Courses

Get free CE on your schedule with Texas Health Steps Online Provider Education. View an alphabetical list of course titles, or check out the course finder below to learn more about the range of topics and formats we offer.

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Quick Course CE: 0.00

A Dispenser’s Guide to Texas Medicaid Outpatient Pharmacy Benefits

Learn how to enroll and participate in the outpatient pharmacy program that serves patients in fee-for-service Medicaid.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

A Prescriber's Guide to Medicaid Prior Authorizations

Learn when and how to obtain prior authorization for medications prescribed for patients covered by Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences through Trauma-Informed Care

Integrate practices to identify, treat, and reduce the effects of trauma and toxic stress among children and adolescents. Includes ethical guidelines for reporting suspected abuse or neglect and for providing culturally effective health-care services.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

ADHD: Diagnosis and Management

Adopt recommended screening schedules and tools to diagnose and manage ADHD among children and adolescents in the primary care setting. Includes guidelines for making referrals and coordinating care with specialists.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Adolescent Health Checkups

Learn how a morning huddle can set the stage for a successful day of appointments with adolescent patients.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Adolescent Substance Use

Learn the tools to integrate substance use screening and intervention into practice, employ current evidence-based models to manage patients who use substances or are in recovery, and refer patients.
CE Credit CE: 1.75

Advancing Health Equity in Texas through Culturally Responsive Care

Learn how to advance health equity by adopting and implementing the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Assessing and Documenting Caries Risk

Learn how to assess risk for developing caries and protect your patient's oral health.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Assessing Teen’s Mental Health

Learn to recognize the signs of an underlying mental health problem in your patients.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Atopic Dermatitis

Implement best practices to identify, treat, and prevent atopic dermatitis; minimize behavioral comorbidities; and counsel parents.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Screening, Diagnosis, and Management

The goal of this module is to equip Texas Health Steps providers and others to recognize autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children and adolescents and to provide guidelines for diagnosis, referral, and continuity of care in a primary care setting.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Become a Contraception Pro

Learn why and how to integrate long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) into routine clinical practice
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Behavioral Health: Screening and Intervention

Determine how and when to effectively screen for and treat common childhood and adolescent mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in the primary care setting.
CE Credit CE: 1.75

Breastfeeding

Apply culturally effective best practices to promote breastfeeding and learn how to educate mothers about the benefits of breastfeeding and provide ongoing support and guidance.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Building a Comprehensive and Effective Medical Home

Learn how and why to create and sustain a medical home in your primary care practice.
Tutorial CE: 0.00

Case Management Provider Tutorial

This tutorial is supplemental training for case management providers who have been approved by DSHS to provide case management services.
Steps non-CE CE: 0.00

Case Management Services in Texas

Integrate case management services to support patients and families dealing with special health-care needs or chronic conditions. Includes information about eligibility for Case Management for Children and Pregnant Women.
CE Credit CE: 1.75

Childhood and Adolescent Depression

Identify and manage childhood and adolescent depression in a primary care setting, make appropriate referrals, and provide ongoing care and coordination.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Concussion: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Learn to diagnose, treat, and prevent concussion in children and adolescents.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Coordinating Vision Screenings

Learn when to conduct a vision screening during a routine checkup.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Critical Congenital Heart Disease

Learn about state-mandated newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease, the screening process, and appropriate follow-up.
CE Credit CE: 1.25

Culturally Effective Health Care

Promote effective communication and improve health outcomes for culturally diverse patients and their families. Includes guidelines for obtaining informed consent and using interpretation services in the medical home.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Developmental Surveillance and Screening: Birth through 6 Years

Integrate validated developmental screenings and ongoing surveillance to meet Texas Health Steps requirements for preventive medical checkups.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Diabetes Screening, Diagnosis, and Management

Recognize the symptoms of diabetes and distinguish among the various types that affect children and adolescents. Includes best practices for effectively managing diabetes through medication and lifestyle changes.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Disaster Preparedness in Texas: What Pediatricians Should Know

