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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Reducing Early Childhood Tooth Decay: An Overview for State Policymakers
Issue Brief -
Presents a summary of the problem of early childhood caries (ECC) and a list of program, payment, and policy strategies that states can take to combat the problem. The issue brief highlights that untreated ECC disproportionately affects children from low-income households.
Search Terms
Dental and Oral Health Services
Medicaid Oral Health Performance Improvement Projects: A How-To-Manual for Health Plans
Issue Brief -
Presents a summary and list of recommendations on reducing early childhood tooth decay at the state level. The issue brief focuses on early childhood caries (ECC). ECC is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood in the United States, affecting about 23 percent of the nation’s 2- to 5-year-olds, and disproportionately impacting children from lower-income homes and of Mexican origin and black non-Hispanic children.
Search Terms
Dental and Oral Health Services
Improving Oral Health Through Access: Building a Partnership between Medicaid and Head Start – September 16, 2014
State experiences, Webinar -
Details methods for improving children's oral health through leveraging partnerships between Medicaid and Head Start. Presents lessons learned from initiatives in Pennsylvania.
Search Terms
Dental and Oral Health Services
Keep Kids Smiling: Promoting Oral Health Through the Medicaid Benefit for Children & Adolescents - January 30, 2014
State experiences, Webinar -
Features a panel of speakers discussing strategies and information on promoting state-wide oral health through Medicaid benefit for children and adolescents. 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, Care of Transitions and Follow-Up
State Medicaid and CHIP Program Support of Sustainable Oral Health Care Delivery Models in Schools and Community-Based Settings – May 14, 2014
State experiences, Webinar -
Highlights examples from school and community-based dental providers on how to develop a business plan that supports the delivery of school and community-based oral healthcare services, how billing practices for school and community-based and school-linked dental programs may support dental services for disadvantaged children, and how two states have developed successful school and community-based dental services programs. 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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Experience of Care, Dental and Oral Health Services
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