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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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Medicaid Oral Health Performance Improvement Projects: A How-To-Manual for States
Template or Toolkit - Supports states’ efforts to use available data to identify and address gaps and variations in use of oral health care in their Medicaid and CHIP programs, based on a model of continuous Quality improvement (QI). This Toolkit describes a six-step process that states can use to analyze their data on oral health care access, and then design, implement, and evaluate targeted QI efforts, 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
Improving Oral Health Care Delivery in Medicaid and CHIP A Toolkit for States
Quality Measure Guidance, Template or Toolkit - Supports states’ efforts to use available data to identify and address gaps and variations in use of oral health care in their Medicaid and CHIP programs, based on a model of continuous QI. This Toolkit describes a six-step process that states can use to analyze their data on oral health care access, and then design, implement, and evaluate targeted QI efforts, 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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Adult Screenings, Childhood Screenings, Dental and Oral Health Services
Contraceptive Care and Contraceptive Care Related Services Clarification (SMD 14-003)
Policy Guidance - Provide clarification regarding the coverage of Contraceptive Care-related services provided to individuals eligible under the optional categorically needy state plan group created by section 2303 of the Affordable Care Act. Individuals who would qualify under this new Contraceptive Care eligibility group, if the state elects to offer it, are defined as individuals (men and women) who are: 1) not pregnant, and 2) whose income does not exceed the income eligibility level established by the state plan.
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Maternal and Perinatal Health, Contraceptive Care
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Medicaid Contraceptive Care Services and Supplies
Data and Statistics - Provides archived materials from an in-person training curriculum for state partners on data linkage and use of state Vital Records, Medicaid claims and Title V data to facilitate collection of relevant Medicaid quality measures. 
IB: Update on CMS Oral Health Initiative and Other Oral Health Related Items
Data and Statistics, Fact Sheet or TA Briefs, Quality Measure Guidance - Provides an update on the CMS Oral Health Initiative, describes an array of CMS resources available to support states in their efforts to improve the delivery of
dental and oral health services in Medicaid and CHIP, discusses how CMS policy supports dental workforce innovations, addresses the use of oral health quality measures to encourage improvement and track progress, and encourages states to adopt the use of three new risk-based dental billing codes to improve care and the use resources, 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
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