Key resources for state reporting of the Core Set of children’s health care quality measures for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (the Child Core Set) are included in the table below.
FFY 2022 Core Set Reporting Resources
State Reporting Starts: Fall 2022
Archived Reporting Resources
- 2021 Technical Specifications and Resource Manual, Value Set Directories, and Reporting Resources (ZIP, 4.95 MB)
- 2015-2020 Archived Child Core Set Measure Lists and Reporting Resources (ZIP, 5.84 MB)
For previous years' technical specifications and value set directories, please email MACQualityTA@cms.hhs.gov.
Technical Assistance and Analytic Support Program
CMS supports states’ efforts to measure and improve health care quality for children and adults enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP. To increase the number of states consistently collecting, reporting, and using the Child Core Set measures, CMS established the Technical Assistance and Analytic Support (TA/AS) Program to support states’ child health care quality measurement and improvement efforts.
The overarching goals are to increase the number of states consistently collecting and uniformly reporting the voluntary core measures set, and to help states use these data to improve the quality of care for children. For more information, see the TA/AS Program fact sheet (PDF, 312.63 KB).
Questions or requests for technical assistance related to the Child Core Set or quality improvement initiatives can be submitted to MACqualityTA@cms.hhs.gov.
Technical Assistance Webinars
- Technical Assistance to Support FFY 2021 and FFY 2022 Reporting of the Child, Adult, and Health Home Core Sets in the Quality Measure Reporting (QMR) System – September 15, 2022
- Presentation slides (PDF, 2 MB)
- Watch the presentation (MP4, 85,548 KB)
- Read the transcript (PDF, 294.04 KB)
- Technical Assistance Webinar to Support State Reporting of the Child, Adult, and Health Home Core Sets: FFY 2022 Updates and Reporting Resources – May 18, 2022
- Presentation slides (PDF, 569.02 KB)
- Watch the presentation (MP4, 35,895 KB)
- Read the transcript (PDF, 236.92 KB)
- Technical Assistance Webinar to Support State Reporting of the Child, Adult, and Health Home Core Sets: FFY 2021 Updates and Reporting Resources – May 11, 2021
- Presentation slides (PDF, 527.46 KB)
- Listen to the presentation (MP3, 26.2 MB)
- Read the transcript (PDF, 238.27 KB)
- Technical Assistance Webinar to Support State Reporting of the Child, Adult, and Health Home Core Sets: FFY 2020 Updates and Reporting Resources – April 2020
- Presentation slides (PDF, 454.21 KB)
- Listen to the presentation
- Read the transcript (PDF, 154.09 KB)
- Technical Assistance Webinar: Collecting and Using Stratified Data for Quality Improvement in Medicaid and CHIP – July 11, 2019
- Presentation slides (PDF, 3.17 MB)
- Listen to the presentation
- Read the transcript (PDF, 175.58 KB)
- Developmental Screening in the First Three Years of Life: Understanding How to Collect and Use the Child Core Set Measure - June 2013
- Presentation slides (PDF, 197.37 KB)
- Using CAHPS to Better Understand the Quality of Care for Children in Medicaid and CHIP - November 13, 2012
- Presentation slides (PDF, 128.39 KB)
- CAHPS Webinar FAQs (PDF, 139.35 KB) (Updated June 2018)
- Related Fact Sheet: Collecting and Reporting the CAHPS® Survey as Required Under the CHIPRA (PDF, 407.48 KB)
- Related Technical Assistance Brief: Guidance for Conducting the CAHPS® 5.0H Child Survey (PDF, 665.22 KB)
Additional Technical Assistance Resources
- The State of Children's Health Care Quality in Medicaid and CHIP: State Strategies to Promote Reporting and Performance (PDF, 588.66 KB) (March 2016)
- The State of Children’s Health Care Quality in Medicaid and CHIP: Who Are the Higher-Performing States? (PDF, 702.69 KB) (May 2015)