National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

CHIPRA Evaluation Highlight Focuses on Quality Measurement

The fifth Evaluation Highlight from the national evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program is now available on the AHRQ Web site. This Evaluation Highlight compares and contrasts two projects that use quality measures to drive quality improvement.

It features a pay-for-performance program in Pennsylvania that encourages health systems to support quality improvement using electronic health records (EHRs) and a State-led learning collaborative in South Carolina that supports primary care practices as to become more focused on data-driven quality improvement. Our analysis covers the first 2 to 3 years of these 5-year demonstration projects, including a year of planning and 1 to 2 years of implementation.

For more information on the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant projects and the national evaluation, go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/index.html 

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The fifth in a series of Evaluation Highlights is now available. Learn how demonstration States are encouraging providers to utilize measures to drive quality improvement.

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National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program

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Find information and evaluation reports on State demonstration projects funded by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act to improve the quality of health care for children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP.

In February 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded 10 grants, funding 18 States, to improve health care quality and delivery systems for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Funded by the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), the Quality Demonstration Grant Program aims to identify effective, replicable strategies for enhancing quality of care for children. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is leading the national evaluation of this program.
As a group, the 18 demonstration States are implementing 51 projects in five general categories:

• Using quality measures to improve child health care.
• Applying health information technology for quality improvement.
• Implementing provider-based delivery models.
• Investigating a model format for pediatric electronic health records (EHRs).
• Assessing the utility of other innovative approaches to enhance quality.

Through this Web page, you can find information about these projects and the national evaluation. Specifically, you can select the various tabs and information boxes to learn more about:

• The projects that each demonstration State is implementing (select Learn About the Demonstration States).
• The specific projects being implemented under each of the five categories (select one of the five specific strategies for quality improvement, such as Using the Core Set of Children's Quality Measures).
• Reports that the national evaluation team and the State-specific evaluation teams have produced on specific evaluation topics and questions (select Reports & Resources).
• Our approach to the national evaluation, including the evaluation design and methods (select More about the Evaluation).
• New findings, events, and publications from the national and State evaluations (select What's New?).

You can also keep up to date about results from the national and State evaluations by subscribing to our email updates.
To contact the team that is conducting the national evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program, send an email to CHIPRADemoEval@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Please note: This Web site uses the term "national evaluation" to distinguish this evaluation of the entire demonstration program from evaluations commissioned or undertaken by grantees. The word "national" should not be interpreted to mean that findings are representative of the United States as a whole.

Current as of January 2013

Internet Citation: National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program. January 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/index.html