Who We Are
Our team is a nationally recognized group of subject matter experts on health care transition, co-directed by Peggy McManus and Dr. Patience White. Our experience as the national resource center on health care transition, Got Transition®, has allowed us to partner with and support a diverse group of federal and state agencies, pediatric and adult health systems, Medicaid agencies and health plans, disability organizations, and research groups to improve health care transition for all youth and young adults, with and without chronic and disabling conditions. Our team developed the Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition™, which is the recommended approach called for by the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, and American College of Physicians. We have also developed other provider-focused tools, youth and family materials, and policy and research reports on health care transition. Got Transition is a program of The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC.If you are interested in more information about our consulting services, contact Jodi Shorr at jshorr@thenationalalliance.org.
What We Offer
The following health care transition services are available in the form of short-term consultation arrangements, retainers, contracts, or grants.Six Core Elements of HCT for Pediatric and Adult Practices, Systems, and Plans
- Training and education
- Implementation and quality improvement
- Customization for different settings, chronic conditions
- Measurement
- Payment options
State Title V Health Care Transition Technical Assistance
- Aligning health care transition with CYSHCN Blueprint for Change
- Health professional and youth and family training
- Implementing health care transition in care coordination programs
- Cross-sector transition partnerships (eg, with Medicaid, Developmental Disability Services, Mental/Behavioral Health, Special Education, School Health)
Medicaid and Managed Care Health Care Transition Technical Assistance
- Developing managed care contract provisions on health care transition
- Aligning transitional care in medical home and health home programs
- Incorporating health care transition in Medicaid's EPSDT efforts
- Value-based payment options for transition
Health Care Transition Research and Policy Development
- Health care transition quality performance measurement options
- Analysis of health care transition performance using National Survey of Children's Health
- Health care transition quality improvement research
- Development of health professional statements on health care transition
School-Based Health Centers, School Mental Health Programs, and Special Education Transition Technical Assistance
- Quality improvement support to school-based health centers and school mental health programs seeking to incorporate health care transition into primary and behavioral health care supports to high school students
- Education and training support to special education programs interested in incorporating health care transition into IEP transition planning
If you are interested in more information about our consulting services, contact Jodi Shorr at jshorr@thenationalalliance.org.
CURRENT AND PAST FUNDING
Federal and State Government Agencies
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau
- Administration for Community Living
- Maryland Department of Health
- Rhode Island Department of Health
- Nevada Department of Health
- DC Department of Health
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
- WITH Foundation
- Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
- Children's Hospital Association
- Clinical Care Options
- Gillette Children's Specialty Hospital (MN)
- Atrium
- Amerigroup
- University of California, San Francisco
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Webinar Recording: New Recommendations to Strengthen the Adult Primary Care Workforce for Young Adults with Medical Complexity with the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity (George Washington University)
- 2023 Coding and Payment Tip Sheet for Transition from Pediatric to Adult Health Care in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Strengthening the Adult Primary Care Workforce to Support Young Adults with Medical Complexity Transitioning to Adult Health Care with the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity at The George Washington University (2023)
- Quality Measurement Gaps in Pediatric-To-Adult Health Care Transition in the United States: A Framework to Guide Development of New Measures with funding from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health (2023)
- A Guide for Designing a Value-Based Payment Initiative for Pediatric-to-Adult Transitional Care with funding from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health (2022)
- Associations Between Health Care Transition Preparation Among Youth in the US and Other Components of a Well-Functioning System of Services by Ilango et al (2021)
- Medicaid Managed Care Contract Language to Expand the Availability of Pediatric-to-Adult Transitional Care with funding from Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health (2020)
- Outcomes of Pediatric to Adult Health Care Transition Interventions: An Updated Systematic Review by Schmidt et al (2020)
- Evaluation of a Health Care Transition Improvement Process in Seven Large Health Care Systems by Jones et al (2019)