ABCD State Resources

Virginia

The Virginia ABCD Screening Academy Project focused on assuring that young children receive necessary developmental screenings. Building on existing resources and partnerships with, among others, the state AAP Chapter, Department of Education, and Part C Early Intervention program, Virginia conducted pilot programs to promote statewide spread of the use of structured developmental screening and to promote linkages between primary care and referral resources. Specifically, the ABCD Screening Academy activities in Virginia included:

  • Developing a uniform referral/consent form to facilitate communication between the Infant & Toddler Connection early intervention program and providers; developing a list of recommended objective, validated developmental screening tools for use in EPSDT; recommending Medicaid reimbursement for the use of a maternal depression screening tool; and revising language regarding developmental screening for the SFY 2009 Medicaid managed care contracts.
  • Developing and distributing a laminated referral guide for the Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia early intervention program that expressly encourages screening using an objective, validated screening tool.
  • Providing the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) tool and training to all public health districts and developing a structured screening implementation tool kit for pilot sites and others practices wishing to adopt structured screening. 
  • Sustaining and spreading these improvements by promoting ABCD Stakeholders Group recommendations and guidelines for screening tool selection, adoption, and resulting referral processes statewide which will assure that programs serving families with young children are receiving uniform information about the implementation of structured developmental screening tools and guidelines.
Title Description Date publishedsort icon Activity
Virginia Medicaid Paid Claims for Extended Developmental Testing under 96111 code Virginia ABCD Project. (2008). Charts from Virginia Medicaid providing visual display of 1) claims paid under 96111 code for children birth through 5 years of age by month of service,  January 2005 through December 2007, and 2) children ages 0-5 with a Medicaid paid claim for developmental testing in calendar years 2005, 2006, and 2007  (preliminary). December 2008 Gauging Success: Measurement and Evaluation
Findings from Virginia's 2007 Primary Care Provider Developmental Screening Survey Virginia ABCD Project. (2008). Summary of Findings of 2007 Provider Survey. This report summarizes results of 30 completed and returned surveys of pediatric providers that were distributed at the fall 2007 Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia. This survey obtained a rough assessment of the use of developmental screening practices in the community.   December 2008 Gauging Success: Measurement and Evaluation
Virginia EPSDT Supplement 2007 Virginia ABCD Project. (2008). Supplement to Virginia Medicaid manual for providers updating information on EPSDT services. December 2008 Improving Policy
Medicaid Paid Claims for Extended Developmental Testing under 96110 code Virginia ABCD Project (2008) Two charts from Virginia Medicaid 1) providing visual display of claims paid under 96110 code for children birth through 5 years of age by month of service January 2005 through December 2007, and 2) ages of children with a Medicaid paid claim birth through 5 years of age in calendar years 2005, 2006, and 2007. (preliminary). December 2008 Gauging Success: Measurement and Evaluation
Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia Referral Form Virginia ABCD Project (2008) Link to Virginia's uniform referral/consent form for referring a child to early intervention. Form also indicates the feedback that a physician wants to receive from the early intervention program in response to the referral.     www.infantva.org/documents/forms/3094eEI.pdf December 2008 Improving Policy
Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia Virginia ABCD Project (2008) The Infant Toddler Connection of Virginia assists families of children with delays and/or disabilities help their children learn and develop through everyday activities and routines so that they can participate fully in family and community activities. December 2008 Family Education
Brochure promoting The Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia Virginia Infant and Toddler Connection (2008). 2-page brochure aimed at providers describing the referral options provided by The Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia, which assists families of infants and toddlers with developmental delays and/or disabilities help their children learn and develop through everyday activities and routines so that they can participate fully in family and community activities. Brochure provides information on referrals and phone numbers for Infant & Toddler Connection offices in various locations around the state. December 2008 Addressing Needs
Virginia's Medicaid Paid Claims for 96110 code for January 2005 through April 2007 Virginia ABCD Screening Academy Project (2008). Two charts showing Virginia Medicaid's paid claims for 1) developmental screening for children birth through 5 years of age by month of service, January 2005 through April 2008, and 2) children with a Medicaid paid claim for developmental screening for children birth through five by age and year of service, calendar years 2005, 2006, and 2007. July 2008 Gauging Success: Measurement and Evaluation
Virginia's Medicaid Paid Claims for 96111 code for January 2005 through April 2008 Virginia ABCD Screening Academy Project (2008). Two charts showing Virginia Medicaid's paid claims for 1) developmental testing for children birth through 5 years of age by month of service,   January 2005 through April 2008, and 2) children with a Medicaid paid claim for extended developmental testing for children birth through five by age and year of service, calendar years 2005, 2006, and 2007. July 2008 Gauging Success: Measurement and Evaluation
ASQ screenings performed at Piedmont Health Department WIC Clinic January-May 2008 Virginia ABCD Screening Academy Project (2008). Table showing data on ASQ Screenings performed at Piedmont Health Department WIC Clinic January-May 2008. June 2008 Gauging Success: Measurement and Evaluation