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 Existing Child-Related Quality Measurement Efforts

What Are States Currently Doing? 

• Using existing Medicaid quality measures in SCHIP programs.

• Developing performance measures for separate programs.
• Participant satisfaction.
• Access to translators and specialty care.
• Quality assessments of prenatal care and immunization services.

What Is Available Nationally?

• The Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) utilizes several measures directly related to children and adolescents including:
• Childhood immunizations.
• Adolescent immunizations.
• Well-child visits in 15^th month.
• Well-child visits in 3^rd to 6^th year.
• Adolescent well care.

• CAHPS® Child Questionnaires.

Related Questions

Give me an overall context

• What Are the Overall Issues Associated with Defining the Problem and the Intervention?

• What Are the Methods of Data Collection for SCHIP Evaluations?

• What Are the Basic Quality Performance Measurements and Mechanisms that Influence Quality?

• What Is Quality and Why Is It Important?

• How Is Quality Measured?

• What Are the Key Issues in Choosing a Quality Measurement Strategy?

• What Are Some of the Issues and Challenges in Quality Assessment for Children?

• Describe the Characteristics of the Quality Measures

• Link to Federal Reporting Guidance (HCFA (now CMS))

What led to this?

• What Are the Methods of Data Collection for SCHIP Quality and Performance Measurement?

What other methodological issues are discussed?

• SCHIP Guidance - Methodological Issues

Who presented this material?

• Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H.