Category Archives: Iowa EPSDT Care for Kids

What’s New?

The 2023-24 Respiratory Viral Season Is Here! New clinic offers vaccinations for children with disabilities Flu season is here, but it’s not too late to vaccinate! UI Health Care Center for Disabilities and Development is currently offering flu vaccinations for children (and some adults) with disabilities and a fear of needles. Clinic features: Specially trained…
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Trending Topics

Looking for more news to help care for kids? Check out these EPSDT updates... Revised Iowa EPSDT CHDR forms The Iowa EPSDT Child Health & Development Record (CHDR) forms that guide and document children's well visits from birth up to age 21 have been completely revised. are still free to use, and now they're fillable!…
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EPSDT Post Archive

The new EPSDT post archive is searchable and topical Looking for information on a particular topic? Click on any of the categories in the right-hand column of this page to link to various news items that have appeared in our "What's New?" featured post. You can also find archived issues of the EPSDT Care for…
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Iowa EPSDT Care for Kids Program Has a Newly Revised Periodicity Schedule

EPSDT Care for Kids is Iowa’s federally mandated Medicaid program for kids. The Periodicity Schedule serves as the core of Iowa's EPSDT program. It gives health care providers a regular schedule for visits and screenings to assure the physical, mental, social, emotional and behavioral health of children from birth to age 21. An article about…
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