Improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of publicly financed health care
Adolescent Health
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Health Screening and Assessment for Children and Youth Entering Foster Care: State Requirements and OpportunitiesThis issue brief reports on a 50-state survey conducted by CHCS to understand child welfare agency requirements for health screenings and assessments upon a child's removal from the home. Findings suggest significant opportunities for states to strengthen requirements in support of improvements in health outcomes and related costs for the high-risk foster care population. |
November 2010 | Policy & Issue Briefs |
Improving Medicaid Managed Care for Youth with Serious Behavioral Health Needs: A Quality Improvement ToolkitThis toolkit shares promising practices tested by plans participating in CHCS' Collaborative on Improving Managed Care Quality for Youth with Serious Behavioral Health Needs, an initiative designed to improve care for children and youth, and the resulting impact on access, care, and avoidance of unnecessary services and costs. |
September 2009 | Toolkits |
Child Health Quality Measures: Experience from the StatesOn July 23, 2009, Nikki Highsmith, CHCS senior vice president, presented to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Advisory Council Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's Healthcare in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs. |
July 2009 | Staff Presentations |
Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent HealthThe Data Resource Center (DRC) for Child and Adolescent Health includes more than 100 standardized indicators from two extensive state-based surveys on the health and health care of children, youth, and families. |
October 2005 | Technical Assistance Briefs & Tools |
Promising Approaches in Behavioral Health: Managed Care Design and FinancingThis paper describes seven managed care design and financing approaches that incorporate features that support effective service delivery for children and adolescents with behavioral health treatment needs and their families. |
November 2002 | Resource Papers |