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PEDIATRICS Vol. 104 No. 4 October 1999, pp. 978-981
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS:
Care Coordination: Integrating Health and Related Systems of Care
for Children With Special Health Care Needs
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Care coordination is a process that links children with special health care needs and their families to services and resources in a coordinated effort to maximize the potential of the children and provide them with optimal health care. Care coordination often is complicated because there is no single entry point to multiple systems of care, and complex criteria determine the availability of funding and services among public and private payers. Economic and sociocultural barriers to coordination of care exist and affect families and health care professionals. In their important role of providing a medical home for all children, primary care pediatricians have a vital role in the process of care coordination, in concert with the family.
According to the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
definition, which was later adopted by the American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP), "children with special health care needs are those
who have or are at increased risk for chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions and who require health and related
services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally."1 Primary care pediatricians and other
professionals caring for children with special health care needs
generally acknowledge the importance of and the need for coordination
of care. New initiatives from health care reform and managed care are
reshaping the traditional direct clinical care role of the primary care
pediatrician to include gatekeeper and coordination roles. This
transition to managed systems of care from traditional fee-for-service
care has important implications for aspects of care coordination. The primary care pediatrician may be required to assume even greater responsibility for providing care coordination for their patients under
capitated arrangements. This policy statement reviews the importance of
the primary care pediatrician's role in care coordination in the
context of the medical home.
Advances in medicine have resulted in increased survival of
children with special health care needs who require long-term services
from a variety of health care professionals and
organizations.2,3 Great variability exists among programs
with services for children with special health care needs and their
families. Many systems of care include multiple organizations, often
with different missions,4-7 and consist of independent
health care professionals, third-party payers, organizations, and
agencies funded by a variety of sources. The lack of a single entry
point linking systems of health care, social services, education,
public health services, and home services makes coordination of care
complicated. Furthermore, eligibility criteria (ie, family income and
the child's age and/or health condition) that determine the
availability of funding and services are often complex and differ among
agencies. Families therefore often experience difficulty gaining access
to some services and may request assistance.5 Few health
plans offer risk adjusted capitation or fee-for-service reimbursement
rates that would more fully reflect the additional time and effort
entailed in providing medical care for children who have special health care needs.
Because children spend a substantial amount of time in school and child
care settings, the linkages between health care and educational and
child care systems are especially important for children with special
health care needs.5,7 However, each state educational
system interprets the federal laws mandating services for children with
special health care needs differently, which creates variations in
services among states. Although the laws are designed to provide
special education and related services for all children with
disabilities, many children with special health care needs are excluded
from services because they do not meet the categorical definitions
stated in these laws.8
Historically, public and private agencies involved in human
services have helped families determine their needs and gain access to
services. This process is referred to as "case management." Case
managers may assist with care coordination. In contrast, insurance
companies use "benefit managers" in an attempt to control the cost
of health care. These benefit managers, because they work directly for
the insurer, may help families gain access to services, especially less
costly out-of-hospital care, but their major role, with few exceptions,
has thus far been to limit the financial risk of the insurer. In such
practice, these benefit managers are involved in resource utilization.
During the past 10 to 20 years, children with special health care needs
have had greater access to case-management services. Families of the
children also have demonstrated that they are able to participate in
the management of their child's care in a cooperative effort rather
than as the subordinates in an authoritarian system.5 As a
result, they have advocated replacing the term case
management with the term care coordination. Care
coordination occurs when a specified care plan is implemented by a
variety of service providers and programs in an organized fashion.
In the health care system, care coordination may
involve the following: planning treatment strategies; monitoring
outcomes and resource use; coordinating visits with subspecialists;
organizing care to avoid duplication of diagnostic tests and services;
sharing information among health care professionals, other program
personnel, and family; facilitating access to services; planning a
hospital discharge; and notification, advanced planning, training of
caregivers, education of local emergency medical services when a
child with special health care needs lives in their community, and,
finally, ongoing reassessment and refinement of the care
plan.9 In the educational system, care
coordination may mean identifying the need for individualized testing,
special education, and therapy and nursing services; clarifying plans
as written in Individual Family Service Plans and Individual Education
Plans; gaining access to appropriate transportation; and acquiring
assistive technology devices. Care coordination in the social
service and public health systems may involve locating
and accessing financial assistance programs and public health services.
