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

  • The initial EPSDT screen will be the newborn physical examination in the hospital.

  • EPSDT requires coverage for all follow-up diagnostic and treatment services deemed Medically Necessary to ameliorate or correct a problem discovered during an EPSDT screen.

  • The Health Plan must work with contracted providers to conduct interperiodic EPSDT screens on RIte Care and all ACA Adult Expansion Population members under age 21 (i.e. 19 and 20-year old under this Agreement) to identify health and developmental problems in conformance with ATTACHMENT ED to this Agreement.

  • In order to assure that members comply with initial and preventive visit schedules, and with preventive screening recommendations, the Contractor agrees to have written policies and procedures to conduct general tracking, follow-up and outreach in addition to what is undertaken as part of the EPSDT program.

  • The Contractor will establish a tracking system that provides up-to-date information on compliance with EPSDT service provision requirements in the following areas: • Initial visit for newborns.


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 agency's early and periodic screen- ing, diagnostic, and treatment program for clients twenty years of age and younger as described in chapter 182-534 WAC.
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 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 a comprehensive child health program of
EPSDT means early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment of persons under s. DHS 107.22.