Transform Your Practice to Support Pediatric to Adult Transition
Interested in transforming your practice to support pediatric to adult transition? Join the MN Project ECHO Health Care Transition Learning Collaborative today! Participants will learn about best practices and MN and national resources while building skills to improve pediatric to adult transition in their practice. Free, interactive sessions with CME occur Mondays monthly 12:15 - 1:15p starting October 9th. Learn more and register at gillette.mn/transition-echo.
Click HereAAP/AAFP/ACP Clinical Report on Transition REAFFIRMED
NEW 2023 Transition Coding and Payment Tip Sheet Available
Got Transition has partnered with the American Academy of Pediatrics to release the new 2023 Transition Coding and Payment Tip Sheet, which supports the delivery of recommended health care transition services in pediatric and adult primary, specialty, and behavioral health care settings. The tip sheet includes a listing of transition-related CPT codes and corresponding Medicare fees and relative value units (RVUs), effective as of 2023. It then offers a set of clinical vignettes with recommended CPT and ICD-10 coding as well as detailed CPT coding descriptions for each transition-related code, including new care management codes. The document includes a supplemental table listing each code and who is able to report it and as well as a letter template that can be customized and sent to payers encouraging recognition of transition-related CPT codes. Click HERE for the tip sheet.
Click HereRegister Now for an Upcoming Webinar on Strengthening the Adult Primary Care Workforce for YAs with Medical Complexity
Got Transition and the George Washington UniversityFitzhughMullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity will hold awebinar on 9/26/23 at 3pm to review new recommendations to strengthen the adult primary care workforce for young adult with medical complexity. To learn more and to register, click HERE!
Click HereRegister for Upcoming Transition Conferences
Register NOW for two upcoming conferences: the 15th Annual Health Care Transition Research Consortium Symposium on October 25, and the 24th Annual Chronic Illness and Disability Conference: Transition from Pediatric to Adult-based Care on October 26-27.
New HCT Infographic for College-Bound Young Adults
Going to college can be an exciting step towards independence, and taking care of your own health is a major part of that process. To help young adults transition to adult health care during their college/university years, Got Transition has developed this helpful infographic. "Health Care Transition and the College Years" includes some FAQs about health insurance, accessing different kinds of care, and advocating for your health while at school.
Click HereRecent Funding Supports National Center for System of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health/Got Transition is part of a new 5-year cooperative agreement led by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to form a new national center for the system of services for children and youth with special health care needs. The AAP will form a National Center Consortium with Got Transition, Boston University’s Catalyst Center, and Family Voices. This initiative, guided by a project steering committee, involves assisting state Title V programs and other key stakeholders in implementing MCHB’s Blueprint for Change, their national agenda, which calls for research, policy, and practice-level steps in health equity, CYSHCN and family well-being and quality of life, access to services, and financing of services. The National Center’s key activities will include assessment of system-level gaps and emerging needs and pilot testing of innovative strategies in 5 states (years 1 and 2) followed by implementation of the Blueprint Roadmap in partnership with a diverse group of families, individuals with lived experience, clinicians, policy experts, and payers (years 3-5).
Click HereNew Report Offers Recommendations to Strengthen the Adult Primary Care Workforce for Young Adults with Medical Complexity
Got Transition and the George Washington University Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity have released a report with recommendations to promote an increased supply and distribution of well-prepared adult primary care providers to care for the growing population of young adults with medical complexity transitioning to adult care.
The recommendations in the report -- Strengthening the Adult Primary Care Workforce to Support Young Adults with Medical Complexity Transitioning to Adult Health Care -- are targeted to the adult primary care workforce who will be receiving YAMC when they move into the adult health care system. They focus on the areas of future workforce preparation, support for the existing primary care workforce, research, payment, and coalition-building. They were developed with a national advisory committee of pediatric and adult clinicians, researchers, payers, disability organizations, and patients and family members with lived experience.
Click HereHealth and Wellness Planning for High School Students: Mental Health Transition Resources
Got Transition is proud to unveil new Maryland school-based mental health transition tools for use by school mental health providers, school psychologists, professional school counselors, and school social workers. The tools include a post-graduation wellness plan and transition readiness tool that have been created specifically for students transitioning out of high school mental health services and into the community.
Click HereReport Examines Five Years of Changes in Implementation of HCT in State Title V Care Coordination Programs
Got Transition May 2023 report "Measuring Implementation of Health Care Transition in State Title V Care Coordination Programs: A Five-Year Review" shows how state Title V care coordination programs have made improvements in their use of evidence informed HCT strategies from 2017-2022 and highlights Michigan’s Children’s Special Health Care Services innovative efforts.
