Ped-I-Care is a health plan for special needs children operating under the auspices of the University of Florida College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. It functions under a contract with the Department of Health’s (DOH) Children’s Medical Services (CMS) Division. CMS designated this contracted service as a Pediatric Integrated Care System (ICS).
This ICS is known as Ped-I-Care, and it provides care to children with special health care needs from the age of one year until the child reaches his/her nineteenth birthday. It is implemented in collaboration with the local CMS offices, which continue to provide nurse care coordination for the members and providers as well as on-going support for the pharmacy benefits program.
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Provider Alert
Lead Testing
Performing a blood test for lead levels is a Federal and State requirement at specific intervals during the Child Health Check-Up (CHCUP). CMS/Ped-I-Care Title XIX Medicaid Reform children are covered by the same Federal and State requirements as other Medicaid children.
The Federal regulation as referenced in the Child Health Check-Up Coverage and Limitations Handbook, October 2003, pages 2-13 and 2-14, and pages 3-6, requires that all Medicaid children receive a screening blood lead test at the ages of 12 months and 24 months, and between the ages of 36 months and 72 months if they have not been previously screened for lead poisoning. When you order the blood lead test, it needs to be documented in the medical record. The result of the test also needs to be documented.
To meet the Medicaid requirement a blood test must be done. Performing a risk assessment alone does not meet this requirement. Whether you draw the blood in your office or you send the member to the lab, your office should report the additional ICD-9 code V82.5 for the blood lead screening test.
The Child Health Check-Up Coverage and Limitations Handbook can be accessed by visiting http://mymedicaid-florida.com. Click on Public Information for Providers, Provider Support, then Provider Handbooks, and select the Child Health Check-Up Handbook.
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