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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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2015 Child Core Set Chart Pack, FFY 2014 
Data and Statistics, Fact Sheet or TA Briefs, Quality Measure Guidance - Summarizes state reporting on the quality of health care furnished to children covered by Medicaid and CHIP during FFY 2014, which generally covers care delivered in calendar year 2013. This Chart Pack includes detailed analysis of state performance on 19 measures. For a measure to be publicly reported, data must be provided to CMS by at least 25 states and meet internal standards for quality. 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), Chlamydia Screening in Women Ages 21–24 (CHL-AD)
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Maternal and Perinatal Health, Prenatal Care, Primary Care Access and Preventative Care, Childhood Screenings, Immunizations, Weight Assessment and Counseling, Well-Child Visits, Dental and Oral Health Services, Medication Management, Screenings and Follow-Up, Care of Acute and Chronic Conditions, Ambulatory Care, Asthma And/or COPD
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. 
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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 
Dental and Oral Health Services in Medicaid and CHIP
Data and Statistics - Provides state-specific findings on children’s use of dental services in Medicaid. It includes state-specific performance data for two Child Core Set measures: (1) Preventive Dental Services (PDENT-CH) and (2) Dental Treatment Services (TDENT-CH). This report also summarizes information on managed care quality monitoring and improvement efforts related to oral health care that were reported in states’ External Quality Review (EQR) technical reports, Dental Sealants for 6–9 Year-Old Children at Elevated Caries Risk (SEAL-CH), Percentage of Eligibles Who Received Preventive Dental Services (PDENT-CH), 
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Dental and Oral Health Services
State Medicaid Payment Approaches to Improve Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
Policy Guidance - Presents a Questions and Answers guidance document on policies impacting contraception in medicaid. 
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Maternal and Perinatal Health, Contraceptive Care
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