EPSDT definition

EPSDT means early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment.

EPSDT means the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment program administered by DMAS for children under the age of 21 according to federal guidelines (that prescribe preventive and treatment services for Medicaid eligible children) as defined in 12VAC30-50-130.

EPSDT means the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment program administered by DMAS for children under the age of 21 according to federal guidelines which prescribe specific preventive and treatment services for Medicaid-eligible children.

Examples of EPSDT in a sentence

• EPSDT services shall be provided to WVCHIP enrollees in the same manner as provided to Medicaid enrollees.

• The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (OBRA 89) mandated that all Medically Necessary services listed in section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act be covered under Medicaid for the EPSDT benefit provided for Medicaid eligible children under the age of twenty-one (21).

• BMS is responsible for ensuring that the MCO fulfills its contractual responsibilities to inform all families of the services available under EPSDT and how to access them.

• The MCO must submit to BMS a report due forty-five (45) calendar days after the end of each quarter which identifies its performance regarding EPSDT outreach/enabling services, screening and referral rates, well-care child visit rates, dental visits, and immunization rates (see Article III, Section 5.9, Reporting Requirements).

• The MCO must provide all EPSDT eligible individuals (or their families) with accurate, current information about the EPSDT program using clear and non-technical language.

More Definitions of EPSDT

EPSDT means the federally mandated Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment program contained at 42 U.S.C. 1396d(r). The name has been changed to Texas Health Steps in the State of Texas.

EPSDT means the federally mandated Medicaid benefit that entitles full-scope Medi-Cal- 22 covered beneficiaries less than twenty-one (21) years of age to receive any Medicaid service necessary 23 to correct or help to improve a defect, mental illness, or other condition, such as a substance-related 24 disorder, that is discovered during a health screening.

EPSDT means the agency's early and periodic screen- ing, diagnostic, and treatment program for clients age twenty and younger as described in chapter 182-534 WAC.

EPSDT means early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment of persons under s. DHS 107.22.

EPSDT means the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment program.

EPSDT means early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment, medicaid's child health component providing a mandatory and comprehensive set of benefits and services for children up to age twenty one as defined in WAC 182-534- 0100.

EPSDT means the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment program administered by the Medicaid program.