Improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of publicly financed health care
Resources
The Center for Health Care Strategies publishes materials to share policy and operational lessons from our national initiatives. Additional resources can be found by browsing our Issue Areas.
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Medicaid: A Future Leader in Effective, High-Quality CareDecember 2008 — This open letter calls upon U.S. leaders and health policy decision makers to recognize the foundation that Medicaid can provide for high-quality health … |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
Demonstrating the Business Case for Quality in Medicaid: Challenges and OpportunitiesOctober 2008 — This study reports lessons from CHCS' Business Case for Quality (BCQ) initiative, a multi-site demonstration project evaluated by the University of No… |
Journal Articles |
Evaluation of the Integrated Care ProgramOctober 2008 — This evaluation describes the experiences of five states developing integrated care models, reviews federal and state progress, and outlines key consider… |
Reports |
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: Information for State Medicaid AgenciesOctober 2008 — This policy update outlines the SNP-related provisions contained in the MIPPA legislation and outlines potential implications for Medicaid agencies that … |
Fact Sheets |
Using Data to Identify High-Volume, High-Opportunity Practice Sites: A Medicaid PrimerOctober 2008 — This primer highlights the results of the Practice Size Exploratory Project (PSEP), the relationship between practice size and quality of care, and racial… |
Toolkits |
The National Health Plan Collaborative ToolkitSeptember 2008 — The National Health Plan Collaborative created this toolkit of resources, lessons, best practices, and case studies to help other health plans reduce racial and et… |
Toolkits |
New Jersey Smiles Intervention Change Package and Measurement Plan for Improving Oral Health Care for Young KidsAugust 2008 — This project Change Package describes interventions designed to increase the number of children ages 0-5 who receive an annual dental visit and ensure those at hig… |
Technical Assistance Tools |
Highlights from the 2008 Long-Term Care Partnership SummitAugust 2008 — The Long-Term Care Partnership Summit brought together representatives from 18 states involved in the Long-Term Care Partnership Expansion Project |
Meeting Highlights |
Medicaid Best Buys: Using Predictive Modeling to Pinpoint “High-Opportunity” Medicaid BeneficiariesAugust 2008 — This 90-minute webinar addressed how Medicaid stakeholders can apply predictive modeling approaches to identify beneficiaries who are most likely to benefit from c… |
Webinar Resources |
Creating Provider-Level Pay-for-Performance Programs in Medicaid: A CHCS WebinarJuly 2008 — Through this CHCS webinar, states, health plans, and providers learned how Medicaid programs can influence quality at the point of care through provider-level P4P … |
Webinar Resources |
EPSDT at 40: Modernizing a Pediatric Health Policy to Reflect a Changing Health Care SystemJuly 2008 — This report examines the continuing role of EPSDT benefits in Medicaid including information about the flexibility provided by the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA)… |
Resource Papers |
Medicaid Best Buys: Performance Measurement for Programs Serving Adults with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions: A CHCS WebinarJuly 2008 — During this CHCS webinar participants heard about promising performance measurement approaches for Medicaid programs being tested by states and health pl… |
Webinar Resources |
Supporting Practice Improvement: The Role of Medi-Cal Health PlansJune 2008 — This report highlights key themes gleaned from the Plan/Practice Improvement Project, particularly ways in which health plans can support practi… |
Reports |
Forecasting Return on Investment for Medicaid Quality Initiatives: A CHCS WebinarMay 2008 — During this CHCS webinar, CHCS demonstrated the ROI Forecasting Calculator for Quality Initiatives and participants in the ROI Purchasing In… |
Webinar Resources |
Medicaid Best Buys: Opportunities to Bend the Cost Trend for High-Need, High-Cost Beneficiaries: A CHCS WebinarMay 2008 — This webinar is part one in a series co-sponsored by CHCS and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices that identified where Med… |
Webinar Resources |
Negotiating the New Health System at Ten: Medicaid Managed Care and the Use of Disease Management PurchasingMay 2008 — This Negotiating the New Health System study takes a close look at the role of disease management in Medicaid purchasing in 10 states. |
Resource Papers |
The National Health Plan Collaborative: Featured in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient SafetyMay 2008 — This article discusses how the health plans participating in the National Health Plan Collaborative (NHPC) were able to overcome initial challenges in obt… |
Journal Articles |
Issue Brief: Using ROI Forecasting to Maximize the Value of Medicaid InvestmentsApril 2008 — This issue brief profiles state experiences in using the ROI Forecasting Calculator for Quality Initiatives and outlines how ROI forecasting can help… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
Medicaid Managed Care for Children in Child WelfareApril 2008 — This issue brief examines the complex physical and behavioral health care needs and associated costs for children in child welfare and outlines critical opportunit… |
Policy & Issue Briefs |
Physician-Level Pay-for-Performance: A Dashboard Report of State Program Design EffortsApril 2008 — This dashboard reflects the program goals, structure and progress of five states that are working with CHCS to design sophisticated provider incentive pr… |
Technical Assistance Tools |