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CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Children's Hospital Foundation
111 Michigan A venue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
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FAX:
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Date:
S,?ptember 23, 1999
JohnWnt Thomas, VicePresjden~forDevGlopnient
Phone: (202}884-4530
FAX: (202)884-5988
Executive Assistant: Lee Putsch
Phone: (202) 884-4214
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This is to confirm that thefollmving peOplc willb'c attending the meeting with
MSi VerVef!r today at 4:00p.rn.,Septcmber 23. Please note t,h~t Dr. llolhrook was
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Jacqueline O. Bowells
Vice President
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III Michigall Avenue, N.W.
Washillgton, D.C. 20()10-2970
(202) 884-4933 0 Fax: (202) 884-59SS
E-Mail: jbowClls@cl1mc.org
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NationalMedical Center
111 Michigan Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20010-2970
(202) 884-5000
CCopyright by Children's Nalional Medical Cenler,
All righls reserved, The bear logo, Children's
Nalional Medical Center and Ihe names ollhe
olher organizaliOfls wilhin the Children's Nalional
Medical Center system are service marks of
Children's Nalional Medical Cenler andlor its
aHiliates,
A member 01 the Children's Miracle Network
Children's does nol discriminale Ofl any grounds
including race, religion, sex, physical handicap,
nalional origin or sexual orienlation,
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the metropolitan area. These centers niakeitmoreiconvenientforfanli"
lies to take advantage of the clinical expertiseoffered gyChiidren's...•.........
Frederick
1564 Opossumtown Pike
Frederick, MD 21702
301-682-6661
Laurel
13922 Baltimore Avenue, Unit 4A
Laurel, MD 20707
301-369-4100/1-800-787-0006
Rockville
Shady Grove Medical Village
14804 Physicians Lane
Suites 122, 141, 173
Rockville, MD 20850
301-424-1755/1-800-787-0243
Upper Marlboro
9440 Pennsylvania Avenue
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
301-868-5777/1-800-475-9932
Fairfax···
3022 Williams· Drive
Suites 100 and 200
Fairfax, VA 22031
703-573-9383/1-800-787-0467
Expanded Neurology Services
in Northern VA
3289 Woodburn Road
Suite 370
Annandale, VA 22003
703-573-9512
Spring Valley
4900 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W
Suite 320
Washington, DC 20016
202-745-8860
Children'S also has mini-regional outpatient centers that provide a limit
ed scope of specialty care services outside metropolitan Washington, DC.
These sites are located in Annapolis, Clinton,Easton, Hollywood, Prince
Frederick, Salisbury, Silver Spring, MD; Manassas, VA; and Dover and
Lewes, DE. Fluoroscopy and Ultrasound are available In Bethesda, MD.
For radiology appointments, call 202 -884-4700. F6f more·Information,
call 202-884-BEAR or 1-888-884-BEAR.
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Mella, Pedreira & Wollschlaeger, in Montgomery County
Children's community-based health
centers located in the District:
Children's Health Center*
III Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20010
Adolescent Health Center
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
Comprehensive Pediatric Health Center
2220 lIth Street, N.W
Washington, DC 20001
Adams Morgan Health Center
2200 Champlain Street, N.W
Washington, DC 20009
Scottish Rite Center for Childhood
Language Disorders
/ 1630 Columbia Road, N.W
Washington, DC 20009
All facilities can be located
through our Bear Line at
202-884-BEAR
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those children whose families don't IlaveiheresourcesJo •.......•
out how you, your family and friends, or yourC()rtl~~lIY> ....
difference, please call the Foundation officeat2()2"884~4522.
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. EI Children'sis thelirgest non~governmental provider of primary care
.in the District of Columbia.
I2J Visits to Children's Community Pediatric Health Centers: 16,089
I!l Patients referred for services to the Freddie Mac Foundation
Child and Adolescent Protection Center: 5,500.
III The hospital's National SAFE KIDS Campaign is the first and only
national organization dedicated solely to the prevention of uninten
tiona� childhood injury - the number one killer of children ages 14
and under. More than 250 State and Local SAFE KIDS Coalitions in
all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico comprise the
Campaign, 202-662-0600.
B Children's AIDS prevention and treatment programs include Project
CHAMp, which provides practical and emotional support for HIV
affected children and their families and HIV-related education for
community-based caregivers of children and youth. The Burgess
Clinic educates and cares for teens who are at risk or have HIY.
Project CHAMP: 202-884-5450; Burgess Clinic: 202-884-5389.
