Month: April 2014

Speech Sound Disorder

April 21, 2014

REMINDER: A new diagnosed condition, Speech Sound Disorder, was added July 1, 2013.  Please refer to  Service Guideline #3: Children Referred For Speech Delays for more information.


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Birth to Three Trainings

April 21, 2014

Don’t forget to check the Birth to Three Calendar for upcoming trainings: May 29th – Battelle Developmental Inventory 2 June 3 & 4 – DECA-I/T Both trainings are open to Early Intervention  professionals from all disciplines who are able to perform evaluations and assessments in the 0-3 system.   Birth to Three Calendar


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ICD Coding

April 1, 2014

As providers recently heard at three regional meetings, there were changes to our procedures pending that were related to the changes in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding scheduled for October 1, 2014.  These changes, that impact Medicaid and Commercial Insurance billing, were to take effect April 1st so we would have six months to prepare. Yesterday, March 31st , HR4302 was passed out of the Senate and includes this verbiage: SEC. 212. DELAY IN TRANSITION FROM ICD-9 TO ICD-10 CODE SETS. The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not, prior to October 1, 2015, adopt ICD-10 code sets as … Continue reading


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ECO-Maps

April 1, 2014

Last month Sherri O’Neal from CPAC’s Family Connections and Aileen McKenna, Birth to Three Family Liaison, recorded an eco-map demonstration to be shown at service coordination training. For training purposes this 13 minute video is slightly longer than a typical eco-map. Most take around ten minutes to complete but the wealth of information gathered in that short time is well worth the extra minutes of effort. The video has been posted on the Birth to Three System’s YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/CTBirth23  in a playlist just below the welcome videos or you can click this link to go directly to it.


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