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HOME PAGE

Text-only version of our site
DSCC Administrative Rules
SSI Benefits for Children with Disabilities
DSCC Timeline
DSCC Overview slide-show
What is Title V?
Disclaimer and Terms of Use
Notice of Privacy Practices (Aviso Sobre Prácticas de Privacidad)

DSCC PROGRAMS:

The Children's Habilitation Clinic

The Core Program

Application Forms Formularios De Aplicación

The Home Care Program

Application Forms Formularios De Aplicación

WHAT'S NEW

Information on issues of interest to children with special health care needs, families and providers.


FAMILIES PAGE

Information Library for Families:

What Families Need to Know About a Medical Home
DSCC and All Kids
DSCC Family Handbook (DSCC Manual para la Familia)
DSCC Family Advisory Council
Family Newsletter: Special Addition
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Illinois Provider Directory for Children with Special Health Care Needs & their Families

Institute for Parents of Preschool Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing:

English Brochure la información en español

Newborn Hearing Screening Brochures:

Newborn Hearing Screening Program Diagnostic Evaluation Form (form 3.45)

English:
Newborn Hearing Screening: Information for Parents (form 43.00)

Newborn Hearing Screening: Instructions for Parents (form 43.01)

Español:
Exámenes Preliminares De Audición para Recién Nacidos en Illinois: Información para los Padres (form 43.00S)

Prueba de Audición Universal para Recién Nacidos en Illinois:Instrucciones Importantes para los Padres (form 43.01S)

Polski:
Program skriningu sluchu noworodków w stanie Illinois: Informacje dla rodziców (43.00P)

Program skriningu sluchu noworodków w stanie Illinois: Wazne instrukcje dla rodziców (43.01P)

Coordinated Care Record:

Health Insurance Resources:

Transition Information & Resources -
this page provides access to a wealth of information on Transition including:


PROVIDERS PAGE

Primer on the Illinois Medical Home Model
for Physicians

Medical Home Provider Brochure
Medical Home Pediatric Consultant List
Medical Home CME Monograph
DSCC Fee Schedule for Medical Home Services

IL Provider Directory for Children with Disabilities
IL Provider Directory Application form

Becoming a DSCC Credentialed Provider
Provider Approval Criteria
DSCC Reimbursement Policy
DSCC Reimbursement Procedure

Provider Application Forms:
Training and Experience Form
TIN & Legal Status Certification Form

Newborn Hearing Screening Brochures:

Newborn Hearing Screening Program Diagnostic Evaluation Form (form 3.45)

English:
Newborn Hearing Screening: Information for Parents (form 43.00)

Newborn Hearing Screening: Instructions for Parents (form 43.01)

Español:
Exámenes Preliminares De Audición para Recién Nacidos en Illinois: Información para los Padres (form 43.00S)

Prueba de Audición Universal para Recién Nacidos en Illinois:Instrucciones Importantes para los Padres (form 43.01S)

Polski:
Program skriningu sluchu noworodków w stanie Illinois: Informacje dla rodziców (43.00P)

Program skriningu sluchu noworodków w stanie Illinois: Wazne instrukcje dla rodziców (43.01P)

Core Program Treatment Forms:

Home Care Provider Forms

Transition Tools for Providers:


CONTACT US

Use this page to contact us for additional information, to ask questions, to provide feedback about our web site, or to give us your opinion.


RESOURCE LINKS

A comprehensive alphabetical listing of web-based and other resources that are grouped by category. A full-text search feature is provided as an alternative way to quickly locate the information you want.


FIND AN OFFICE

This page provides a zip-code look-up (Cook County only) and County look-up so that you can locate the DSCC office that serves your community. The office is listed along with a map of directions to the office.


LEGISLATION

Federal and State Bills
Contacting your Legislators
News and Resources
Current Legislative Issues and Event


EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Position Descriptions
UIC-DSCC Application for Employment
UIC Employment Center


MEDICAL HOME

The following is a brief description of the information and resources you will find here to make medical home a stronger foundation of quality primary health care.

Parent Partnerships: This section emphasizes the importance of partnering with families and provides examples of how some practices have engaged families to improve quality of care.

Practice Assessment: Using validated assessment tools can help you determine "where you are" and assist you in defining "where you want to be". There are several questionnaire-type practice assessment tools that are described in this section. A practice assessment using such instruments provides a good baseline benchmark of where the practice is now and potential areas where further improvement can be made.

Consumer Awareness: Educating families about medical home is important. It sends the message that you care about quality health care and the partnership that they can bring to the practice. This section highlights strategies through brochures, posters and other opportunities to inform families about medical home.

Practice Improvements: Many examples are illustrated in this section that demonstrate practice improvements. These range from practical strategies to changes based on professional policies and best practice guidelines. Bulletin boards, internet access, screening procedures, pre-visit questionnaires, appointment scripts, care plans, cultural issues, and suggestions for using Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles to bring about effective change are just a few of the examples.

Preventive Care Management: Quality improvement strategies described in this section include the use of visit preparation cards/scripts, bulletin boards and providing internet access and/or reference library to specifically address measures to prevent the spread of infection and disease. Policy statements on immunizations, safety, flu vaccines, obesity, and Bright Future Guidelines are also highlighted as guides to improving care.

Acute Illness Management:Quality improvement strategies described in this section include the use of visit preparation cards/scripts, bulletin boards and providing internet access and/or reference library to specifically address caring for children with common acute illnesses. Policy statements on bronchiolitis, febrile seizures, otitis media and urinary tract infections are also highlighted as guides to improving care.

Chronic Condition Management: The most challenging component of the Primary Care Medical Home Model is managing children with chronic health conditions. This section introduces you to various strategies that practices have used to identify CYSHCN and defines how such a registry is beneficial to the practice. This section also offers a list of practical strategies for improving care and includes information on common chronic health conditions plus critical information about newborn metabolic and hearing screening.

Diagnosis Modules: Managing chronic health conditions and providing care coordination are new aspects to primary care. This section provides comprehensive information and anticipatory guidance about some of the most common chronic health conditions encountered in primary care including Asthma, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Down Syndrome and Epilepsy, among others.

Transition Information: Assisting children and families to prepare and plan for adulthood and adult health care services is detailed in this section. Many useful tools are provided along with planning strategies and resources for additional information.

Community Resources: Knowing community resources is extremely important in providing good care to families. This section introduces you to the Life Span Database developed by the Arc of Illinois and other opportunities that will improve your practice’s awareness of community resources.

Medical Home Reimbursement: There are many potential financial challenges facing the implementation of the medical home in physician practices. Both coding for care and services provided to patients and negotiating with payers for the most appropriate contracts will be addressed in this section.

Quality Improvement: Once your practice is serious about developing quality improvement changes, you are ready to implement a more formal quality improvement process where families collaborate with staff to improve care delivery. Here is where you will also learn how to meet board recertification requirements involving quality improvement.


FRIENDS OF DSCC

With a one-time or annual donation of any amount, no matter how small, to Friends of DSCC, you can have an impact on the quality of life of a family with a child with special health care needs. Join the caring individuals, families and businesses that have made a tax deductible donation to the Friends of DSCC Fund.


 

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