Take 10 minutes to learn about specific steps physicians can take to “prepare to survive” and “prepare to recover” when a flood, fire, disease outbreak, or other disaster strikes. This podcast provides lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey and other recent disasters as well as links to helpful disaster preparedness resources.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Effective Asthma Management at School

Equip school nurses to implement and sustain an effective asthma management program that improves self-management, access to prescribed medications, trigger reduction, and emergency treatment while educating students, parents, and staff.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Ethics in Audiology: Follow-up and Reporting Standards After Newborn Hearing Screening in Texas

The goal of this tutorial is to equip audiologists to adhere to ethical standards for follow-up and referral after newborn hearing screening, including complete and electronic reporting into the Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (TEHDI) management information system.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Exercise-Induced Dyspnea

Implement best clinical practices to identify and treat exercise-induced dyspnea, apply an algorithm to clear athletes to return to play, and determine when specialty care is necessary.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Family-Centered Care: A Primer for Pediatric Health-Care Providers

By collaborating with patients and their families, pediatric health-care providers can help improve health, development, and long-term outcomes for all children, including children with disabilities and chronic health conditions.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Promoting Early Identification and Support for Children

Learn how to provide early diagnosis, referral, and support for children who have a range of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), including those with subtle effects who might be misdiagnosed or undiagnosed.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

First Dental Home

Dentists enrolled in Texas Medicaid must complete this training and provide additional certification in order to bill Medicaid for First Dental Home services for children 6 through 35 months.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Genetic Screening, Testing, Treatment, and Referral

Learn best practices and ethical guidelines for genetic clinical evaluations, screening and testing, appropriate referrals, and ongoing care in a primary care practice.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Health Authorities in Texas

Identify the legal roles and responsibilities of Texas Local Health Authorities and how they ensure public health emergencies and other health issues are addressed in a proper and timely manner.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Hearing and Vision Screening

Implement best practices to provide age-appropriate hearing and vision screenings in the primary care setting and coordinate with school screenings.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

HPV Vaccination in Texas: What Pediatricians Should Know

Take a few minutes to learn about current research and get tips for educating patients and their parents about the importance of following the recommended HPV vaccination schedule. This podcast provides updated clinical guidelines and links to further information.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Identifying and Treating Children with Asthma

Equip Texas Health Steps providers and other health-care professionals to identify asthma, apply a stepwise treatment approach as part of managing asthma patients in a primary care setting, and make appropriate referrals for specialty care.
CE Credit CE: 2.00

Identifying and Treating Young People with High-Risk Behaviors

Learn about the prevalence, signs, symptoms, and interventions for substance use and other risky adolescent behaviors.
CE Credit CE: 1.75

Immunization

Effectively communicate vaccine information to patients and families, apply the national immunization and catch-up schedules, and identify vaccine contraindications and precautions. Includes current ACIP guidelines.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Infant Safe Sleep

Integrate best practices to identify and reduce risks for sleep-related infant death and motivate parents and caregivers to provide safe sleeping environments. Includes proven communication strategies and resources.
Tutorial CE: 0.00

Integrating Postpartum Depression Screening into Routine Infant Medical Checkups

Maternal and child health are intricately linked. This tutorial explores the impact of postpartum depression and provides guidance about how Texas Health Steps providers can receive separate reimbursement for conducting maternal postpartum depression screening during an infant’s regular checkup.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Interpersonal Youth Violence

Implement strategies to identify, intervene in, and prevent behaviors such as bullying, self-injury and suicide, dating violence, and sexting. Includes guidelines for ethically responding when an adolescent patient perpetrates violence.
CE Credit CE: 0.50

Introduction to Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

Learn how to conduct SBIRT in the medical office: instituting routine screening, early intervention, and referral to treatment for adolescent patients with substance use disorders or at risk for developing such disorders. Provides resources for obtaining mandatory SBIRT training.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Limiting Adolescent Access to Opioids

Learn how pediatricians and other primary care providers can restrict adolescent access to opioids and help prevent young people from misusing these powerful medications.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Limiting Sugar for Children

