The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 provides renewed focus and momentum for the use of standardized performance reporting in Medicaid and CHIP. With the national interest in transparency and accountability, we are presented with an unprecedented opportunity to use the tools of measurement to inform and encourage improvement efforts and make performance information available for public comparisons.
Title IV of CHIPRA 2009 encourages voluntary, standardized reporting of a core set of child health quality measures for children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP. Below are HEDIS® specifications for measures that are currently being considered for the CHIPRA Core Set.
A Message from AHRQ and CMS:
AHRQ and CMS are grateful to NCQA for providing current measure specifications for those initial, recommended pediatric healthcare quality measures for which NCQA is the steward. The HEDIS® 2010 measure specifications will help potential public commenters understand important information about the measures beyond what is captured in our brief descriptions and summary tables.