Preventive Care in Action: Supporting Healthier Futures for Children
Preventive care is one of the most powerful tools available to improve lifelong health outcomes for children. In case you missed it, Partners For Kids held an informative webinar featuring Beau Meyer, DDS, M.P.H and Alex Rakowsky, MD, who shared insights and practical strategies to help primary care providers strengthen preventive care delivery and address health concerns before they become more serious.
This session explored the role of prevention across the pediatric care continuum, including opportunities to improve:
- Oral health assessments and integration
- Well-visit adherence
- Vaccination rates
- Early literacy and developmental
- Free resources
Whether you're looking to enhance preventive care workflows or identify new opportunities to engage patients and families, this webinar offers actionable guidance from Partners For Kids’ clinical leaders.
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Join the Behavioral Health Series in Primary Care
The next webinar, “Depression and Anxiety in Pediatric Primary Care,” will be held on Wednesday, August 12, from noon to 1 p.m. The target audience for this series is primary care providers and CME is offered. Behavioral health providers are also welcome to attend. No registration is required!
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In Case You Missed It: Administrative Staff Retreat Wrap-Up
The 8th annual Administrative Staff Retreat was held virtually on Friday, June 12. The event was hosted by Michelle Golla, MD, who leads equity initiatives for Partners For Kids. Participants heard varying perspectives about the Ohio Pediatric Psychiatry Access Line, including operations (Lillian Peterson), primary care (Dina Thurman, NP) and psychiatry (Courtney Cinko, MD).
In addition, a leading expert in AI demonstrated how to use AI in daily administrative tasks, as well as how to choose the right platform for your work and sensitive data. To wrap up the day, Partners For Kids’ leaders Gavin Baumgardner, DO, MHA, and Melissa Michener presented an overview of the important work being done in population health across our regions.
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Quality Improvement Update
Our Quality Improvement cohorts are currently underway. Eleven practices have chosen to do projects in the well-child visit space and six of them will be submitting for Maintenance of Certification (MOC). In addition to guiding the quality improvement projects, our Healthy Children and Women and Infants population health stream is working with several groups to improve care in our region. For example: The school-based health center in Xenia is working toward implementing electronic consents; The primary care practices affiliated with Dayton Children's are implementing outreach reports in Epic; The population health teams are working with the Dayton Children's urgent care sites to convert sport physicals to well visits; The team is also exploring new nursery partnerships. If you are interested in learning more about partnering with our population health teams, please contact PFKProRelations@childrensdayton.org.
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Register for the Next Primary Care Quarterly Webinar
The next Partners For Kids’ quarterly webinar will be held on Wednesday, September 9,from noon to 1 p.m., focusing on Type 2 diabetes. This webinar will be presented by Kristin Baron, PharmD and Leena Mamilly, MD.
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Support Families Beyond the Exam Room
As a primary care clinician, you know that some families need support beyond what can be provided in the exam room. Our Care Guide team helps families understand their Medicaid coverage and re-enroll if needed, locate transportation services, access food assistance, find free back-to-school resources and stay on top of their appointments and medications. A child does not need to have a complex or chronic condition to work with one of our Care Guides.
Do you know a family who could benefit from this program?
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Resources from June’s Behavioral Health Training
During the webinar, “Leveraging AI to Enhance Clinical Care,” attendees explored how generative AI can be thoughtfully integrated into psychotherapy to address common clinical and administrative challenges, while enhancing patient and caregiver engagement. Participants learned practical strategies for using AI to personalize psychoeducation, therapeutic materials, caregiver supports and treatment planning, and practiced applying these tools to a complex adolescent mental health case. Attendees also examined ethical, privacy and professional considerations.
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Register for the August Behavioral Health Training
The next behavioral health course will be held on Friday, August 14, from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on “Navigating School Avoidance.” Register for the August course and be sure to check out the full Partners For Kids course calendar for more trainings.
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Pharmacy and Prescribing Updates: |
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July Update to the Unified Preferred Drug List (UPDL)
The Ohio Department of Medicaid’s (ODM) UPDL is developed by ODM and implemented by the single Pharmacy Benefit Manager, Gainwell Technologies. Partners For Kids has condensed the UPDL into commonly prescribed drug classes for pediatric primary care and behavioral health providers.
You can review specific changes that were effective on July 1 in our Pharmacy Coverage Updates document.
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Important Dates
- Tuesday, August 4, noon to 1 p.m.: “Addressing Dental Caries in Primary Care: The Role of Silver Diamine Fluoride (Repeat from July 15)”
- Wednesday, August 12, noon to 1 p.m.: Behavioral Health Series for Primary Care Offering, “Depression and Anxiety in Pediatric Primary Care”
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Friday, August 14, 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Behavioral Health Course Offering, TBD
- Friday, September 4, 11 a.m. to noon: Behavioral Health Course Offering: “Minimal Facts Collection”
- Monday, September 7: Partners For Kids’ offices are CLOSED
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Wednesday, September 9, noon to 1 p.m.: Primary Care Quarterly Webinar, “Type II Diabetes”
- Friday, September 11, 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Behavioral Health Course Offering: “Common Psychopharmacological Management of Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- Wednesday, October 7, noon to 1 p.m.: Behavioral Health Series for Primary Care: “Suicidality”
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Friday, October 9, 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Behavioral Health Course Offering, “The Practice of Ethical and Responsible Reporting of Suspected Abuse and Neglect”
- Tuesday, November 3, noon to 1 p.m.: Primary Care Quarterly Webinar: “Constipation”
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Friday, November 13, 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Behavioral Health Course Offering: “Supervising Trauma Informed Care: From Assessment to Intervention”
- Friday, November 20, 11 a.m. to noon: Behavioral Health Course Offering, “Strategies for Caregivers to Teach Co-Regulation to Children and Adolescents”
- Thursday, November 26: Partners For Kids’ offices are CLOSED
- Wednesday, December 2, noon to 1 p.m.: Behavioral Health Series for Primary Care: “Refugee and Immigrant Mental Health”
- Friday, December 11, 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Behavioral Health Course Offering: TBD
- Friday, December 25: Partners For Kids’ offices are CLOSED
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Friday, January 1, 2027: Partners For Kids’ offices are CLOSED
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