Lone Star Pediatrics

Emerging practice

Lone Star Pediatrics

Size

Small (1-3 Physicians)

Geographic area

Rural

Practice type

Indepedent Practice

Insurance status

• About half of patients have Medicaid/Care Management
• About less than half of patients have private insurance
• A small portion of patients were uninsured
• A small portion are self pay/Tricare/STAR/CHIP

Race/ethnicity of patients served

• American Indian or Alaska Native: 1%
• Asian: 2%
• Black or African American: 33%
• Hispanic/Latinx: 14%
• Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 0%
• White: 51% 

Practice Modification due to COVID-19 Pandemic

• Adopted telehealth platforms
• Implemented Wi-Fi in waiting areas; improved Wi-Fi connection
• Changed staffing roles to provide interpreters for multilingual families/caregivers

Developmental Surveillance, Screening and Referral Modifications

• Restructured staff roles to have nurses and medical assistants interpret, read, or ask developmental screening questions for multilingual families/caregivers
• Expanded referral follow-up responsibilities to nurses, clinicians, and medical assistants