U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Medicaid and CHIP Quality Resource Library

The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) partners with states to share best practices and provide technical assistance to improve the quality of care for our beneficiaries. Type in a key search term to see what resources are available, or use the filters below to search and browse our quality improvement resources by Medicaid and CHIP Core Set domain and other fields.

Results

Displaying 96 - 100 of 200 results

Expand/Collapse All

Perinatal Care in Medicaid and CHIP
Data and Statistics, State experiences - Provides state-specific findings on perinatal care in Medicaid and CHIP. It includes state-specific performance data on 5 of the 10 perinatal care measures in the Child and Adult Core Sets. It also summarizes information on managed care quality monitoring and improvement efforts related to prenatal and postpartum care that were reported in states’ External Quality Review (EQR) technical reports. Live Births Weighing Less Than 2,500 Grams (LBW-CH), Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Timeliness of Prenatal Care (PPC-CH), Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Postpartum Care (PPC-AD)
Search Terms
Maternal and Perinatal Health, Birth Outcomes, Contraceptive Care, Delivery Outcomes, Postpartum Care, Prenatal Care
Louisiana Adult Medicaid Quality Grant Program
Data and Statistics - Presents two quality improvement projects that Louisiana implemented through the Adult Medicaid Quality Grant. The two projects focused on: 1) Improving Maternal Health Outcomes by Reducing Early Elective; and 2) Reducing Plan All-Cause Readmissions among Adults with Mild to Moderate Mental Health Conditions. Results, challenges, staff capacity, data collection and analytics, and promising practices described, Live Births Weighing Less Than 2,500 Grams (LBW-CH), Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Timeliness of Prenatal Care (PPC-CH), Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Postpartum Care (PPC-AD).
Search Terms
Maternal and Perinatal Health, Birth Outcomes, Contraceptive Care, Delivery Outcomes, Postpartum Care, Prenatal Care
Reducing Early Elective Deliveries in Medicaid and CHIP
Quality Measure Guidance - Provides status on quality measurement and reporting efforts for perinatal care in Medicaid and CHIP. It supplements the 2015 Secretary’s Reports on the quality of care for children and adults. It utilizes the 2014 Child and Adult Core Sets and summarizes information on managed care quality reported in the EQR technical reports, Live Births Weighing Less Than 2,500 Grams (LBW-CH), Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Postpartum Care (PPC-AD), 
Search Terms
Maternal and Perinatal Health, Birth Outcomes, Contraceptive Care, Delivery Outcomes, Postpartum Care, Prenatal Care
Medicaid Contraceptive Care Services and Supplies (SHO 16-008)
Policy Guidance - Provides guidance on Contraceptive Care services provided under both fee-for-service and managed care delivery systems; clarifies the purpose of the Contraceptive Care visit; offers strategies to reduce barriers to receiving Contraceptive Care services and supplies; and suggests ways to increase access to contraceptive methods. 
Search Terms
Maternal and Perinatal Health, Contraceptive Care
Deriving Weighted Estimates and Calculating Standard Errors for States and Subpopulations for the NAM CAHPS Survey
Data and Statistics - Provides an introduction to the survey weights developed for the 2014-2015 NAM CAHPS respondent-level data as well as instructions for researchers with permission to access the micro-data to derive estimates and calculate standard errors for states and subpopulations using the survey weights, Experience of Care Core Set Measures 
Use the dropdown to select the number of search results displayed per page. Options are 5, 10, 25, or 50.