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For more information, please visit: http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/medicaid/childhealthservices/chc-up/index.shtml or ask your healthcare provider.
What is a Child Health Check-Up?
A Child Health Check-Up is a comprehensive, preventive health screening service. Child Health Check-Ups are performed according to a periodicity schedule that ensures that children have a health screening on a routine basis. In addition, a child may receive a Child Health Check-Up whenever it is medically necessary or requested by the child or the child’s parent or caregiver.
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What is the purpose of the Child Health Check-Up?
The purpose of the Child Health Check-Up Program is to provide the following services to children from birth through age 20:
- Comprehensive, preventive, well child care on a regularly scheduled basis;
- Identification and correction of medical conditions before the conditions become serious and disabling; and
- An entry into the health care system and access to a medical home
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Who can provide Child Health Check-Up Services?
Providers:
- Advance registered nurse practitioners (ARNPs)
- Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)
- Licensed Midwives*
- Medical physicians
- Osteopathic physicians
- Physician assistants
Facilities:
- Birthing centers*
- Children’s Medical Services clinics
- County Health Departments
- Federally qualified health centers
- Hospitals (outpatient only)
- Rural health clinics
- School Districts
*Birthing Centers & Licensed Midwives are limited to newborn evaluation only.
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What are the components of the Child Health Check-Up?
A child health check-up is composed of the following:
- Comprehensive Health & Developmental History including assessment of past medical history, developmental history, and behavioral health status;
- Nutritional assessment;
- Developmental assessment;
- Comprehensive unclothed physical examination;
- Dental screening including dental referral, when required;
- Vision screening including objective testing, when required;
- Hearing screening including objective testing, when required;
- Laboratory test including blood lead testing, when required;
- Appropriate immunizations;
- Health education, anticipatory guidance;
- Diagnosis and treatment; and
- Referral and follow-up, as appropriate.
*Speak with the child’s medical provider if certain components were already completed.
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How do I see what the Child Health Check-up Schedule is?
The Child Health Check-Up schedule is:
- Birth or neonatal exam
- 2-4 days for newborn discharged in less than 48 hours after delivery
- By 1 month
- 2 months
- 4 months
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 12 months
- 15 months
- 18 months
- Once per year for 2 through 20 years old*
To see the handouts and get the forms, click here.
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