Children's Medical Services (Mountain Home, Mountain View)

Phone: 870-425-6011
Toll free phone: 800-324-0979
Fax: 870-269-8069

E-mail address: patreeves@Kidscare.net

Person furnishing information to UCRC: Pat Reeves, RN

Physical address: 204 Bucher Drive (DHS), Mountain Home, AR
Mailing address: PO Box 408
City: Mountain Home
State: AR
Zip: 72654

Hours of operation: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
After hours services:

Day(s) open:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Handicap accessible: Yes

Cost of services: Varies according to income guidelines

Geographic area served: Baxter, Stone, Marion and Fulton Counties

Categories:
Child/Youth Health
Health
Medical/Dental

Description of the organization service(s):
Stone County DHS, 1821 East Main Street, HC 71 Box 159, Mountain View, AR 72560

Children's Medical Services (CMS) is a section of the Division of Medical Services, Department of Human Services. CMS is Arkansas' Title V agency for children with special health care needs. Children and their families receive care that is community-based, family-centered and culturally sensitive.

The services that Children's Medical Services provides are:

Service coordination for children under 21 with special health care needs.

Diagnostic evaluations for potentially eligible conditions covered by Children's Medical Services. The family must submit an application for Children's Medical Services prior to beginning the diagnostic work-up.

Follow-up medical care for children with chronic illness and disabilities. The family must meet diagnostic and financial guidelines.

Coordination of TEFRA and SSI; Parent Support Groups; Children's Medical Services Parent Advisory Council; a Resource Library, that furnishes medical information and/or directs the parent to possible resources; and the Respite Program, beginning October 2001.