Goal

The goal of this module is to educate physicians and other health-care providers about case management services in Texas, including the Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women program.

Target Audience

Texas Health Steps providers and other interested health-care professionals.

Specific Learning Objectives

After completing the activities of this module, you will be able to:

1. Indicate two ways in which patients and families benefit from case management.
2. Specify one way that health-care providers benefit from case management.
3. Differentiate between the roles of the case management provider and the health-care provider.
4. Specify one condition that could result in a high-risk pregnancy and qualify a woman for the Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women program.
5. Interpret one situation in which a child with a health condition may need case management services.
6. Recognize the role of case management as it applies to the Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program.

This module was released on 12/12/2014.