Quality of Care for Children in Medicaid and CHIP: Findings from the 2018 Child Core Set

Summarizes state reporting on the quality of health care furnished to children covered by Medicaid and CHIP during FFY 2018, which generally covers care delivered in calendar year 2017. The Chart Pack includes detailed analysis of state performance on 23 publicly reported measures, Follow-Up Care for Children Prescribed Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Medication (ADD-CH), Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan: Ages 12 to 17(CDF-CH), Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness: Ages 6–17 (FUH-CH), Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness: Age 18 and Older (FUH-AD), Use of First-Line Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics (APP-CH), Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines (COB-AD), Asthma Medication Ratio: Ages 5–18 (AMR-CH), Ambulatory Care: Emergency Department (ED) Visits (AMB-CH), Dental Sealants for 6–9 Year-Old Children at Elevated Caries Risk (SEAL-CH), Percentage of Eligibles Who Received Preventive Dental Services (PDENT-CH), PC-02: Cesarean Birth (PC02-CH), Audiological Diagnosis No Later Than 3 Months of Age (AUD-CH), Live Births Weighing Less Than 2,500 Grams (LBW-CH), Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Timeliness of Prenatal Care (PPC-CH), Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Postpartum Care (PPC-AD), Contraceptive Care – Postpartum Women Ages 15–20 (CCP-CH), Contraceptive Care – All Women Ages 15–20 (CCW-CH), Asthma Medication Ratio: Ages 5–18 (AMR-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), Adolescent Well-Care Visits (AWC-CH),