Graduating from pediatric to adult health care
Graduating from pediatric to adult health care
Welcome to the FloridaHATS Web site! FloridaHATS is a program of Florida Department of Health, Children’s Medical Services. Our mission is to ensure successful transition from pediatric to adult health care for all youth and young adults in Florida, including those with disabilities, chronic health conditions or other special health care needs. To learn more about our program, visit About Us.
Our health care transition tool box contains documents and links to a variety of local, state and national resources. Materials for youth, families and professionals are organized in these categories:
Understanding Florida Medicaid Managed Care From Family Network on Disabilities (2016)
My Health Care A classroom curriculum to improve health literacy, communication and self-advocacy skills for adolescents and adults with ID/DD from Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc. (2015)
JaxHATS: A Model Medical Home for Youth & Young Adults Ages 16-26 Dr. Rita Nathawad and Dr. David Wood, current and former Medical Directors at JaxHATS, describe the nationally recognized program’s development, operational structure, outcomes, and challenges.
2020 Federal Youth Transition Plan An interagency report from the Federal Partners in Transitions Workgroup (2015).
5 Steps to Prepare for Health Care Transition. These 5 easy steps can help youth, young adults, and their families prepare for transition to adult health care.
Family Toolkit on Health Care Transition. Got Transition and its National Family Health Care Transition Advisory Group developed a toolkit for families to use during the transition from pediatric to adult health care. It includes a set of tools for youth and parents/caregivers to use to better prepare for the transition to adult care.
Transition Quick Guide: Take Charge of Planning and Managing Your Own Health and Career Goals From Got Transition and ODEP
Updated Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition 3.0: Comprehensive tool packages for health care transition processes are available here from Got Transition, along with a practical, step-by-step Implementation Guide.
2020 Transition Coding and Reimbursement Tip Sheet. Got Transition and the American Academy of Pediatrics released a new 2020 Transition Coding and Reimbursement Tip Sheet to support the delivery of recommended transition services in pediatric and adult primary and specialty care settings. The new tip sheet includes a list of updated transition-related CPT codes, including the new code for transition readiness assessment, and current Medicare fees and RVUs for these services. It also includes a new set of eight clinical vignettes with recommended CPT and ICD-10 codes. Click HERE for the tip sheet,
Tip Sheet Links Patient-Centered Medical Home Standards with Six Core Elements. Got Transition has released a updated tip sheet to help practices incorporate transition as part of their application process for becoming a patient-centered medical home (PCMH). Using the 2017 Standards for Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), this updated practice resource includes a table that cross-walks NCQA PCMH criteria and guidance with specific linked Six Core Elements tools. Click HERE for the updated tip sheet.
AMCHP’s implementation toolkit contains resources and tools Title V programs and public health professionals can use to address NPM 12, and encourage successful youth transitions to adult health care.
Updated Clinical Report. The AAP, AAFP, and ACP have updated the original 2011 clinical report on health care transition. This updated clinical report, “Supporting the Health Care Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood in the Medical Home,” provides new practice-based quality improvement guidance on key elements of transition: planning, transfer, and integration into adult care. It also includes new recommendations pertaining to infrastructure, education and training, payment, and research.
Preventive Care and Transition Toolkit. Preventive care visits represent an important opportunity to discuss health care transition with adolescents, parents, and young adults. Yet, national survey data reveal that, 85% of youth have not received guidance about health care transition from their health care providers. To address this unmet need, The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health/Got Transition with the University of California, San Francisco’s Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Resource Center created a new free online toolkit titled Incorporating Health Care Transition Services into Preventive Care for Adolescents and Young Adults. The toolkit is available in both English and Spanish.
Letter Template to Payers Regarding Recognition of Codes Related to Pediatric to Adult Transition Services
A letter template to payers requesting recognition of transition-related codes. Edit and personalize PDF, or copy and paste into a Word document to edit and personalize, from Got Transition (2017)
