Resource Center
The CAP Resource Center offers web-based tools, job-aids, and resources designed to support healthcare leadership and improvement teams in planning for CAP implementation.
Leadership & Structured Improvement Process
Key Drivers Model
The key driver diagram shows the primary and secondary system drivers of contraceptive access. This resource provides a visual road map and concrete action items for improvement efforts to ensure that comprehensive contraceptive care is integrated into the healthcare delivery system. The CAP resource center is organized by the primary drivers.
CAP Strategy: Implementation & Program Model
A graphical depiction detailing the CAP 5 phases of implementation alongside the key components of the program model. Effectively implementing each of the 5 phases will ensure the health care system is able to create and sustain the program model. Together, this will lead to an increase in women’s access to and use of effective contraception, including LARC methods.
Organizing for Change Checklist
This tool assists leadership in setting a vision for the change they want to see, building will and staff buy-in for change, developing staff capability to implement change, and utilizing existing resources in new ways
Change Leadership Worksheet & Factsheet
This worksheet helps health center staff identify members of the change leadership structure, ensuring active participation of leaders and champions from all staff levels
Performance Measures Guidance Document
This document provides guidance to health centers in collecting, reporting, monitoring and reviewing a set of data and information to describe current practice and improvements in practice associated with changes made to health care delivery systems and processes
Organizational Assessments
These tools were designed to assist health care agencies examine their current organizational capacity to provide contraceptive services
1. Network Level
This assessment reviews key components at the network-level that impact the provision of contraceptive care
2. Select Service Site
This tool reviews key components in delivering contraceptive services at each implementing service site
3. Client Characteristics Worksheet
Tool to collect information about client demographics and current utilization of contraception
4. Sample Patient Data Worksheet
This worksheet allows health centers to capture current level of contraceptive care provided to a sample of patients
5. Staff Structure and Skills Table
This worksheet supports teams in listing all healthcare staff by role and assessing their current capacity to provide key tasks in the delivery of client-centered contraceptive care
LARC Stocking & Financing
Financing LARC Services FactsheetThis fact sheet assists providers in budgeting, using the 340b program, updating contracts regularly, creating contraceptive benefit tables by insurer, managing the revenue cycle, and building relationships
LARC Cost Modeling ToolThis is a resource to support healthcare providers in examining current reimbursement structures associated with LARC services, identify areas for improvement, and demonstrate the business case for providing women their contraceptive method of choice, regardless of their ability to pay
Contraceptive Care Billing CodesThis resource was developed to support healthcare providers in using billing codes to track the provision of contraceptives and to support continuous quality improvement
LARC Services Reimbursement FormThis tool helps health center teams review revenue realized for a sample of claims submitted for LARC services
Guide to Billing and Coding for LARC Services in OhioThis guide provides a summary of the reimbursement structure for third-party payers in Ohio, and detailed codes for common procedures and visits
Evidence-Based Clinical Practices
CAP Policy ChecklistThis resource helps health centers to assess whether current clinical policies are consistent with nationally recognized standards for the delivery of contraceptive services
Recommendations from Medical Associations & Public Health Agencies
US Medical Eligibility Criteria (US MEC) for Contraceptive Use, 2016
US Medical Eligibility Criteria (US MEC) for Contraceptive Use Summary Table, 2016
US Selected Practice Recommendations (US SPR) for Contraceptive Use, 2016
US Selected Practice Recommendations (US SPR) for Contraceptive Use, When to Start Contraception and Follow-up Summary Table, 2016
Same-day Insertion Algorithm
AAFP Practice Guidelines for Use of LARC, 2012
AAFP Update IUDs, 2014
AAP Policy Statement, Contraception and Adolescents, 2014
ACOG Committee Opinion, LARC, 2015
Workflow to Identify & Address Women's Contraceptive Needs
Estimating Future Demand & Work Effort Modeling ToolThis tools help staff understand future demand for expanded contraceptive services, including the number of potential counseling interactions and LARC insertion on a weekly and yearly basis
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Process Mapping ToolThis tool helps health center staff integrate contraceptive services into the steps in the delivery of care, and re-align roles and responsibilities
LARC Exam Room Readiness ChecklistThis checklist details the supplies a provider would need on-hand for implant insertion, implant removal, IUD insertion (normal and complicated), and IUD removal (normal and complicated)
Room Study ToolInstructions
Tool
This tool is intended to support health centers in examining how frequently eligible women are being offered and provided contraceptive services
Trained & Competent Staff
CAP E-Learning ProgramThis set of courses is designed to support a healthcare team in gaining the knowledge and skills to deliver quality client-centered, and culturally competent contraceptive services to women and teens using a team-based approach
CAP Clinical Mentor ToolkitThis toolkit is designed for clinicians who have been identified as “mentors” in the practices. It assists them in fostering mentor relationships, advancing site clinician LARC clinical skills, and providing constructive feedback
CAP Contraceptive Counseling Observation ToolThis tool supports designated health center supervisor(s) or mentor(s) in building the capacity of health center staff to implement client-centered contraceptive counseling. Specifically, the tool enables them to assess the extent to which designated contraceptive counseling staff are applying the CAP 5 Step Contraceptive Counseling process
CAP Contraceptive Counseling Model: A 5-Step Model Client-Centered ApproachThis model outlines the five steps for contraceptive counseling, including guiding questions and actions, and also assists with the communication skills that are necessary for a positive and fruitful interaction
CAP Birth Control Options GridEnglish version
Spanish version
This grid is designed for patients to have an informed discussion with their provider about the contraceptive methods that are available to them and which one(s) best meet their priorities and preferences
Video: CAP Client-Centered Contraceptive CounselingThis video resource demonstrates the CAP 5-Step Client-Centered contraceptive counseling approach, showing an interaction between a client and a member of the health center team who uses key communication skills to build rapport and engage the client as she moves through the five steps
Activated Clients
Patient Experience SurveyEnglish version
Spanish version
This is a tool designed to understand clients’ experiences with the contraceptive services received at the health center
Patient Outreach MaterialsVersion 1 - English
Version 1 - Spanish
These materials help health center teams let clients know about their expanded birth control servicers and can be used to engage new clients
Patient Outreach Materials (continued)