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How We Help Medicaid & Long-Term Services and Supports

NCQA

More states are contracting with managed care organizations (MCO) to provide Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS). How do we know if MCOs are delivering equitable, high-quality care to people receiving LTSS? Accreditation helps accountability and ongoing quality improvement efforts of aging and disability networks.

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State Use of Behavioral Health Performance Measures in Medicaid Managed Care Contracting

NASHP

Performance measurement is a pillar of state Medicaid managed care quality improvement and oversight efforts, is often factored into plan payment, and supports public reporting. 42 Medicaid agencies collected at least one measure of behavioral health performance. Check out the map and chart below for an overview of our findings.