Florida 2010 Strategic Objectives
for Access and Utilization of Quality Health Care Services
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Objective 1.
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Maintain access to affordable health insurance in all areas of the state
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Objective 2.
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Improve access to health insurance for
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2a. |
Pregnant women |
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2b. |
Postpartum women |
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2c. |
Children who do not have insurance (e.g. Immigrant
children, children of low income state workers) |
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2d. |
Families of children with special health care needs who
need direct assistance while insurance enrollment and access problems are
being resolved |
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Objective 3.
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Increase proportion of eligible children insured by current publicly funded products
through outreach to
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3a. |
Medicaid eligible uninsured children |
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3b. |
MediKids eligible uninsured children |
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3c. |
Healthy Kids eligible uninsured children |
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Objective 4.
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Increase the proportion of children who have a medical home
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Objective 5.
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Improve the proportion of insurance mechanisms that provide the basic prenatal and
postpartum Care Services
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Objective 6.
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Improve the proportion of insurance mechanisms that cover
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6a. |
The basic Well Child Check-Ups comprehensive services |
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6b. |
Chronic childhood diseases and offer families access to
specialty services that would reduce emergency room visits |
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6c. |
Emergency services |
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6d. |
Mental health services |
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6e. |
Transportation services |
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6f. |
Early intervention services |
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6g. |
Dental health services |
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Objective 7.
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Decrease system and personal barriers to utilization. Gather information from
uninsured families and families who do not access health services for children
on barriers to utilization such as
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7a. |
Unfriendly services |
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7b. |
Hours of provider availability |
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7c. |
Geographic distance |
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7d. |
Financial hardship or inability to pay |
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7e. |
Language |
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7f. |
Work hour conflicts or no transportation during open
hours |
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7g. |
Workplace concerns (e.g. Does family risk losing their job
when child needs sick care or medical visits) |
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7h. |
Literacy |
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Objective 8.
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Improve access to mental health services for infants, children and youth
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Objective 9.
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Increase access to dental care services for prevention, early diagnosis and
intervention
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Objective 10.
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Improve agency monitoring standards
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Objective 11.
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Improve appropriateness of reimbursement structures for maternal and child
health
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Objective 12.
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Improve statewide availability and access to trauma centers and treatment with
knowledgeable staff on treating childhood traumas
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Objective 13.
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Increase access to health care in early childhood programs and schools
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