Participants will receive a review of the EPSDT schedule and will hear from peer PMCHs on the topics of effective strategies for lead screening and follow-up, approaches for developmental screenings and follow-up and outreach processes and strategies for increasing preventive care visits, with robust discussion around effective interventions as well as barriers and challenges.

Agenda:

1:00 p.m. to 1:05 p.m. – Overview of the EPSDT Schedule & Introduction to the Knowledge Café Format – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)

1:05 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. – Knowledge Cafe: Lead Screening and Follow-up – Rafela Valez, RN, Director of Quality and Risk Management, Berks Community Health Center and Maryann Salib, DO, MPH, Associate Medical Director of Community Health & Wellness, Population Health and Clinical Quality Assurance, Ezperanza Health Center

Discussion Questions:

a. What has or hasn’t worked well in your PCMH’s approach to lead screening and follow-up?

b. How has your PCMH configured roles to support your lead screening and follow-up?

2:00 p.m. to 2:25 p.m. – Knowledge Cafe: Outreach Strategies to Increase Preventative Visits - Courteney Wilkinson, Population Health Program Coordinator, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Penn Medicine

Discussion Questions:

a. Has your PCMH used telehealth or care management approaches to reach your lapsed care patient population?

b. For no-show appointments, what approaches has your PCMH used or considered to identify and address barriers and close disparities?

c. How have MCOs partnered with PCMHs to support patient outreach for preventative visits?

2:25 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Next Steps & Wrap Up – Lisa Boyd, Program Specialist, PRHI