Get tips on how to help families provide a healthy start for infants and young children.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Maintaining Ethics Despite Language and Cultural Differences

Get tips for overcoming language barriers in your practice.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Management of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

Adopt best practices that can be used in primary care to assess, treat, and prevent overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Managing Type 1 Diabetes: The Early Days

Get practical guidance about how to help young patients and their families learn to manage type 1 diabetes.
Tutorial CE: 0.00

Medicaid Administrative Claiming Tutorial

Learn about the MAC program requirements, covered services, and streamlined contracting and management process.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Medicaid Case Management Services in Texas: A Course for Case Managers

Learn how case managers support Medicaid services for children and families in Texas. This course provides guidance about how case managers work with various state programs, including traditional fee-for-service Medicaid and managed care organizations.
Tutorial CE: 0.00

Medical Transportation Program Tutorials

Learn more about the Medical Transportation Program by viewing one of our animated tutorials or training presentation created for providers.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Motivational Interviewing

Gain communication skills that can be used in the primary care setting to motivate children, adolescents, and families to make positive health changes, improve self-care for chronic conditions, and avoid high-risk behaviors.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Motivational Interviewing to Promote Healthy Weight

Collaborating with patients can help them establish and maintain healthy habits. Learn how to get started.
CE Credit CE: 1.25

Newborn Hearing Screening

Implement best practices that can be used in the primary care setting to manage parent anxiety about out-of-range newborn hearing results and to encourage follow-up care.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Newborn Screening

A primary care provider’s guide to Texas’s newborn screening program, including how to interpret results, communicate with parents, and follow up to ensure necessary treatment occurs in a timely manner.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Nutrition

Learn to provide age-appropriate nutritional assessments and counseling that promote healthy growth and development.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Oral Evaluation and Fluoride Varnish

Implement practices required for physicians, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants to perform Oral Evaluations and Fluoride Varnish services in Texas. This course and additional certification are required to bill Medicaid for the service.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Oral Health For Primary Care Providers

Promote oral health for infants and children in a primary care practice. Includes screening and treatment guidelines as well as age-appropriate anticipatory guidance
CE Credit CE: 1.25

Pharmacy

Integrate best practices for providing pharmacy services to patients in fee-for-service Texas Medicaid, the Kidney Health Care Program, and the Children with Special Health-Care Needs program.
Tutorial CE: 0.00

Potential Case Management Provider Tutorial

Learn how to become a Case Manager with this tutorial.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Preconception and Prenatal Health: Cytomegalovirus

Learn how to offer preventive counseling about how pregnant girls and women can avoid cytomegalovirus infection and how to assess cytomegalovirus infection risks to newborns.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Preconception and Prenatal Health: Identifying and Intervening in High-Risk Behaviors

Learn how high-risk behaviors can affect the health and pregnancies of girls and women of reproductive age, and how to assess risky behaviors that may contribute to an unintended pregnancy.
CE Credit CE: 1.25

Preconception and Prenatal Health: Managing Chronic Health Issues Before and During Pregnancy

Learn to assess the effects of chronic health issues on girls and women of reproductive age and on future pregnancies, and how to use motivational interviewing when discussing preconception/prenatal health with girls and women of reproductive age.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Preconception and Prenatal Health: Overview

Integrate best practices for preconception health care and counseling into preventive medical checkups.
CE Credit CE: 1.25

Preconception and Prenatal Health: Promoting and Maintaining Women’s Oral Health

Learn to assess oral health problems that may affect the health of women, their infants, and their unborn children.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Preventing Congenital CMV Infection

Learn tips for helping your patients avoid exposure to CMV.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Preventing Lead Exposure

Learn how to screen, test, and retest for lead levels in children; how to properly collect blood specimens; and how to use the state’s 24/7 electronic system for mandatory reporting of test results.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Preventing Unintentional Injury

Equip Texas Health Steps providers and others to identify risk factors for unintentional injury from birth through 20 years, provide age-appropriate anticipatory guidance, and apply state law and best practices to prevent unintentional injury and death.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Promoting Adolescent Health

