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Improving Oral Health Access through Managed Care Quality Initiatives in Pennsylvania

NASHP

Recently, Pennsylvania shared their work with managed care organizations (MCO)s to improve access to oral health care services through quality improvement projects, measures, and incentives. Such steps included DHS convening MCOs quarterly to discuss their performance metrics through Quarterly Quality Review Meetings (QQRMs).

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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. In states with more than one Medicaid managed care program we reviewed the contracts for all programs.

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State Approaches to Behavioral Health Measures in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

Performance measurement is a pillar of state quality improvement and oversight. Notably, all of the measures in Table 1 are Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures or included in at least one of the CMS core measure sets. It is often factored into plan payment, and it supports public reporting.