California Adult Medicaid Quality Grant Program

Presents two quality improvement projects that California implemented through the Adult Medicaid Quality Grant. The two projects focused on improving comprehensive diabetes care by increasing hemoglobin A1c Testing Rates and improving maternal health outcomes by improving postpartum care. The projects had a specific focus on improving health outcomes for African Americans. Results, challenges, staff capacity, data collection and analytics, and promising practices described, Comprehensive Diabetes Care: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9.0%) (HPC-AD), Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Postpartum Care (PPC-AD).