Improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of publicly financed health care
Past Initiatives
Achieving Better Care for Asthma
April 2001 - August 2002Asthma Plan/Practice Improvement Project
June 2005 - February 2007Best Practices for Oral Health Access
July 2005 - December 2005
Business Case for Quality in Medicaid Managed Care
June 2004 - December 2006
Business Case for Quality: Phase II
This initiative represents the second phase of CHCS' efforts to assess whether quality improvement activities can generate financial savings in excess of program costs for various stakeholders in the health care system.
California Asthma Collaborative
June 2003 - July 2005Child Health HEDIS Measures: State Feasibility Project
October 2008 - June 2010
Clinical Pharmacy Management Technical Assistance
June 2002 - April 2004Collaborative on Improving Managed Care Quality for Youth with Serious Behavioral Health Needs
June 2004 - December 2006Covering Kids and Families-Access Initiative
September 2003 - December 2006Developing Performance and Measures Standards for People with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions in Medi-Cal
May 2005 - July 2008
Enhancing Early Child Development Services in Medicaid Managed Care
May 2002 - November 2005Healthy Smiles – Healthy Families: Improving Oral Health for Children in California's Healthy Families Program
July 2010 - December 2011
Improving Asthma Care for Children
October 2002 - July 2004Improving Asthma Care in New York State
June 2004 - August 2006Improving Care for Adults with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities
May 2002 - April 2003Improving Health Care Quality for Racially and Ethnically Diverse Populations
October 2004 - October 2006
Improving Managed Care for Children with Special Needs
November 2001 - December 2002
Improving Outcomes for Children Involved in Child Welfare
January 2007 - December 2009
Improving Preventive Care Services for Children
October 2000 - January 2002
Improving Quality in Medicaid and SCHIP Operations Purchasing Institutes
March 2000 - November 2003
Indiana Asthma Collaborative
August 2004 - June 2006Integrated Care Program
August 2005 - December 2007
Integrating Care for Children with Special Needs
November 2001 - June 2003Leveraging Data to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
November 2004 - November 2005Leveraging the Medicaid Primary Care Rate Increase
This initiative is assisting Medicaid stakeholders with the implementation of primary care rate increases mandated under health reform, including strategies to leverage this opportunity to ensure access to high-quality care.
Local Initiative Rewarding Results
September 2002 - February 2004Long-Term Care Partnership Expansion
July 2007 - December 2010
Managed Care for People with Disabilities Purchasing Institute
June 2006 - June 2008
Managed Long-Term Supports and Services Purchasing Institute
October 2007 - April 2009
Medicaid Value Program: Health Supports for Consumers with Chronic Conditions
February 2005 - August 2007
Modernizing EPSDT: Developing an Operational Prototype for a 21st Century Medicaid Program
June 2005 - May 2007
Monitoring Managed Care Performance Technical Assistance
May 2002 - September 2003National Health Plan Collaborative
December 2004 - October 2008
New Jersey Collaborative to Improve Birth Outcomes and Health Status of Children
February 2006 - August 2008
New Jersey Smiles: A Medicaid Quality Collaborative to Improve Oral Health in Young Kids
September 2007 - February 2008
Pay-for-Performance Purchasing Institute
July 2006 - June 2008
Practice Size Exploratory Project
March 2007 - June 2008
Reducing Disparities at the Practice Site
October 2008 - December 2011
Regional Quality Improvement Initiative
June 2006 - December 2008
Resources for Recovery: State Practices that Expand Treatment Opportunities
November 2002 - June 2006Return on Investment Purchasing Institute
May 2007 - June 2008
Rewarding Managed Care Performance Technical Assistance
October 2002 - July 2003State Action for Oral Health Access
January 2002 - September 2004The Olmstead Project
September 2000 - March 2001
Toward Improving Birth Outcomes
April 2000 - January 2001Transforming Care for Dual Eligibles
May 2009 - December 2010