General Monitoring and Evaluation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) develops tools to help states and independent evaluators in the development of evaluation designs and in preparing evaluation reports for Medicaid section 1115(a) demonstrations. These tools provide CMS’s expectations and guidance to support rigorous evaluation activities. In addition, states and independent evaluators should consult the following additional resources during the various stages of demonstration evaluation and monitoring activities, as appropriate, to ensure alignment with the state’s special terms and conditions and CMS’s expectations.
Below are several resources for evaluation and monitoring of section 1115 demonstrations. These resources provide states with frameworks and technical assistance to meet the requirements outlined in demonstration Special Terms and Conditions.
- Evaluation Resources
- Evaluation Design and Reporting for Section 1115 Demonstrations
- Evaluation Technical Assistance Guide for Section 1115 Demonstrations: Assessing Demonstration Costs
- Evaluation Design Technical Assistance Guide for Section 1115 Demonstrations: Family Planning Demonstrations
- Evaluation Design Technical Assistance Guide for Section 1115 Demonstrations: Reentry Demonstrations
- Evaluation Design Technical Assistance Guide for Section 1115 Demonstrations: Serious Mental Illness and Serious Emotional Disturbance Demonstrations
- Evaluation Design Technical Assistance Guide for Section 1115 Demonstrations: Substance Use Disorder Demonstrations
Additional Evaluation Resources
- Best Practices in Causal Inference
- Selecting the Best Comparison Group and Evaluation Design: A Guidance Document for State Section 1115 Demonstration Evaluations
- Selection of Out-of-State Comparison Groups and the Synthetic Control Method
- Conducting Robust Implementation Research for Section 1115 Demonstration Evaluations
- Matching Methods for the Evaluation of Section 1115 Demonstrations
- Regression Discontinuity Designs in the Evaluation of Section 1115 Demonstrations
- Implications of COVID-19 for Section 1115 Demonstration Evaluations: Considerations for States and Evaluators
- Monitoring Resources
Additional Monitoring Resources
- Implementation Planning and Other Resources