MVCCP Case Referral Form with Instructions

MVCCP Case Review Form

2014 Conference Brochure with Presenters

2013 Conference Presenters

MVCCP Staff and Partner Transitions

MVCCP’s first Care Coordinator, Gail Davidson, has retired!
In the last 27 months, she managed over 500 referrals to the project.

Gail was an RN for 34 years, (a nursing professor for 10 years); starting her career in the NICU and finished it helping to change the system of care in Kern County! Thank you for your service, Gail!

Another experienced PHN, Arthur Manalac, RN, has assumed the duties of the Care Coordinator.

Also, our county Director of Public Health Nursing, Lucinda Wasson, is retiring at the end of June, after 35 years. A strong partner and advocate for care coordination, Cindy will be missed!

Transitions like this must be as seamless as possible to sustain our progress! We thank the Kern County Public Health Services Department, for its ongoing commitment to hire wonderful staff to support MVCCP's Care Coordination for Children with Special Health Care Needs.

Gail Davidson and a few of her friends!

Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health funds MVCCP Replication

On November 16, 2012, the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, Palo Alto, California announced ^* a two year grant to the Kern County Medically Vulnerable Care Coordination Project (MVCCP) to:

• provide free technical assistance in three California counties
• to assist these counties in replicating the MVCCP care coordination model and toolkit
• to implement a local care coordination project for children 0 – 5 years of age with special health care needs in their county..

For more information, please contact:

Marc Thibault, MVCCP Project Director, at (949) 842-5671 or email marc.thibault.llc@gmail.com.

* http://www.lpfch.org/newsroom/releases/grants_11_16_12.html

UPDATED DECEMBER 10, 2012

Our November 1, 2012 Fall Conference was a great success! Our topic was:

The Impact of Premature Birth: Lessons Learned Serving Premature Infants and their Families

We had 165 participants, including: Physicians; 90 RNs; Social workers; Insurers; Case managers; Foster parents; Therapists; Clinicians; Parent educators; Child care providers; and many other community organization representatives.

 

Conference Outcomes: Focus on Premature Birth:

o   Learned the biological and health dimensions of prematurity

o   Met diverse local and regional partners

o   Shared practical strategies and tools

o   Defined common issues and solutions

o   Helped to enhance the system of health care and support services in the region

The Day’s Panel Presentations:

 

Introduction: The Impact of Premature Birth in Kern County

·   Marc R. Thibault, MA, MVCCP Project Director

·   Gail Davidson, RN, MVCCP Care Coordinator

Infant-Family Mental Health Panel

·  Isabell B. Purdy, PhD, NNP, CPNP, Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology & Developmental Biology, David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Medical Center      

·  Mary Alice Melwak, PhD, CPNP, CNS, CCRN, UCLA Medical Center, NICU High Risk Infant Follow-up Clinic

Panel on Substance Exposed Infants and Children 

·  Lily Alvarez, Behavioral Health Administrator, Kern Co Mental Health Department

·  Ranjit Padhy, M.D., UCLA Assistant Clinical Professor, Child & Adolescent & Adult Outpatient Services 

·  Michelle Curioso, PHN, KC MCAH Coordinator

·  Felicia Skaggs M.S. MFTI, Supervising MH Clinician Kern County Gate Team/West Kern/SART

Specialty Care Panel

·  Tony Pallitto, MSA-HCM, Administrator, California Children's Services, Kern County (CCS)

·  Shellby Dumlao, Supervising PHN III, CCS

·  Loalea Underwood, PHN II, Case Manager, CCS

·  Robert Flores, Fiscal Support Technician, CCS

·  Gary Frazier, Vice President of Business Development, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

 

 Panel on Substance Exposed Infants and Children 

Specialty Care Panel

Infant-Family Mental Health Panel