CHCS EPSDT Modernization Initiative

In partnership with the George Washington University Center on Health Policy

Research, CHCS is working to modernize how Early and Periodic Screening,

Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) services are accessed, financed, delivered and

monitored. Families and providers are faced with many challenges in receiving

and delivering the numerous services that fall under EPSDT.  Several critical

changes have occurred since the inception of EPSDT, such as the evolution of

managed care, a change in the role of the public health system, increasing state

and federal fiscal pressures, and changes in our understanding of effective child

health and development services.  CHCS' EPSDT initiative will develop a set of

policy and procedural recommendations that address key deficiencies in the cur 

rent system and give child serving agencies and managed care organizations con 

crete tools to re orient EPSDT toward integrated service provision, continuous

quality improvement, and measuring key health outcomes. The proposed recom 

mendations will be tested in partnership with at least one state, its managed care

contractors, and providers in a model demonstration project. 

CHCS' EPSDT initiative is funded by the Commonwealth Fund, The David and

Lucille Packard, The Annie E. Casey, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundations.

More information about CHCS' EPSDT initiative can be found at www.chcs.org

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