III The Great Kids program, developed by CNMC, presents
work-site seminars that provide working parents with practical
approaches to the stress of parenting. 202-884-3851.
!ill Adolescent Employment Readiness Center offers individual
assistance for teens with chronic illnesses or physical disabilities
to help them prepare for employment and plan for their future.
202 -884 -3203.
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�speciali~ ;l1avl~pertor.I ] !: e·d· · · .· ·.··.····.rul£~IS;bn:~he~~l~t •. .
S~llOolStl1(l~llt~frol11G\~:~
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'-ye~r students from GWU aild other nl€dicalschools' .
receive pediatric training at Children's Hospital. .
[)] Children's residency and fellowship training programs in pediatrics
and its subspecialties attract a national and international group of
top candidates. These programs are among the most respected in
the country.
til Several schools of nursing from colleges and universities through
out the region are affiliated with Children's in graduate and under
graduate education programs.
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[] Education is provided to allied health students in pediatric
respiratory therapy, laboratory medicine, radiology, pathology,
physical therapy, occupational therapy, and dental hygiene.
13 The Freddie Mac Foundation Child and Adolescent
Protection Center conducts educational seminars on the preven
tion and treatment of child abuse and neglect for professionals and
nonprofessionals.
[)] Children's serves as a national resource for emergency llledical
service and trains parallledics, emergency medical technicians and
others in pediatric life-saving techniques.
IJ The In Safe Hands program provides training for child care
providers, day care agenCies and parents who want to learn the
basics of child safety, disease and injury prevention. 202-884-3851.
f3 The Safe Sitter program is a nationally recognized medically
accurate instructional program designed for 11- to 13-year-oJds.
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. "',' ", '.' . ' '" ,'. ," "·.f~cHityofferingendstage renal care forchil
dr~ninflienletrOp(iiitanWllshillgton area. Laproscopic kidney donation
forlivingrelated kidney transplantation was introduced at Children's in
19~8. This new indillnovative procedure Significantly reduces the time
needed for postoperative recovery of the donors of the kidney.
More than 130 Hematopoietic Stem Cell (bone marrow) transplants,
including the area's first successful transplant using umbilical cord
blood from the patient's newborn sibling, have beell done at Children's
since 1988 when our transplant program started. We are currently
developing the use of unrelated cord blood, bone marrow and peripheral
blood, as well as marrow from mismatched relatives to expand the donor
pool for childrell with malignant and non-malignant disorders who
would benefit from a marrow transplant. In addition, we have begun
the region's only bone marrow transplants for children with serious
complications related to sickle cell disease; several patients have been
successfully treated over the last two years. Other non -malignant
diseases treated at Children's include inherited immune deficiencies,
inherited storage diseases, and severe autoimmune diseases such as
systemic lupus erythematosis (lupus).
Our critical care speCialists provide care in our Pediatric Intensive Care
Unit 24-hours per day for over 1,000 admissions per year. Objective
quality measures demonstrate that our Pediatric ICU is among the
best in the country. Our physicians have special expertise in pediatric
diseases concerning respiratory illnesses, pediatric ECMO, pain and
(Conti/Illed an tlie ncxt page)
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M~' ·>J)I~#')~lembers comprise the largest group of
,j ".. •.,,/,Ipf.iva.mst@4p~tieilts cared for by Children's National
,.Me4iCar¢eNei'Quf~~~~~rk closely with managed care partners to
berespon§jv,etqtIl~jfvar¥c1and changing requirements, and to make
sliret9~t~~\lllQel'sfu,ll{hhw each system works so we can make the
processeasi~r.fot.oi;tpatiellts and their families, CNMC participates
with the managed care plans listed below:
Commercial
• Aetna U,S, Healthcare (All Plans)
• Alliance PPO
• America's HealtlJ Plan/UP & UP
• Bille CrosslBlue Shield of the National Capital Area
• Blue CrosslBlue Shield of Maryland
• Capital Care & Capital Care Advantage (BCBS NCA)
• Capp Care*
• CareFirst HMO (BCBS of MD)
• Children's Hospital Employee
Plan*
• Cigna Health Care (All Plans)
• Community Care Network (CCN)
• FCE Benefit Administrators, Inc. *
• First Health/Affordable
• Freestate Health Plan
(BeBS ofMD)
• George Washington
University Health Plan
(All Plans)
• Innovation Health
• Kaiser Permanente
• M,D.IPA/MD IPA
Preferred
• NYLCare (All Plans)
• One Health Plan
• OptimullI
Choice/Optimum ChOice
Preferred
• Private HealtlJcare Systems
(PHCS)
• Prudential Healthcare
(All Plans)
• United Healthcare Mid-Atlantic
• USA Managed Care
Organization *
TRICARE (Champus)
MARYLAND MEDICAID
Chesapeake Family First (UHCMA)
Freestate Health Plan (BCBS ofMD)
Priority Partners
Prudential Healthcare Community Plan
DC MEDICAID
Capital Community Health Plan
George Washington University Health Plan
Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
Health Right, Inc,
Prudential Healthcare Commnnity Plan
When choosingyour health insul'ance, make sUl'e your plan
, allows you to use Children's primary care pediatricians,
specialists arld Children's Hospital.
