EPSDT (Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment) - A Guide for Educational Programs

摘要

The Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program is the preventive health component of Medicaid which serves the 0-21 year old population. Although created in 1967, EPSDT has never reached the full universe of eligible children and youth. In order to promote child health, and to improve school health services, two components of the Department of Health and Human Services (Office of Child Health of the Health Care Financing Administration, and Bureau of Community Health Services of the Public Health Service) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the Department of Education have prepared this guide to orient educational agencies to EPSDT and to help identify appropriate roles for schools in the EPSDT program. The guide also contains lists of State and Federal Medicaid, health, and education agencies who can assist in implementing EPSDT/school projects.