Click HereSeminario Virtual Para Presentarles La Guia Transicion en Español/Webinar to Discuss Transition Toolkit in Spanish
Got Transition y Family Voices organizada un seminario virtual en español, con interpretación simultánea en inglés, el 29 de marzo para presentar una nueva guía para familias. Ver el seminario virtual para obtener más información sobre los recursos que las familias de habla hispana pueden usar para guiar a sus jóvenes a través de la transición a los servicios de salud para adultos.
Got Transition and Family Voices hosted a webinar in Spanish, with simultaneous English interpretation, on March 29th to discuss its Spanish Family Health Care Transition Toolkit. Watch the webinar to learn more about resources for Spanish-speaking families to use to guide their youth through the transition to adult health care.
Click HereArticle on Quality Measurement Gaps and a New Framework to Develop New HCT Measures
A new article has been published in the Journal of Adolescent Health that describes the current gaps in health care transition quality measurement. The article also provides a new framework to guide future health care transition measures. To access the article, click here.
Click HereNew Toolkit Helps Adult Clinicians Welcome Young Adult Patients
Adapted from Got Transition's Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition, this toolkit was developed through a collaboration of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Child Neurology Foundation, and Got Transition®. The tools in this resource can be used by adult health care clinicians to support young adult patients throughout transition to and integration within their practice. All the tools in this toolkit are examples; practices are encouraged to tailor each tool to meet the needs of their patients.
Click HerePlaybook Helps School-Based Health Centers Assist Students with Health Care Transition
The School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) and Got Transition®, in collaboration with an advisory group of school-based health center (SBHC) clinicians, administrators, and young adults, created a "SBHC Playbook on Health Care Transition (HCT)" which guides SBHCs and other school staff on assisting students with their preparation for the transition from pediatric care to adult health care.
The Playbook is available HERE. A recent webinar on the Playbook can be found HERE.
Click HereToolkit Helps Prepare Young Adults with ID/DD and their Primary Care Team Prepare for an Emergency
A toolkit from The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, with funding support from WITH Foundation, assists primary care teams and their young adult patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities to plan for disasters and emergencies. English and Spanish versions of the toolkit are available HERE.
Click HereWebinar Recording: "Designing Value-Based Payment Innovations for Pediatric-to-Adult Transitional Care: Lessons from the Field"
Report Examines Changes in Implementation of HCT in State Title V Care Coordination Programs
Got Transition report shows how state Title V care coordination programs have made improvements in their use of evidence-informed HCT strategies over the past five years.
Click HereTelehealth and Health Care Transition
An exciting video from Got Transition, CT KASA, PATH CT, and Family Voices will help young adults and their families/caregivers learn how a telehealth visit with their current pediatric provider and new adult provider can smooth the transition to adult care.
Click HereTransition Data from the National Survey of Children's Health
The 2019-2020 National Survey of Children’s Health data, measuring health care transition preparation among youth with and without special health care needs, is available now. Check out the national and state results here.
Click HereWebinar Recording: Incorporating HCT into Preventive Care (with Hawaii Title V)
Got Transition host a webinar on 9/30 to discuss ways to incorporate health care transition into preventive care for adolescents. Learn about strategies to align the transition and preventive care national performance measures and hear directly from the Hawaii Title V Team about their own experience, including examples of trainings, tools, and plans for the future. Listen to the webinar recording or review the webinar slides.
Click HereAnnual Analysis of States' Health Care Transition Strategies
A new report from Got Transition summarizing the health care transition strategies that Title V agencies documented in their 2021 Application/2019 Annual Report, highlighting examples of states’ HCT innovations, and offering recommendations for future HCT strategies in state Title V action plans.
Click HereMaking the Business Case for Health Care Transition
These two business case statements offer a call to action for payers – both Medicaid and commercial insurers – to pay for pediatric-to-adult health care transition (HCT) services. They provide background information about HCT and a description of how payers can cover HCT services. These resources, which were produced with funding support from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, can be shared with payers to encourage payment for these services.
Click HereToolkit Available for Joint Telehealth Visit with Pediatric and Adult Clinicians and Transferring Young Adults
Got Transition's newest toolkit offers clinicians sample content for a joint telehealth visit to facilitate a "warm handoff" to adult care. The toolkit also includes a sample resource for transferring young adults that explains the telehealth visit. Click HERE for your free copy.