Adopt best practices for adolescent screening, including recommended schedules, effective communication, and enhanced clinical procedures. Includes video examples of effective screening techniques.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Promoting Oral Health through Caries Risk Assessment and Dental Anticipatory Guidance

Learn to implement nationally recognized dental quality measures such as individualized caries risk assessment and age-appropriate anticipatory guidance to improve oral health.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Protect Against Plagiocephaly

Learn how to give careful examinations of the head during infant checkups to detect flat spots or other deformities.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Protecting Newborns from Pertussis

Learn when to give your pregnant patients the pertussis vaccination.
CE Credit CE: 2.00

Recognizing, Reporting, and Preventing Child Abuse

Implement best practices to effectively screen for child abuse, comply with legal reporting requirements, and promote protective factors that prevent child abuse.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Reducing Non-Medically Necessary Deliveries Before 39 Weeks

Learn how to promote maternal and child health by implementing policies and procedures that reduce non-medically necessary deliveries before 39 weeks of gestation. 
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Reducing Opioid Use in Texas

An overview of the opioid epidemic and how physicians can help to reduce opioid use in Texas.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

SBIRT in the Office

Learn how to incorporate SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention,
and Referral to Treatment) into routine adolescent medical checkups.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Recognizing red flags, screening, and responding to parent concerns are critical to ASD diagnosis and intervention.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Screening for Tuberculosis

Learn when to screen for tuberculosis.
CE Credit CE: 1.25

Sickle Cell Disease and Trait

Learn the process for screening and management of sickle cell disease and trait in children.
CE Credit CE: 1.00

Specimen Collection

Implement best practices for collecting and handling specimens in a clinical setting as well as requirements for submitting specimens to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Spotting a Public Health Risk

Learn what to look for in your patients to identify an infectious disease.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Stop HPV PDQ

Learn why and how to consistently promote HPV vaccination of adolescents in your pediatric or primary care practice.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Talking to Teens about Alcohol

Get tips for what to do when you detect alcohol use in your adolescent patients.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Teen Consent and Confidentiality

Establish practice guidelines that comply with legal requirements for obtaining consent and maintaining confidentiality in providing health-care services to adolescents.
CE Credit CE: 1.75

Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding: Birth Practices that Support Breastfeeding

Propose labor and delivery practices that support breastfeeding, recommend a breastfeeding position often used after a C-section, evaluate latch, and analyze contraindications to breastfeeding.
CE Credit CE: 1.25

Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding: Breastfeeding Overview

Learn how to protect, support, and promote breastfeeding in accordance with the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and Texas Ten Steps Program.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding: Prenatal and Postnatal Practices that Support Breastfeeding

Learn how to promote patient-centered communication about breastfeeding, recognize benefits/risks of different feeding methods, and support breastfeeding after a mother returns to the workplace.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Texas Health Steps Services for Children in Foster Care

Children and youth who enter state conservatorship are entitled to a “3 in 30” series of exams plus coordinated ongoing care. This course provides clinical guidelines and updated resources to help you conduct the required exams and provide follow-care for this high-needs patient population.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Texas Health Steps: Overview

Learn to perform and be reimbursed for preventive medical checkups and other pediatric and adolescent services through the Texas Health Steps Medicaid program.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Texas Medicaid Services for Children

Learn when and how to access the full scope of Texas Medicaid services available for children and adolescents. Includes helpful information (or best practices) on how to streamline reimbursements.
CE Credit CE: 1.50

Transition Services for Children and Youth with Special Health-Care Needs

Learn to develop and implement transition plans for patients with chronic health conditions or disabilities as they approach school age or adulthood.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Treating Underlying Pediatric Depression

Learn how to respond when your patient displays signs of depression.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Understanding Teen Consent

Learn about medical consent and confidentiality laws and best practices that affect adolescent health care.
Case Study CE: 0.00

Verifying Medicaid Eligibility

Find out how to improve office workflow and efficiency while ensuring that patients receive necessary services.
Quick Course CE: 0.00

Zika in Texas

Learn how to help prevent the spread of Zika and protect vulnerable populations.