The State of Children’s Health Care Quality in Medicaid and CHIP: Who Are the Higher-Performing States?

Highlights state performance on the 15 Child Core Set measures reported by at least 25 states for FFY 2013. It assesses state performance overall and in three domains: Perinatal and Infant Care, Well Child Care, and Adolescent Well Care. 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),
Metabolic Monitoring for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics (APM-CH)*, Use of First-Line Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics (APP-CH), 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), 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), Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children/Adolescents (WCC-CH), Chlamydia Screening in Women Ages 16–20 (CHL-CH), Childhood Immunization Status (CIS-CH), Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan: Ages 12–17 (CDF-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),
Well-Child Visits in the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Years of Life (W34-CH), Adolescent Well-Care Visits (AWC-CH)