Click HereArticle Examines Relationship Between Receipt of Transition Preparation and Components of a Well-Functioning System of Services
A new article in the Journal of Adolescent Health examines the relationships between receipt of health care transition (HCT) preparation among US youth and five other components of a well-functioning system of services (family partnership in decision-making, medical home, early/continuous screening for special health care needs [SHCN], continuous/adequate health insurance, access to community-based services). For a full-article, click the link.
Click HereNew Report on Pilot Study of Health Care Transition in School-Based Health Centers
A new article in the Journal of School Nursing explores a pilot study of Got Transition's implementation of a structured transition process in two school-based health centers (SBHCs) in Washington, DC.
Click HereAvailable Now: Recording of Webinar Discussion New Report on Medicaid Managed Care Contract Language for Transition
The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health/Got Transition, with funding from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, held a webinar on 11/13/2020 to discuss its new report, Medicaid Managed Care Contract Language to Expand the Availability of Pediatric-to-Adult Transitional Care. The webinar included recommendations of pediatric-to-adult health care transition language for state Medicaid agencies to incorporate into their managed care contracts. Materials related to the webinar include:
- A recording of the webinar, which includes an overview of the report and state examples;
- The PowerPoint slides of the webinar; and
- The report: Medicaid Managed Care Contract Language to Expand the Availability of Pediatric-to-Adult Transitional Care.
Recording of Recent Webinar on new Family Toolkit
Got Transition held an engaging webinar on 10/27/20 to discuss its exciting new Family Toolkit. Watch the hour-long webinar to learn more about resources for families to use to guide their youth through the transition to adult health care, and hear from a parent of a transition-aged young adult about her transition experience!
Click HereUpdated Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition™ 3.0 out now!
Got Transition has updated its Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition™ with revised tools, samples, and recommendations. The updated packages incorporate extensive review and input from clinicians, youth, young adults, and family HCT experts. The three packages are aligned with the 2018 AAP/AAFP/ACP Clinical Report on Health Care Transition.
Click HereStep-by-Step Implementation Guides for the Six Core Elements
To help practices transform their HCT processes, Got Transition has developed practical step-by-step Implementation Guides dedicated to each core element. Got Transition recommends a quality improvement (QI) approach to incrementally incorporate the tools as a standard part of care, and these guides offer real world examples from practices utilizing the Six Core Elements. Got Transition offers background information on how to use the Implementation Guides, as well as a Quality Improvement Primer for those unfamiliar with the QI process.
Click HereFamily 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.
Click Here5 Steps to Prepare for Health Care Transition
At a time when there is a lot going on in the world and in health care, Got Transition is here to make one thing a little bit easier. Now may be a great time for young people to learn about their own health and plan for health care transition -- the process of getting ready for health care as an adult. These 5 easy steps can help youth, young adults, and their families prepare for that transition!
Click HereSystematic Review of HCT Outcomes
The Journal of Pediatric Nursing has published Got Transition's new systematic review of health care transition outcomes. "Outcomes of pediatric to adult health care transition interventions: An updated systematic review" examines the latest HCT interventions in light of new national statistics, updated professional guidance, and a growing body of published literature on HCT.
Click HereICYMI: Webinar on Transition (Sponsored by NIMH)
Check out a Got Transition webinar (sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health) that features a parent and daughter discussing their experiences and perspectives about making health care transition work for youth with autism.
Click HereEarn CME Credits in Transition
Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN) is offering a new one-hour online CME course on health care transition. The course offers a review of the updated clinical recommendations on health care transition and tested quality improvement approach -- the Six Core Elements™. The course is available to a national audience and is jointly sponsored by HSCSN, The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health/Got Transition, and the DC Department of Health.
Click HereAMCHP Transition Toolkit Available
AMCHP has unveiled its Implementation Toolkit for National Performance Meaure 12: encouraging successful youth transitions to adult health care. The toolkit includes resources and tools for Title V programs, public health professionals, and other relevant partners.
Click HereHealth Care Transition Planning Data
The latest data on health care transition planning among youth with and without special health care needs is available from the 2017/2018 National Survey of Children’s Health. The table breaks down the results by state, region, and overall U.S. performance.
Click HereReport Analyzing Transition Efforts in State Care Coordination Programs
Got Transition has published a new report analyzing health care transition activities in state Title V care coordination programs. The report, The Progression of Health Care Transition Implementation in State Title V Care Coordination Programs from 2017 to 2019, summarizes three years worth of states’ self-assessments of their Six Core Elements implementation in care coordination programs.
Click Here2019 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.
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