 Medical
Homes in South Carolina
This page is designed to keep you informed about events
and activities happening in South Carolina 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 South Carolina
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.
South Carolina Medical Home Contact:
Name: Sarah Cooper
Contact: Email: coopers@dhec.sc.gov
State Team Roster
 The
SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control has been awarded
an MCHB State Implementation Grant for Integrated Community
Systems of Services for CSHCN -
Abstract
Contact Person: Sarah
Cooper coopers@dhec.sc.gov
Goals and Objectives: The
project's overarching goal is the creation of an inclusive,
community-based systems of care for CYSHCN. Six goals address
the six core outcomes for CYSHN. Comprehensive grant objectives
support the integration of state and community based systems
of services through the careful collection and analysis
of primary and secondary data designed to support policy
development, the creation of innovative partnerships across
agencies and disciplines to implement needed organizational
change, and comprehensive training strategies that include
participant input designed to support and guide policy analysis
and change. For
more information about this grant and the program objectives
click
here.
South Carolina Statewide Medical Home Implementation Plan
Promise to the State 
MCHB Medical Home Grant: Abstract
Project Period: 3 years From: 3/31/02 to
3/31/05
The project’s primary purpose is to ensure all CSHCN
receive ongoing, comprehensive care through an effective
medical home that fully and respectfully includes the family,
links efficaciously with sub-specialty physicians and with
a wide range of community organizations offering services
to this population. Education and training for physicians
and families, will be a central theme of all grant activities
and will help build capacity and infrastructure for expanding
true medical homes statewide.
"A series of mentor medical home sites are being developed
by the S. C. State Medical Home Team under the leadership
of the Title V program in the S C. Department of Health
and Environmental Control. The majority of project activities
are funded by a three-year grant from HRSA that began in
2002. Key members of the State Medical Home Team include
representatives of the state’s chapter of the American
Academy of Pediatrics, Family Connection of South Carolina,
Inc., the state’s Medicaid agency, and the University
of South Carolina School of Medicine." (excerpt from
Palmetto Pediatrics - A Case Study of Dr. Robert Walker's
Medical Home Mentor Site)
- Medical Home
progress report (June, 2003)
- Medical
Home progress report (February, 2004)
- Case study of
the first South Carolina medical home mentor site
(June, 2004)
The Data: "Specifically, Medicaid
data is used to examine office visits, inpatient hospitalizations,
emergency room visits, pharmacy claims, and dental services.
A comparison group matched on demographic, diagnostic,
and health service utilization descriptors was created...
The most dramatic difference, which was statistically
significant, was the rate of emergency room visits resulting
in inpatient hospitalizations for the case group from
the pre-medical home quarters (1 4) to the medical home
year quarters (5 8)."
- Palmetto
Pediatrics - A Case Study of Dr. Robert Walker's Medical
Home Mentor Site
"Palmetto Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic is a large
practice that includes 16 physicians working in 4 office
locations in the Greater Columbia Metropolitan Area in
central South Carolina. The practice patient population
is characterized as fairly educated and affluent with
the majority of parents of children with special health
care needs equipped and empowered to navigate their systems
of care and advocate on their children’s behalf.
Approximately 26% of practice patients are Medicaid eligible."
- A Case Study
of FREE - Families and Residents Educational Experience
"The FREE program at the University of South Carolina
School of Medicine is a collaborative effort between the
Department of Pediatrics and Family Connection. The program
teaches pediatric residents the knowledge and skills necessary
to provide family-centered, community based care for children
with special needs and their families. This program is
unique in that families are the teachers and the community
becomes the classroom."
Champions
for Progress Center: State Incentive Award
Goal: to educate providers, parents, and agency representatives
about the lessons learned through existing mentor medical
home sites, to educate those groups about existing and potential
resources that support the six national performance measures,
and to expand data collection and commitment to the medical
home concept and the systems changes necessary to achieve
the six measures.
