12What is a Health Home Serving Children?

A Health Home Serving Children is not a physical location; it is a care management service where ALL of a child’s caregivers talk to one another so that a family’s needs are fully met.

Care managers oversee a child’s care, working to make sure he/she has access to all needed services to stay healthy, active and safe.

Why enroll in AHI Health Home Serving Children?

Identifying and accessing the right services can be complicated and is especially important when it involves your children.

AHI Health Home Serving Children can help you find and get all the services your children need.

Contact Us for more information call

1-866-708-2912or visit our website

www.ahihealth.org/healthhome

or contact:

AHI HEALTH HOME SERVING CHILDREN

AHI

LINKING Social Support to CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE

Referrals to AHI Health Home Serving Children

Children are referred to the AHI Health Home in one of two ways:

Referred by agency providing care

Self-referred or referred from outside agency

How Much Does AHI Health Home Serving Children Cost?

AHI Health Home Serving Children participants do not pay out-of-pocket for this service.

The program is funded by Medicaid and Medicaid Managed Care.

What is AHI Health Home Serving Children?

AHI Health Home Serving Children is a New York State Department of Health designated lead Health Home and serves children up to age 21.

AHI Health Home Serving Children’s goal is to improve care coordination for high-risk children who receive Medicaid in an effort to reduce duplicative services and who might need connectivity to a number of different providers.

Who is Eligible to Enroll in AHI Health Home Serving Children?

Children birth to age 21 enrolled in Medicaid who have a qualifying condition OR two or more chronic health conditions may apply for the AHI Health Home Serving Children program. Conditions include, but are not limited to:

Severe emotional disturbance

Complex trauma

Asthma

Obesity

Substance abuse

HIV/AIDS

Additionally, any one or more of the following risk factors must be a part of the child’s situation. These factors include, but are not limited to:

Homelessness or risk of homelessness

Lack of social/family supports

Problems in school

Connectivity with juvenile justice

Non-adherence to treatments

Learning or cognition issues

AHI Health Home Serving Children operates in seven Adirondack/North Country counties:

Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Washington

Visit our website for more information and our referral form:

www.ahihealth.org/healthhome

When asked about her child’s experience with the AHI Health Home Serving Children program, a parent said,

“The care manager was extremely caring, compassionate and professional.”