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MEDICAL CUR
Children's National Health Network (CNHN) Seminar
Helps Pediatricians Understand New Coding Guidelines
Proper Coding Improves Quality and Efficiency, says Physician Group
n a managed care-dominated
mmket, pediatricians are
increasingly compelled to care
fully keep track of
information and pro
vide accurate, up-to
date coding to pay
ers if they W,ll1t to
survive and flourish.
To assist them, the
Children's National
Health Nehvork
(CNHN) has begun
an educ.C1tional dfol1
aimed at helping
COl11ll1U nity doctors
increase selvice
quality and pediatric
practice efficiency as
well as maximize the
amOllnts they
receive from payers.
In May, CNHN,
which numbers
about 250 pediatricians represent
ing close to 100 area practices in
the Malyland, D.C and Virginia
area, sponsored a "Coding
I
was co-sponsored by Pasteur
Merieux Connaught (PMC).
Speakers included Mark Weissman,
M.D., CNHN medical director;
Charles JA. Schulte, M.D., CNHN
board member, D.C AAP chapter
chair and coding advisor to tile
AMA; and Susie Taylor of Strategic
Healthcare SelVices, Inc. Schulte
gave a detailed coding and docu~
mentation ovelview.
One of the most significant
changes in coding was the imple
mentation in JanualY of two new
Current Procedural Terminology
(CPT) codes that require pediatri
cians to bill separately for tbe work
and expense of administering a
vaccine. Vaccine product codes
have also been expanded to be
more specific. Under the new
gUidelines, if a child comes in for a
preventive visit and receives a vac
cination, for example, the pediatri
cian should report the appropriate
ElM selvice code for preventive
Workshop for Pediatric Practices"
in Bethesda, MD. The workshop
was aimed at helping community
doctors sort through
the changes made
this year by the
AMA, which authors
the coding system
under contract with
HCFA. "We had an
unbelievable
response, with
approximately 120
attendees," said
Janet Lutz, director,
Physician Relations,
CNMC "Of these,
apprOXimately 20
were community
pediatricians, with
the remainder com
prised of office
managers or hilling
and reimbursement
managers from area pediatric prac
tices."
The workshop, which received
high marks in post evaluations,
One ofthe most
significant changes in
coding was the
implementation in
January oftwo new
CurrentPTocedural
Terminology (CPf)
codes that require
pediatricians to biU
separatelyfor the
work and expense of
administering a vacdne.
continued onpage 10
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Chief M~dical Officer
4
Consult: Helping
Families Cope with a
Chronic Illness
6
Frofde:
Dr. James C. Gilbert,
Pediatric Surgeon
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Children's Expands Primary Care System in
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g:
hen two new Children's primary
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care centers opened their doors in
Souiheast Washington this sunm1er,
they brought pediatric health care to
some of the most under-served communities in the
metropolitan area.
The addition of the centers-one on Martin
Luther King, Jr., Avenue, and the other on Good Hope
Road-marks the expansion of a system
that began thirty-two years ago when
Children's established clinics in economi
cally disadvantaged areas of NOlthwest
Washington. The new centers, serving
Anacostia, Hillcrest and adjacent communi
ties in southern Maryland, are building on that
legacy while working to define the particular needs
of their children and families.
111e growth of Children's primary care system coincides
with the recent restructuring that identified Community
Pediatric Health as one of seven Centers of Excellence
(see article, page 7). Until now, primary care consist
ed of outpatient services
at the hospital (the
Child Health and
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centers now operate in
the hospital's newly renovated
east wing) and the two centers in
Northwest. With two new centers in Southeast
and a third on the way, Children's has solidified its market
poSition in primary care.