Care coordination in the home setting may mean organizing
home nursing and therapy services, respite care, and adapting the home
to support special technology such as a ventilator or a motorized
wheelchair. The process also may vary depending on the extent and
multiplicity of the child's needs, family strengths, type of health
care services available, limitations of the payer, and mission of the
agency. The care coordinator has the primary responsibility for the
child's treatment plan and should document completion of tasks or,
conversely, the need to vary from the original plan. The plan should
include the following components: goals, role of the family and other
supports, locus of implementation, methodology, intensity, and
duration. The coordinator may need to communicate with payers such as
Medicaid or health maintenance organizations to obtain prior approval
for services. Throughout the process, patient advocacy in the context of the family is important. High-intensity care coordination is needed
at the time of hospital discharge, entrance into day care and school
settings, transition to young adulthood, and when a change in health
care status occurs. The primary care pediatrician may have established
a special relationship with a child and the family over many years, and
therefore would most likely facilitate the appropriate support in such
a time of need. During other times, coordination may require fewer
services, such as making a phone call or forwarding records. Generally,
the goals of care coordination are the following: 1) gain access to and
integrate services and resources, 2) link service systems with the
family, 3) avoid duplication and unnecessary cost, and 4) advocate for
improved individual outcomes.
Family members are able to lead the care coordination team
effectively and/or be active participants when they are knowledgeable about their child's condition and their skills and strengths are supported.10 The participation of adolescent patients in
the decision-making process should be encouraged and supported. Some
families and adolescents require greater efforts and support to be
empowered to function most optimally as care coordinators. In
situations in which family members are unable to perform a leadership
role, and treatment planning has been insufficient, the care
coordinator may be chosen by default as the only person available and
may not be qualified, prepared, or have the needed support.
Pediatricians, through the AAP Medical Home Training program, may
assist and educate the care coordinator. For the treatment plan to be
most effective, the care coordinator should be designated before the
treatment plan is determined.
When care coordination for children with medically complex needs is
assumed primarily by professionals, it is commonly accomplished by
nurses and social workers, but primary care pediatricians, physical and
occupational therapists, and other professionals can lead or
participate in the coordination process. Nevertheless, families and
adolescents themselves are important participants, advisors, and
consultants throughout the process. This collaboration with family
members is vital because they know their needs best,11 usually better than the health care professional. Very positive changes
occur when families and professionals work together to support the
families in their central role as caregivers.12 In
contrast, when they do not work together, the cost of care may
increase, patient satisfaction may decrease, and patient care may
become fragmented and disorganized.13,14
The primary care pediatrician's role in care coordination within
the medical home concept is not fixed or determined by a defined set of
tasks but is a dynamic process driven by the health status and
developmental progress of the child, the specific needs of the child
and family, the primary care pediatrician's expertise with children
with special health care needs, and the availability of other
professionals to provide care coordination. Several barriers challenge
the primary care pediatrician in providing care coordination. These
barriers include the following:
MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF CARE
HISTORY AND DEFINITION
COMPONENTS AND TYPES OF CARE COORDINATION
THE FAMILY'S ROLE
THE PRIMARY CARE PEDIATRICIAN'S ROLE
Published reports15,16 and families themselves4 have indicated that there is a greater need for involvement of primary care pediatricians in the care coordination process, in addition to the provision of primary care to children with special health care needs. The absence of such involvement results in incomplete coordination and episodic, expensive, fragmented care. The primary care pediatrician should be aware of the array of available subspecialty services, know when they are needed, know how to gain access and advocate for them with managed care organizations, and know how to communicate the subspecialist reports to the family.
The concept of the medical home is an important way for the primary care pediatrician to provide care for children.17 The medical home for children with special health care needs incorporates the same elements of well-child care, community-based preventive care, developmental surveillance, and anticipatory guidance used in the ongoing care of children who do not have special needs. Care should be accessible, comprehensive, continuous, compassionate, culturally competent, and family-centered. The concept of the medical home reinforces care coordination activities of primary care pediatricians, in collaboration with nurses and support staff. A designated care coordinator is necessary to facilitate optimal outcomes and to prevent confusion.
