Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC)
Minnesota's Early Periodic Screening,
Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program
What is C&TC?
The Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC) Program is Minnesota's
Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program. It is a
preventative health care program for children under 21 years of age who are
enrolled in Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare.
The Federal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and
Treatment (EPSDT) Program was established in 1967 as a preventive component
of the Medicaid Program. EPSDT provides for the coverage of comprehensive and
periodic evaluation of health, developmental and nutritional status, in addition
to vision, hearing, and dental screening services to all Medicaid enrolled children
from birth to 21 years of age. The program's primary goal is to prevent disease
and detect treatable conditions early to avoid further serious health problems
and more costly health services.
Minnesota's EPSDT program is called the Child and Teen
Checkups (C&TC) Program and is the responsibility of the Department of Human
Services (DHS). About 375,000 Minnesota children are eligible to receive Child
and Teen Checkups through Medical Assistance or Minnesota Care.
The recommended C&TC periodicity schedule is based
on a public health model which promotes wellness for a population (Medicaid-eligible
children) with the goal of optimal benefit to the individual and community.
This public health model sometimes differs from specific clinical approaches
which focus mainly on individual clients in the general population.
In addition, the C&TC periodicity schedule has been established for a population
of children that are at higher risk than the general pediatric population. According
to the C&TC periodicity schedule, screening visits must include: a comprehensive
health and developmental history, including assessment of physical and mental
health development; a comprehensive unclothed physical examination; assessment
of hearing, vision, and dental health; age appropriate immunizations; laboratory
tests including blood lead assessment appropriate for age and risk factors;
and, health education. These requirements are based on Minnesota State Rules
and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for EPSDT.
Additional Resouces
Training Information
An online training module is available to learn about developmental and social-emotional screening in Minnesota, especially for providers of Child & Teen Checkups (Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment [EPSDT]).
The Minnesota Department of Health is offering an easy to use online training module for a wide variety of child-serving providers such as staff in private and public clinics, day care providers, Early Childhood Screening (ECS) and Head Start screeners, home visitors, and others. This information was posted 07/01/08.
Developmental and Social-Emotional Screening Online Training Module
Quality Indicators
Minnesota
Quality Indicators for Child Health and Developmental Screening: A Comprehensive
Framework to Build and Evaluate Community-Based Screening Systems (Quality
Indicators Framework) [PDF: 1.1MB/131 pages]
From the Department of Health
Eye Screening Procedures for C&TC Health
Care Professionals (PDF: 67KB/10 pages) (RTF:
51KB/10 pages)
Developmental
and Social-Emotional Screening
Recommendations for Audiometers for Children
Age 3 and Older
Vision/Hearing Screening
Clinic Self-Assessment Child and Teen Checkups Checklist
Puretone Audiometer Hearing
Screening Tips For Children Ages 3-21
Vision Screening Tips For Children
ages Newborn through 21
From the Department of Human Services
Child
and Teen Checkups Providers - Main Page
Your
Growing Child Brochures
Periodic
Screening Schedule
Schedule of Age-Related Dental Standards
C&TC
Documentation Forms for Providers and Clinics
C&TC
Screening Checklists for Parents
From the Department of Education
Early Learning
Services - Early Childhood Screening Resources
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Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download from Adobe's Web site).
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