Toolkit: State Resources

	State EPSDT Programs
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State EPSDT Programs

Click on the map below or scroll down the page to access state-specific EPSDT programs and resources. Please note that state EPSDT program names vary and may change. If you have specific questions about an EPSDT program, contact the state Medicaid department.

If you would like to submit information about a state EPSDT program or resource, please e-mail Bright Futures at Georgetown University. Other state resources are also available.

Alabama:

• EPSDT Program: Well Child Check-Up
• Periodicity Schedule: Included in Provider Manual, pg. A-2
• Dental Periodicity Schedule (PDF)

Alaska:

• EPSDT Program
• Periodicity Schedule: (also included in Administrative Code, item (d))

Arizona

• EPSDT Program | KidsCare (CHIP)
• Provider Manual, Chapter 400, Policy 430 (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: adapted from the AAPD Dental Guidelines( PDF)
• Tracking Forms for EPSDT visits (PDF)
• Raising Healthy Arizona Kids: Getting to Know EPSDT (video)

Arkansas:

• EPSDT Program: ARKids First A
• Medicaid Beneficiary Handbook (PDF)
• Provider Tools
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)

California:

• EPSDT Program: Medi-Cal EPSDT
• Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Based on intervals outlined in AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Colorado:

• EPSDT Program
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)

Connecticut:

• EPSDT Program: HUSKY - Healthcare for Uninsured Kids and Youth, Part A
• EPSDT Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Included in Reference Guide
• HUSKY Outreach Tools

Delaware:

• Delaware Medical Assistance Program
• Provider Policy Manual (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Adapted from AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

District of Columbia:

• EPSDT Program: HealthCheck: Includes Electronic Resources and online Provider Education System for DC pediatricians
• DC Medicaid HealthCheck Periodicity Schedules:
  • Periodicity Schedule follows AAP schedule in consultation with the local medical community (PDF)
  • Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines in consultation with the local medical community (PDF)

Florida:

• EPSDT Program: Child Health Check-up
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule

Georgia:

• EPSDT Program: Health Check
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Hawaii:

• EPSDT Program: Med-Quest EPSDT
• Provider Manual (Chapter 5) (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)

Idaho:

• EPSDT Program: Healthy Connections/EPSDT
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Illinois:

• EPSDT Program: Healthy Kids
• Facebook Page
• Handbook for Providers (PDF)
• Appendices
• Administrative Code
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Indiana:

• EPSDT Program: Health Watch/EPSDT (PDF)
• Administrative Code (Title 405, Article 5, Rule 15, pg. 35)
• Periodicity Schedule (Title 405, Article 5, Rule 15, pg. 38 in Administrative Code)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Iowa:

• EPSDT Program: Care for Kids
• Provider Web Site
• Periodicity Schedule (PDF)

Kansas:

• EPSDT Program: KAN Be Healthy (KBH)
• Provider Manual, (pg. 2-5) (2008) (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Kentucky:

• EPSDT Program: Well Child Checks l Special Services
• EPSDT Services Manual (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• EPSDT Brochure (PDF)

Louisiana:

• EPSDT Program: BAYOU HEALTH
• Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Maine:

• EPSDT Program
• Well Child Visit forms (PDFs)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule (PDF)

Maryland:

• EPSDT Program: Maryland Healthy Kids Program
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Massachusetts:

• EPSDT Program
• Provider Manual (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Included in Provider Manual
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Michigan:

• EPSDT Program: Healthy Kids
• EPSDT Policy Manual (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)

Minnesota:

• EPSDT Program: Child and Teen Checkups (C&CT)
• Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Mississippi:

• EPSDT Program: Mississippi Cool Kids
• Provider Policy Manual – EPSDT Sections: Administrative Code | Provider Reference Guide
• Provider Billing Manual
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Missouri:

• EPSDT Program: Healthy Children and Youth (HCY)
• Provider Manual – EPSDT Guidelines (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)

Montana:

• EPSDT Program: Well Child EPSDT
• Montana Medicaid Handbook (PDF)
• Provider Manual (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule (PDF)

Nebraska:

• EPSDT Program: Health Check
• Nebraska CHIP Program is an expansion of Medicaid as health care coverage for qualified children who are without other health insurance and who do not qualify for Medicaid. Federally called the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), it provides the same services covered under Medicaid.
  
