TY - JOUR
KW - mandatory screening
KW - Mental Health
KW - Pediatrics
KW - Primary Health Care
AU - G. Romano-Clarke
AU - M. H. Tang
AU - D. C. Xerras
AU - H. S. Egan
AU - R. C. Pasinski
AU - H. S. Kamin
AU - A. E. McCarthy
AU - J. Newman
AU - M. S. Jellinek
AU - J. M. Murphy
A1 - 
AB - Following a court decision (Rosie D. v. Romney), the Medicaid program in Massachusetts launched the statewide Children's Behavioral Health Initiative in 2008 to increase the recognition and treatment of behavioral health problems in pediatrics. We reviewed billing data (n = 64,194) and electronic medical records (n = 600) for well child visits in pediatrics in 2 practices to examine rates of behavioral health screening, problem identification, and treatment among children seen during the year before and 2 years after the program's implementation. According to electronic medical records, the percentage of well child visits that included any form of behavioral health assessment increased significantly during the first 2 years of the program, and pediatricians significantly increased their use of standardized screens. According to billing data, behavioral health treatment increased significantly. These findings suggest that behavioral health screening and treatment have increased following the Rosie D. decision.
BT - Clinical pediatrics
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CP - 3
CY - United States
DO - 10.1177/0009922813507993
IS - 3
JF - Clinical pediatrics
N2 - Following a court decision (Rosie D. v. Romney), the Medicaid program in Massachusetts launched the statewide Children's Behavioral Health Initiative in 2008 to increase the recognition and treatment of behavioral health problems in pediatrics. We reviewed billing data (n = 64,194) and electronic medical records (n = 600) for well child visits in pediatrics in 2 practices to examine rates of behavioral health screening, problem identification, and treatment among children seen during the year before and 2 years after the program's implementation. According to electronic medical records, the percentage of well child visits that included any form of behavioral health assessment increased significantly during the first 2 years of the program, and pediatricians significantly increased their use of standardized screens. According to billing data, behavioral health treatment increased significantly. These findings suggest that behavioral health screening and treatment have increased following the Rosie D. decision.
PP - United States
PY - 2014
SN - 1938-2707; 0009-9228
SP - 243
EP - 249
EP - 
T1 - Have rates of behavioral health assessment and treatment increased for Massachusetts children since the Rosie D. decision? A report from two primary care practices
T2 - Clinical pediatrics
TI - Have rates of behavioral health assessment and treatment increased for Massachusetts children since the Rosie D. decision? A report from two primary care practices
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 24220574
U3 - 10.1177/0009922813507993
VL - 53
VO - 1938-2707; 0009-9228
Y1 - 2014
ER -