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.
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Overview of the Child Core Set Measures, FFY 2013
Data and Statistics, Quality Measure Guidance -
Includes a downloadable folder containing supplemental figures summarizing data for FFY 2013 Child Core Set reporting, Follow-Up Care for Children Prescribed Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Medication (ADD-CH), Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness: Ages 6–17 (FUH-CH), Ambulatory Care: Emergency Department (ED) Visits (AMB-CH), Live Births Weighing Less Than 2,500 Grams (LBW-CH), Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Timeliness of Prenatal Care (PPC-CH), Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children/Adolescents (WCC-CH), Chlamydia Screening in Women Ages 16–20 (CHL-CH), Childhood Immunization Status (CIS-CH), Well-Child Visits in the First 15 Months of Life (W15-CH), Immunizations for Adolescents (IMA-CH), Developmental Screening in the First Three Years of Life (DEV-CH), Well-Child Visits in the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Years of Life (W34-CH), Adolescent Well-Care Visits (AWC-CH).
Search Terms
Maternal and Perinatal Health, Prenatal Care, Primary Care Access and Preventative Care, Immunizations, Weight Assessment and Counseling, Well-Child Visits, Dental and Oral Health Services, Behavioral Health, Care of Transitions and Follow-Up, Medication Management, Screenings and Follow-Up, Ambulatory Care, Asthma And/or COPD
Improving Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes CMCS Crosswalk of Current Activities and Identified Potential Strategies
Template or Toolkit -
Summarizes identified strategies in relation to current and planned CMS improvement activities. It also indicates the various leads that are critical to maximizing the impact of the strategies to improve outcomes. The lead indicators are offered only as a guide and provide context for the level at which implementation of policy change and the execution of programs and/or incentives that will impact outcomes may take place.
Search Terms
Maternal and Perinatal Health, Contraceptive Care, Postpartum Care, Prenatal Care, Adult Screenings, Childhood Screenings, Well-Child Visits
Quality Improvement Processes: An Introduction for Medicaid and CHIP Dental Programs - January 23, 2013
Quality Measure Guidance, State experiences, Webinar -
Presents an overview of CMS's Oral Health Strategy and Oral Health Measures. Discusses how to set up a framework for health care delivery quality improvement. Introduces a quality improvement process for Medicaid and CHIP Oral Health Care Programs and presents a case study on Connecticut's experience. Dental Sealants for 6–9 Year-Old Children at Elevated Caries Risk (SEAL-CH), Percentage of Eligibles Who Received Preventive Dental Services (PDENT-CH)
Search Terms
Dental and Oral Health Services
New Hampshire Adult Medicaid Quality Grant Program
State experiences -
Presents two quality improvement projects that New Hampshire implemented through the Adult Medicaid Quality Grant: 1) Maternal and Child Health: Reducing Early Elective Deliveries; and 2) Antidepressant Medication Management for Acute and Continuation Phases. Results, challenges, staff capacity, data collection and analytics, and promising practices described.
Search Terms
Maternal and Perinatal Health, Birth Outcomes, Contraceptive Care, Delivery Outcomes, Postpartum Care, Prenatal Care
Webinar 4: Improving Behavioral Health Care Quality for Children and Adolescents
Webinar -
Includes a webinar series by CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program on "Improving Behavioral Health Care Quality for Children and Adolescents", with a focus on several states (CO, GA, MD, NM, PA, WY).
Search Terms
Childhood Screenings, Dental and Oral Health Services, Behavioral Health, Screenings and Follow-Up
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