Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment benefit
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The Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit is a comprehensive child health program under Medicaid that guarantees eligible children and adolescents regular preventive care, screenings, and all medically necessary services to address identified health conditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment benefit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2661765 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment benefit Context triple: [Vaccines for Children Program, relatedTo, Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment benefit]
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Medicaid
Medicaid is a U.S. government health insurance program that provides medical coverage to low-income individuals and families, jointly funded by federal and state governments.
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Children's Health Insurance Program
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a U.S. federal-state initiative that provides low-cost health coverage to uninsured children and, in some states, pregnant women in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to afford private insurance.
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C.
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a U.S. federal assistance program that provides nutritious foods, nutrition education, and health care referrals to low-income pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and young children at nutritional risk.
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D.
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
The Maternal and Child Health Block Grant is a major U.S. federal funding program that supports states and territories in improving the health and well-being of mothers, infants, children, including those with special health care needs, and their families.
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E.
Aid to Dependent Children
Aid to Dependent Children was a New Deal-era federal assistance program that provided cash support to low-income families with children, particularly single-mother households, in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment benefit Target entity description: The Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit is a comprehensive child health program under Medicaid that guarantees eligible children and adolescents regular preventive care, screenings, and all medically necessary services to address identified health conditions.
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A.
Medicaid
Medicaid is a U.S. government health insurance program that provides medical coverage to low-income individuals and families, jointly funded by federal and state governments.
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B.
Children's Health Insurance Program
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a U.S. federal-state initiative that provides low-cost health coverage to uninsured children and, in some states, pregnant women in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to afford private insurance.
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C.
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a U.S. federal assistance program that provides nutritious foods, nutrition education, and health care referrals to low-income pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and young children at nutritional risk.
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D.
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
The Maternal and Child Health Block Grant is a major U.S. federal funding program that supports states and territories in improving the health and well-being of mothers, infants, children, including those with special health care needs, and their families.
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E.
Aid to Dependent Children
Aid to Dependent Children was a New Deal-era federal assistance program that provided cash support to low-income families with children, particularly single-mother households, in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Medicaid benefit
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child health program ⓘ preventive health benefit ⓘ |
| abbreviation | EPSDT ⓘ |
| administeredBy | U.S. state Medicaid agencies ⓘ |
| ageRange | birth through age 20 ⓘ |
| appliesTo | mandatory Medicaid eligibility groups for children ⓘ |
| beneficiaryRight | entitlement to all covered medically necessary services within its scope ⓘ |
| component |
Diagnostic
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Early ⓘ Periodic ⓘ Screening ⓘ Treatment ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverageStandard | medically necessary to correct or ameliorate defects and physical and mental illnesses and conditions ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | standard adult Medicaid benefit packages ⓘ |
| financing | jointly financed by federal and state governments ⓘ |
| focus |
comprehensive and preventive pediatric health care
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timely diagnosis and treatment of identified conditions ⓘ |
| includesServiceType |
dental services
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developmental screenings ⓘ hearing services ⓘ home health services ⓘ immunizations ⓘ laboratory tests ⓘ medically necessary transportation ⓘ mental health services ⓘ preventive health services ⓘ rehabilitative services ⓘ substance use disorder services ⓘ vision services ⓘ |
| isMandatoryFor | all state Medicaid programs ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Section 1905(r) of the Social Security Act
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Title XIX of the Social Security Act ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ |
| partOf | Medicaid ⓘ |
| policyGoal | to reduce long-term disability and disease burden in low-income children ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure access to medically necessary services to correct or ameliorate health conditions
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to ensure early identification of health problems in children and adolescents ⓘ |
| relatedProgram | Children's Health Insurance Program ⓘ |
| requires |
arranging for corrective treatment when conditions are identified
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informing eligible families about EPSDT services ⓘ interperiodic screenings when medically necessary ⓘ periodic screening schedules ⓘ |
| scopeOfCoverage | may exceed services covered for adult Medicaid beneficiaries ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
Medicaid-enrolled adolescents
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Medicaid-enrolled children ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment benefit Description of subject: The Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit is a comprehensive child health program under Medicaid that guarantees eligible children and adolescents regular preventive care, screenings, and all medically necessary services to address identified health conditions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Vaccines for Children Program
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relatedTo
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Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment benefit
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