Got Transition

05/26/2026

Retirement announcement from our outgoing co-Project Director, Peggy McManus

A letter from Peggy McManus, outgoing President of The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health and the outgoing co-Project Director of Got Transition. Read more here.

11/04/2025

New Resource Alert -- Got Transition and the American Academy of Pediatrics have released their 2025 Coding and Payment Resource for Transition from Pediatric to Adult Health Care, which includes new current Medicare fees and RVUs for transition-related CPT codes and an insurance carrier letter that can be adapted for use to encourage payer recognition of transition-related codes. This resource was funded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health.

09/16/2025

OUT NOW: The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health/ Got Transition, in partnership with Family Voices, Inc. (National) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)'s Maternal and Child Health Bureau,, has published a new article in Pediatrics that examines individual, family, and health system characteristics to determine which are associated with disparities in receipt of preparation services for youth ages 12–17. The study brings attention to subgroups of youth who are least likely to receive guidance on health care transition and offers clinical and system-level approaches to help health care providers better prepare youth for this critical shift.

OBJECTIVES. Research pertaining to disparities in access to health care transition preparation is limited. This study examined a broad set of individual, family, and health system characteristics to determine which are associated with disparities in receipt of health care transition preparation serv...

09/16/2025

OUT NOW: A new article from The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health/Got Transition, in collaboration with State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, has published a new article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The study, which was funded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, analyzes health care gaps among adolescents and young adults across three age groups and explores how sociodemographic, health status, and health care access variables are associated with those gaps. The article highlights a higher rate of care gaps among young adults compared to adolescents and presents recommendations to help reduce lapses in care.

09/16/2025

Family Voices and the Center for Transition to Adult Health Care for Youth with Disabilities are excited to share Moving to Adult Health Care: Leading Your Health Care Visits and Interactions. This toolkit helps young people understand how to take charge of their health care visits. Visit movingtoadulthealthcare.org/toolkits to learn more. Got Transition LifeCourse Nexus SPAN Parent Advocacy Network, Inc.

06/17/2025

REGISTER TODAY: Got Transition, with the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, will host a webinar on 7/11 featuring the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), who will present their findings and recommendations aimed at improving pediatric to adult health care transitions for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) covered by Medicaid.

Got Transition, with the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, will host a webinar featuring the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), who will present their findings and recommendations aimed at improving pediatric to adult health care transitions for children and you...

06/17/2025

OUT NOW: The June 2025 MACPAC Report to Congress seeks to improve pediatric-to-adult health care transition for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) covered by Medicaid.

Chapter 1 includes four recommendations aimed at addressing challenges with transitioning from pediatric to adult care in Medicaid. Medicaid plays an important role in covering health care services…

04/01/2025

THIS THURSDAY! Register TODAY!

This webinar sponsored by NTACT:C and Got Transition, will explore the essential supports and effective resources needed for health care transition, emphasizing the roles of education, vocational rehabilitation, school nurses, and external supports.

03/06/2025

Register TODAY for our upcoming webinar "Bridging the Gap: Supporting Healthcare Transitions for Students with Disabilities" (4/3/25, from 2:00-3:00pm ET), co-sponsored with National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: the Collaborative. It will explore the essential supports and effective resources needed for transitioning from pediatric to adult health care for students with disabilities.

This webinar sponsored by NTACT:C and Got Transition, will explore the essential supports and effective resources needed for health care transition, emphasizing the roles of education, vocational rehabilitation, school nurses, and external supports.

01/10/2025

Registration is now open for the Waisman Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Health Care Transition ECHO virtual training series. This free, national 5-session series will be offered January to May 2025 11:30am – 1:00pm CST on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. This ECHO is for health care providers across the US who work with youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This includes primary and specialty care providers, advanced practice providers (NP/PA), nurses, social workers, and any other provider interested in health care transition. Continuing education credits will be available... register today!

Health care transition (HCT) is the process of preparing youth and young adults for the transition to a healthy adulthood. For many, this means moving from a pediatric to an adult model of health care. A lack of HCT preparation guidance is associated with gaps in care, worsening health conditions, d...