There will be an emphasis upon health services research, access, and innovative community outreach projects and partnerships. The Kennedy Foundation asked the National Policy Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs to study how different states used those words and then to produce a document to guide managed care organizations, state legislators, Medicaid agencies, and others in defining Medical Necessity for people with disabilities, including our children. Family Voices helped with the study and report. All Family Voices Coordinators should have received a copy by now. If you did not, single copies of the brief summary and the full report are free from the National Center for Education in Child and Maternal Health.
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