children and Youth with Disabilities
Puerto Rico Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities:
www.fetaweb.com/help/pr.htm
State Waiver Information: www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidStWaivProgDemoPGI/08_WavMap.asp
Waivers are the result of a process that allows state Medicaid
agencies to apply for and receive permission from HCFA to
provide services not otherwise covered by Medicaid and/or
to do so in ways not described by the Social Security Act.
Most Medicaid managed care programs require Waivers. The
Waivers, which can differ greatly, are known by their numbers
(1115, 1119), or as home-and community-based, or as Katie
Beckett Waivers.
Educational Initiatives
This section provides information on training initiatives
on the medical home. Some states will discuss their outreach
projects in relation to physicians, families, and the community.
No information is currently available for this category.
Screening
Initiatives
This section provides information on surveillance
and screening initiatives in the state.
State Newborn Screening & Genetics Programs:
genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/resources.htm
- State Newborn Screening
Program Links
- State Genetics Program
Links
- Regional Genetics and
Newborn Screening
Collaborative Links
- Newborn Screening
State Contact Fact
Sheet
State Resources on the Internet
Note: The information provided on the state pages was submitted
by the state medical home teams.As this is not an exhaustive
list, please let us know if you have additions for your
state resource page. You can contact us at: medical
home@aap.org.
Last Updated
August 28, 2008
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