Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › WASHINGTON APPLE HEALTH › Chapter 182-533 - Maternity-related services › FIRST STEPS SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND INFANTS › Section 182-533-0315 - Maternity support services - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following definitions and those found in WAC
					 182-500-0005 apply to maternity
					 support services (MSS) and infant case management (ICM) (see WAC
					 182-533-0360 through
					 182-533-0386 for ICM
					 rules).
"Basic health messages" -
For MSS, the
					 preventive health education messages designed to promote healthy pregnancies,
					 healthy newborns and healthy parenting during the first year of life.
"Care coordination" -
Professional
					 collaboration and communication between the client's MSS provider and other
					 medical and/or health and social services providers to address the individual
					 client's needs as identified in the care plan.
"Care plan" -
A written statement developed
					 for a person that continues throughout the eligibility period and outlines any
					 medical, social, environmental or other interventions to achieve an improved
					 quality of life, including health and social outcomes.
"Case conference" -
A formal or informal
					 consultation used by the MSS interdisciplinary team to consult with each other
					 and, when needed, other pertinent providers and/or the client to optimize the
					 client's care.
"Case management" -
Services to help
					 individuals access needed medical, social, educational, and other
					 services.
"Childbirth education (CBE)"
-
A
					 component of the First Steps program to provide educational sessions offered in
					 a group setting that prepares a pregnant woman and her support person(s) for an
					 upcoming childbirth and healthy parenting.
"Department of health (DOH)" -
The state
					 agency that works to protect and improve the health of people in Washington
					 state.
"First Steps" -
The program created under the
					 1989 Maternity Care Access Act.
"Infant case management (ICM)"
-
A component of the First Steps program to provide parent(s) with information
					 and assistance in accessing needed medical, social, educational, and other
					 services that improve the welfare of infants.
"Infant case management (ICM) screening" -
A
					 brief in-person evaluation provided by a qualified person, under WAC
					 182-533-0375, to determine
					 whether an infant and the infant's parent(s) have a specific risk
					 factor(s).
"Linking"
-
Assistance to clients
					 for identifying and using community resources to address specific medical,
					 social and educational needs.
"Maternity cycle" -
An eligibility period for
					 maternity support services that begins during pregnancy and continues to the
					 end of the month in which the sixtieth-day post-pregnancy occurs.
"Maternity support services (MSS)"
-
A component of the First Steps program to provide screening,
					 assessment, basic health messages, education, counseling, case management, care
					 coordination, and other interventions delivered by an MSS interdisciplinary
					 team during the maternity cycle.
"Maternity support services (MSS) interdisciplinary
					 team"
-
A provider's group of qualified staff consisting of
					 at least a community health nurse, a certified registered dietitian, a
					 behavioral health specialist, and, at the discretion of the provider, a
					 community health worker. Based upon individual client need, each team member
					 provides maternity support services and consultation. (See WAC
					 182-533-0327(3).)
"Medicaid agency" -
The health care
					 authority.
"Parent(s)" -
A person who resides with an
					 infant , provides the infant's day-to-day care, and meets the legal description
					 under WAC
					 182-533-0370(1)(c).
"Risk factors" -
The biopsychosocial factors
					 that could lead to poor birth outcomes, infant morbidity, and/or infant
					 mortality.
"Screening" -
A method for systematically
					 identifying and documenting risk factors and client need.
"Washington apple health (WAH)" -
The public
					 health insurance programs for eligible Washington residents. Washington apple
					 health is the name used in Washington state for medicaid, the children's health
					 insurance program (CHIP), and state-only funded health care programs. (See WAC
					 182-500-0120.)
11-14-075, recodified as §
												182-533-0315, filed 6/30/11,
						effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090,
						74.09.760 through
						74.09.910, and 2009 c 564 §
						1109. 10-12-011, § 388-533-0315, filed 5/21/10, effective 6/21/10.
						Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090,
						74.09.760 through
						74.09.910. 04-13-049, §
						388-533-0315, filed 6/10/04, effective
						7/11/04.