Many children with special health care needs, especially the medically fragile child, have unique needs during an emergency that require care coordination and planning. Complex problems often must be addressed by unprepared professionals during an emergency. Children who require ventilator support or who have pacemakers, tracheostomies, gastrostomy tubes, and central venous catheters have unique problems that often require care by emergency medical services personnel. (For additional information, refer to the AAP's statement "Emergency Preparedness for Children with Special Health Care Needs."18) The primary care pediatrician can facilitate coordination of services by assuring availability of information related to anticipated emergency problems.
The roles of the primary care pediatrician as both gatekeeper and patient advocate may conflict with each other, as physicians strive to reduce costs while providing access to necessary subspecialty care and services.19 Primary care pediatricians who provide a medical home for children with special health care needs are actively involved in care coordination, thereby improving quality of care.
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Although care coordination can be complex, time-consuming, and even frustrating, it is the key to efficient management of the many complex issues surrounding the care of children with special health care needs within the context of the medical home. Becoming aware of available resources, being involved in the care coordination process, and developing unique care coordination approaches within one's own community and tertiary care centers are essential to provide optimal care for children with special health care needs. Families, primary care pediatricians, and other professionals need to collaborate meaningfully to provide effective coordination of care. Successful care coordination resulting in optimal outcomes for children with special health care needs and their families provides an opportunity for professional fulfillment for pediatricians.
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- Primary care pediatricians and tertiary care centers should work cooperatively to develop health care models that include care coordination to link families and to help patients be accommodated with a full spectrum of needed health, education, and social services in an effort to improve the quality of care.
- Ideally, families of children with special health care needs should lead the care coordination team and/or be proactive participants. To do so, the parents (or adolescent patients themselves) must have access to information about the child's (their own) condition, proper education in care coordination, and other necessary resources.
- Primary care pediatricians caring for children with special health care needs should facilitate access to community-based services through use of the medical home concept.
- Primary care pediatricians should have an important role in care coordination. This role should be flexible to meet the dynamic needs of the child and family. If neither the primary care pediatrician nor the family is able to become the care coordinator, another member of the child's medical home should be designated.
- Barriers to care coordination should be addressed. Successful provision of care coordination is contingent on adequate reimbursement for efforts. Time expended in care coordination by primary care pediatricians and other health care professionals should be financially reimbursed by third-party payers; otherwise the efforts will fail.
- Research should be done to develop new approaches to coordinating care and to investigate the outcomes and benefits of care coordination, especially within the context of the medical home.
- Interdisciplinary training opportunities in the medical home philosophy and care coordination are being developed. These curricula are already available to physicians and families in some parts of the country. However, they should be expanded and made available to all medical students and residents so that they are better prepared to coordinate care when they begin community practice. (For additional information refer to the AAP's policy statement "The Pediatrician's Role in Community Pediatrics."20)
COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, 1998-1999
Philip R. Ziring, MD, Chairperson
Dana Brazdziunas, MD
W. Carl Cooley, MD
Theodore A. Kastner, MD
Marian E. Kummer, MD
Lilliam Gonzalez de Pijem, MD
Richard D. Quint, MD, MPH
Elizabeth S. Ruppert, MD
Adrian D. Sandler, MD
LIAISON REPRESENTATIVES
William C. Anderson
Social Security Administration
Polly Arango
Family Voices
Paul Burgan, MD, PhD
Social Security Administration
Connie Garner, RN, MSN, EdD
US Department of Education
Merle McPherson, MD
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Linda Michaud, MD
American Academy of Physical
Medicine/Rehabilitation
Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, MD
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
SECTION LIAISONS
Chris P. Johnson, MEd, MD Section on Children With
Disabilities
Lani S. M. Wheeler, MD
Section on School Health
CONSULTANTS
John Nackashi, MD
James M. Perrin, MD
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The recommendations in this statement do not indicate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as a standard of medical care. Variations, taking into account individual circumstances, may be appropriate.
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MCHB, Maternal and Child Health Bureau; AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics.
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