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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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Using Data to Improve Asthma Control: Asthma Quality Measures
Data and Statistics, State experiences, Webinar - Focuses on how states can use asthma quality measures and other data to drive asthma quality improvement activities. Presenters identify measures related to key drivers of asthma control, demonstrate how states can use data to identify target project areas, and participate in a discussion on the various uses of asthma quality measures including quality improvement, performance monitoring, and public health surveillance.






  1. Webinar Slides: Using Data to Improve Asthma Control…
  2. Webinar Recording: Using Data to Improve Asthma Cont…
  3. Webinar Transcript: Using Data to Improve Asthma Con…
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Care of Acute and Chronic Conditions, Asthma And/or COPD
The Maternal and Infant Health Initiative Grant to Support Development and Testing of Medicaid Contraceptive Care Measures
Fact Sheet or TA Briefs, Quality Measure Guidance, State experiences - Discusses the MIHI grant program, describes the contraceptive care measures developed as part of this effort, summarizes data reported by the MIHI grantees,
highlights uses of the data, and identifies lessons learned. Contraceptive Care – Postpartum Women Ages 15–20 (CCP-CH), Contraceptive Care – Postpartum Women Ages 21–44 (CCP-AD), Contraceptive Care – All Women Ages 15–20 (CCW-CH), Contraceptive Care – All Women Ages 21–44 (CCW-AD)


  1. Resource: The Maternal and Infant Health Initiative …
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Maternal and Perinatal Health, Contraceptive Care
Medicaid Oral Health Performance Improvement Projects: How To Manuals and A Template
Quality Measure Guidance, Template or Toolkit - A Template and two how-to manuals intended to support state and health plan  implementation of an oral health performance improvement project (PIP) in Medicaid. Dental Sealants for 6–9 Year-Old Children at Elevated Caries Risk (SEAL-CH), Percentage of Eligibles Who Received Preventive Dental Services (PDENT-CH)






  1. Resource: Medicaid Oral Health Performance Improveme…
  2. Directory (zip file will download to your drive): PI…
  3. Resource: PIP Manual
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Dental and Oral Health Services
The Role of Medicaid and CHIP in Improving Asthma Control
Webinar - Provides an introduction to the Learning Collaborative and an overview of the evidence on what works to improve asthma control with a focus on Medicaid and CHIP populations. Highlights six effective clinical and community-based strategies for improving asthma control and outcomes and presents a sample driver diagram that demonstrates where Medicaid and CHIP programs can influence improvements in the delivery of comprehensive asthma care to improve outcomes.






  1. Webinar Slides: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP in Imp…
  2. Webinar Recording: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP in …
  3. Webinar Transcript: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP in…
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Care of Acute and Chronic Conditions, Asthma And/or COPD
Adult Health Quality Measures Dataset, FFY 2017
Data and Statistics - Provides data on performance rates of frequently reported health care quality measures in the CMS Medicaid Adult Core Sets, for FFY 2017 reporting, Initiation and Engagement of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse or Dependence Treatment (IET-AD), Medical Assistance With Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation (MSC-AD), Antidepressant Medication Management (AMM-AD), Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan: Age 18 and Older (CDF-AD), Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness: Age 18 and Older (FUH-AD), Diabetes Screening for People With Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder Who Are Using Antipsychotic Medications (SSD-AD), Diabetes Care for People with Serious Mental Illness: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9.0%) (HPCMI-AD), Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse or Dependence (FUA-AD), Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Mental Illness (FUM-AD), Adherence to Antipsychotic Medications for Individuals with Schizophrenia (SAA-AD), Controlling High Blood Pressure (CBP-AD), Comprehensive Diabetes Care: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9.0%) (HPC-AD), PQI 01: Diabetes Short-Term Complications Admission Rate (PQI01-AD), PQI 05: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or Asthma in Older Adults Admission Rate (PQI05-AD), PQI 08: Heart Failure Admission Rate (PQI08-AD), PQI 15: Asthma in Younger Adults Admission Rate (PQI15-AD), Plan All-Cause Readmissions (PCR-AD), Asthma Medication Ratio: Ages 19–64 (AMR-AD), HIV Viral Load Suppression (HVL-AD), PC-01: Elective Delivery (PC01-AD), Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Postpartum Care (PPC-AD), Contraceptive Care – Postpartum Women Ages 21–44 (CCP-AD), Contraceptive Care – All Women Ages 21–44 (CCW-AD), Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS-AD), Chlamydia Screening in Women Ages 21–24 (CHL-AD), Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan: Age 18 and Older (CDF-AD), Breast Cancer Screening (BCS-AD), Adult Body Mass Index Assessment (ABA-AD)


  1. Resource: Adult Health Quality Measures Dataset, FFY…
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Maternal and Perinatal Health, Contraceptive Care, Postpartum Care, Prenatal Care, Primary Care Access and Preventative Care, Adult Screenings, Weight Assessment and Counseling, Behavioral Health, Antipsychotic Drugs, Care of Transitions and Follow-Up, Medication Management, Multiple Complex Conditions, Opioids, Screenings and Follow-Up, Substance Abuse or Dependence Treatment, Tobacco Use Treatment, Care of Acute and Chronic Conditions, Ambulatory Care, Asthma And/or COPD, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, HIV Care, Hospitalizations and Readmissions
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