Provider Information

South Dakota's Well-Child Care Program

South Dakota’s Well-Child Care Program helps promote the health and well-being of children and youth on Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The program provides preventative care and covers general health services which are made available to families once they are eligible for Medicaid.

Services covered include:

• Health services and treatment of illnesses
  
• Vision, hearing and dental services
  
• Developmental and nutritional status
  
• Lead testing
  
• Non-emergency medical transportation services
  
• Immunizations
  
• Prescription drugs
  
• Mental health services

These services are provided to children and youth under age 21 who participate in Medicaid/CHIP.

Well-Child Care Billing Information:

• Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices 2008 Schedule 
• Commonly Administered Pediatric Vaccines/Toxoids and Immune Globulins (2007)
• Immunization Administration Codes
  
• Immunization CPT Code Reference
• Preventive Screening Codes
• Professional Services Manual
• South Dakota Immunization Program
• South Dakota Vaccine Eligibility Chart 
• Vaccines and Preventable Diseases

More Information:

• Bright Futures Children's Health Resources
• Bright Futures Provider Training
• Guide to Children's Dental Care in Medicaid
  
• Bright Futures Oral Health Tool Box
• Centers for Disease Control Childhood Lead Advisory
• Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Administrative Rule