For more information contact:
Betsy Wolff
Family Connection of South Carolina
913 Woodland Drive
Columbia, S.C. 29205
Phone: (803)782-0238
Fax: (803)743-9052
Email: betsywolff@aol.com
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.
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Grant
2002-2006
Health Care Access for Western York County: Success
By 6 of York County, Rock Hill, SC
Purpose: Establish affordable, accessible healthcare
to children in York County, South Carolina. Through a collaborative
partnership with public schools, county health clinic, Rock
Hill Pediatrics, corporate sponsors, and additional grant
funding, a countywide health clinic and nurse partnership
program has been established. Four clinics have been established
in York County, each operating in donated space one day
per week. The aim of the network of health clinics is to
increase preventive care, access to sick child care, and
prenatal care to children and families in York County by
providing a free health care clinics in four geographically
dispersed areas of the county. For more information on this
project
click here.
For more information on the Healthy Tomorrows Grant Program
click here. For more information on HTPCP projects,
please e-mail your name, address, telephone, and fax numbers
with your specific request to healthyt@aap.org.
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: www.scaap.org
This years Child Advocate
Award from the SC Chapter of the AAP goes to Ms. Connie
Ginsberg, Executive Director of Family Connection of South
Carolina, Inc.
Click
here to learn more about
Ms. Ginsberg's significant contributions to the health
and well-being of South Carolina's children.
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
www.scafp.org/
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:
Brenda Martin, RNC, MN, CNAA
MCH Bureau Director
Address: 1751 Calhoun Street Room N249
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-898-3780 | Fax: 803-898-2065
Email: martinby@dhec.sc.gov
Internet site: www.scdhec.gov
CSHCN Contact:
Cheryl Waller, BSN, MPH
CSHCN Division Director
Address: 1751 Calhoun Street Room N249
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-898-0789 | Fax: 803-898-2065
Email: wallerc@dhec.sc.gov
Internet site: www.scdhec.gov
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, ensure a medical home for all newborns and
strive to eliminate geographic and financial barriers to
service access.
Name: Tara Carroll
Contact: Phone: 803/898-0708
E-mail:
carroltp@dhec.sc.gov
Web site: www.scdhec.net/health/mch/cshcn/programs/firstsound.htm
Baby Net - 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: Cheryl Waller, Interim Part C
Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (803) 898-0591 | Fax:
(803) 898-0613 | Email: wallercj@dhec.sc.gov
Web Site: www.scdhec.net/babynet/
Section 619/Special Education for ages 3-5 Coordinators:
This program provides free appropriate public education
(FAPE) for children, ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities:
Name: Norma Donaldson-Jenkins, 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (803) 734-8811 | Fax:
(803) 734-4824
Email:
njenkins@sde.state.sc.us
Web site: www.myscschools.com/offices/ec/
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: Norma Donaldson-Jenkins, ICC Chair
Contact: Phone: (803) 734-8811 | Fax:
(803) 734-4824 | Email: njenkins@sde.state.sc.us
Name: Michael Jameson, ICC Vice Chair
Contact: Phone: (864) 579-7640 | Email:
mej1965@att.net
Resources/Documents
South Carolina Educational Television stations
(SC ETV) aired Special Children Special Care on Sunday,
April 6.
An
hour long documentary about South Carolinians
special
children and their stories of challenge and caring. A cooperative
effort of South Carolina ETV and the State Medical Home
Team. You can view this program
by clicking on the links below:
If
you'd like to purchase this program for your own library,
visit SCETVStore.org
and click on New Releases or enter "special care"
in the search box.
Download
the flyer about
the medical home broadcast on SC ETV and share this information
with family and friends. You can also download
the
viewer guide for Special Children, Special Care
For more information you can contact www.familyconnectionsc.org.
A Provider's Introduction to Strengthening Medical
Homes for CSHCN - Brochure
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 27, 2008
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