What were the factors that led Children's to
strengthen its. primary care system? "First of all, you
have to remember that we've always had an
outpatient center at the hospital providing
primary care services to families in our
backyard," says
Jackie Bowens,
Adam. Morgan Center .tall: Fr.nt (L to R), Rtyna campos. Est.Ia Cruz, Ros.na C
..tro.
M.D•• director, Ana Prtnsa and Angelica Futntesj middle row (L to a), AraCtlis Martinez,
sandra MarqUtl, Cathy _an and Ubia MCDonough; back row (L to R). Ana Ram....
Dave Thom.., M.D.. and ca,Ia Sguigna. M,D., ,«ending.
vice preSident, Government and Public Affairs. "What's
happened in the last few years is that there's been a greater
emphasis on preventive health."
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In addition, since the early 19905, Children's has been
identifying parts of the city with a high ratio of pediatric
consumers to physicians and working on how to reach those
communities, says Bowens. "I think the other factors are the
changes in managed care and Medicaid funding through
HMOs," she says. "More patients are insured, they have more
choices in temlS of providers, and this opens up opportuni
ties in these areas for Children's." In fact, the new centers
will be in a position to channel patients who need specialty
care to Children's Hospital.
For several years, Bowens has been working closely
with President Zechman, Legislative Affairs Director Johnnie
Hemphill and advocates on the Hill in an effort to gain con
gressional support for the clinics. A $5 million congressional
grant brought the deal to fruition. Hemphill credits the
enlightened leadership and assistance of several legislators
including Representatives Jai11es Moran 01A), Steny Hoyer
(MD), John Porter (ILL) and Senator Trent Lot! (MS),
(con1illued Oil/lex!page)
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Claudelle Cnilerrc, R.N.
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oes knowing the truth indeed set us
free? Can we be economical with the
truth and still keep faith with patients
and families? Dr. Jolin Lantos, aCNMC
alumnus and now section chief of
general pediatrics at the University of
Chicago, spoke at the annual Arnold Einhorn lecture,
drawing us into his reHections on a"cyber-ethics" discussion.
We are pleased to make this abridged version of his lecture
available to our readers. For adifferent perspective on
truth-telling, see AAP recommendations on page 8.
* Should We Always Tell
Children the Truth?
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Trutll-telling, in American medicine, is a peculiar
cultural artifact. It plays a central role in our conception
of the proper relationship between patients and doctors.
Any deviation from a standard of total honesty is seen as a
doctor's way of preserving paternalistic power over patients.
Truth-te[Jing is thus necessary for patient empowerment,
and patient empowerment is seen as a good tiling. We want
to demystify illness and imagine that truth is the first step
towards clarity. We believe that there are truths out there,
that we can discover them, and that when we do, the
knowledge will empower us and set us free. This approach
to truth-telling is as American as apple pie. We imagine
and fear a fundamentally deceptive and exploitative rela
tionship between the empowered and the disempowered.
In response, we conceive a set of rules which will level the
playing field.
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Bioethics on the internet
Some bioethics cases have been coming across tbe
internet, and it's interesting to see bow people frolll all over
tbe world have different approaches, Carl Elliot is a
bioethicist who has spent a lot of time in other countries.
He writes about how hard it is to explain to foreigners the
peculiar twists and turns of American bioethics, tl1e foclls
on individualism, autonomy, privacy, the suspicion of
authority. He concludes that our ethics is so embedded in
our culture that, to understand American bioethics, you
bave to understand baseball, I
The following case, which appeared on the
internet, raises a connict about trutb-telling and the
peculiarities of our modern American approach.
A 9-year-old girl with AIDS is an inpatient with
chronic lung disease but does not require supple
mental oxygen, She has AIDS nephropathy; kidney
function is less than 20% of normal and continuing
to decline. It is likely that she will reqUire dialysis, if
she does not die sooner from other complications of
AIDS. She is receiving total parenteral nutrition
through a central line.
The patient is aware that she has a chronic
illness, but not that she has AIDS. But she wonders
about it. When she asked her mother whether she
had AIDS, her mother responded "No,"
The mother also has AIDS (the patient's AIDS
was perinatally transmitted), She is quite ill and likely
to die before the patient. In a recent discussion with
doctors, she told them she would like to tell her
daughter that she (the patient) has AIDS. However,
the patient's grandmother is adamant that the child
not be told, The grandmother feels that "it is enough
for the girl to know that she has kidney disease, why
should you tell her that she is going to die [from
AIDS]?"
The attending physician strongly believes that
the patient should be told of her diagnosis and that
continued concealment will be particularly harmful
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