Summary of Pediatric Quality Measures For Children Enrolled in MaineCare FFY 2009-FFY 2013

In Maine, a key objective of the IHOC CHIPRA demonstration grant is to collect and report on the Initial Core Set of Children’s Health Care Quality Measures (referred to as the “CHIPRA Core Measures”), a set of 24 standardized, evidence-based measures identified by CMS for use by State Medicaid and CHIP programs. This report presents the results of the 18 CHIPRA Core Measures that were collected using MaineCare claims, Vital Statistics or survey data and reported to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for FFY 2013. Also included in this report are an additional three measures from the IHOC project’s Master List of Pediatric Measures. In addition to presenting results in graphs and narrative, this report provides measure definitions and background information about each measure topic

Fact Sheet #1: How Family-Centered is MaineCare?

Parent reports on family experiences of care can provide health plans, systems and providers with crucial information on their performance in the domain of family-centeredness. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) conducts an annual survey to gather this kind of information for MaineCare, the state of Maine’s Medicaid and Child Health Insurance (CHIP) program

Fact Sheet #2: How Do MaineCare Providers Perform on Childhood Screening and Prevention?

The annual Survey of Children Served by MaineCare, which collects a wealth of data on the experiences of MaineCare families, examines the extent to which MaineCare providers follow Bright Futures guidelines during well-child visits. This fact sheet presents findings on Bright Futures adherence from the 2013 survey

Fact Sheet #3: How Do Parents Rate Dental Services for Children in MaineCare?

The annual Survey of Children Served by MaineCare, which collects an abundance of data on the experiences of MaineCare families, provides important information on how parents evaluate the dental care that their children receive

Alcohol Use Disorder in the Primary Care Setting: Best Practices for Rural Communities

The recording for this UVM CORA Community Grand Round webinar is available at https://youtu.be/Kg3Tm-i0hJw The Community Round series features webinars offered by subject matter experts presenting evidence-based best practices and research on topics which are critical to rural providers and health, behavioral health and substance use disorder professionals. Registration is open to all who are interested. Continuing Education credits are offered for those attending the webinar. For more information, please visit: https://uvmcora.org/resources

Evaluation of Maine DOC’s Medication-Assisted Treatment Pilot Program

The Cutler Institute at the University of Southern Maine was contracted by the Maine Department of Corrections to conduct an independent evaluation of the rollout of the Maine Department of Corrections MAT pilot program. This program evaluation was designed to offer a summative assessment of the implementation experience; to document programmatic policies and procedures to examine whether and/or how these approaches affect program delivery; and to provide feedback to Maine DOC and other key stakeholders to help guide the refinement and expansion of the delivery of MAT in Maine correctional facilities

Maine IHOC Master List of Pediatric Measures with Numerators and Denominators

The Master List of Pediatric Measures was developed as part of the Maine CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant. Through intensive stakeholder engagement, key stakeholders from across the state worked together to develop a comprehensive list of pediatric measures that includes the CHIPRA Initial Core Set of Children’s Health Care Quality Measures as well as additional clinically relevant pediatric quality measures. Measures are based on clinical guidelines and a broad base of support. To encourage adoption of child health quality measures across a variety of measurement and quality improvement activities, this Master List also reflects IHOC’s emphasis on alignment. Examples of national alignment include the CHIPRA Initial Core Set; CMS priority areas related to Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit, obesity, oral health, and behavioral health; the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Bright Futures guidelines; the National Committee on Quality Assurance; the National Quality Forum; and the CMS EHR Incentive Program for Meaningful Use