• Social Services Manual, Chapter 33 - EPSDT
• Periodicity Schedule: AAP schedule recommended as guideline for content and frequency (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Nevada:

• EPSDT Program: HEALTHY KIDS: Contains information on:
• Toolkit of Healthy Kids-EPSDT Resources
• Listing of Healthy Kids/EPSDT Services
• More Nevada Resources
• Medicaid Services Manual, EPSDT Section 1500 (PDF)
• Screening/Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

New Hampshire:

• EPSDT Program: Healthy Kids Gold
• Physician Provider Manual, Page 2-33 EPSDT (Word document).
  • Periodicity Schedule: Appears on Page 2-35 of Provider Manual
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

New Jersey:

• EPSDT Program: NJ FamilyCare Program
• Administrative Code, Title 10, 10:58A-2.11- EPSDT
• Periodicity Schedule (Fact Sheet)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• NJ FamilyCare Fact Sheet/Checklist (PDF)

New Mexico:

• Salud! (NM Medical Assistance Division): EPSDT Program: New MexiKids and New MexiTeens
• EPSDT Services
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule
• EPSDT Rsource Handbook (PDF)
• FAQs about EPSDT (Parents Reaching Out; PDF)
• Dental Services (Human Services Register)

New York:

• EPSDT Program: Child Health Plus A
• Provider Manual (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

North Carolina:

• EPSDT Program: Health Check
• Policy and Procedures Guide (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows a modified version of AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

North Dakota:

• EPSDT Program: Health Tracks
• Provider Manual, EPSDT, Page 106 (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Ohio:

• EPSDT Program: Healthchek
• Healthchek Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Administrative Code, Chapter 5101:3-14, EPSDT
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule

Oklahoma:

• EPSDT Program: Child Health Checkup/SoonerCare
• Provider Manual
• Periodicity Schedule
• Dental Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• Forms for EPSDT Visits – 1 Week to 20 Years

Oregon:

• EPSDT Program: Housed in various places, through state waiver, in the Oregon Health Plan
• Administrative Code - EPSDT Section: 410-130-0245
• Periodicity Schedule: periodicity described in the Administrative Code
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Pennsylvania:

• Pennsylvania Code, Chapter 1241, EPSDT
• Medicaid Eligibility Handbook Section 309.51 EPSDT
• Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Rhode Island:

• Healthcare for Families with Children (EPSDT Program: RIte Care)
• Periodicity Schedule
• Dental Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• RIte Care Health Insurance: A Celebration of Children’s Health (PDF): Describes 10 reasons RIte Care makes a difference

South Carolina:

• EPSDT Program: Partners for Healthy Children (PHC)
• Provider Manual, Policies and Procedures, EPSDT, Pages 2-53 through 2-66
• Periodicity Schedule: Appears on Page 2-62 through 2-63 of the Provider Manual
• Quick Reference Guide (PDF)

South Dakota:

• EPSDT Program: Healthy Kids Klub
• Professional Services Manual, EPSDT, Page 24 (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule (PDF)

Tennessee:

• EPSDT Program: TENNder Care
• EPSDT Provider Manual
• Welcome Brochure (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule
• Dental Periodicity Schedule (PDF)

Texas:

• EPSDT Program: Texas Health Steps (THSteps)
• Periodicity Schedule: (In Color and Black/White)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)
• Oral Health Program
• THSteps Outreach Brochure: Describes the program and services in English and Spanish
• Provider Forms: Include child health clinical record forms and THSteps Checkup forms

Utah:

• EPSDT Program: Child Health Evaluation and Care (or CHEC)
• Utah Provider Manuals
• Periodicity Schedule, Appendix C (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Vermont:

• EPSDT Program: Dr. Dynasaur
• Provider’s Toolkit
• Periodicity Schedule
• Dental Periodicity Schedule (PDF)

Virginia:

• EPSDT Program
• EPSDT Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule (PDF)

Washington:

• EPSDT Program: Apple Health for Kids
• Medicaid Provider Guide: EPSDT Program (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule
• Washington Apple Health EPSDT Provider Guide
• Medicaid Provider Guide: Billing Instruction

West Virginia:

• EPSDT Program: Health Check
• Provider Manual (PDF)
• Parent Informaiton
• Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Wisconsin:

• EPSDT Program: HealthCheck
• Screening Services Handbook (PDF)
• Periodicity Schedule (PDF)
• Dental Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAPD Dental Guidelines (PDF; schedule included)

Wyoming:

• EPSDT Program: Health Check
• EPSDT Newsletters
• Periodicity Schedule: Follows AAP schedule
• Dental Periodicity Schedule (PDF)

 

State EPSDT/Medicaid Publications

See the MCH Library Knowledge Path on EPSDT for an overview of EPSDT resources, resources for professionals, oral health services, and resources for families.

 

State Health Departments

Links to State Health Departments by region and by state

 

State Immunization Programs and Contacts

State Immunization Program Websites (Immunization Action Coalition)

State and Project Coordinators (Immunization Action Coalition)

 

State Newborn Screening

National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center (PDF) - provides state-specific screening contacts