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CMS seeks to stimulate the consideration of alternative approaches for improving the quality of health care and life for State Child Health Insurance Program enrollees. This role is endorsed in the CMS Quality Roadmap, "A Quality Improvement Plan for CMS" and the Medicaid/State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) strategic plan. A "promising practice" represents a State approach to meeting a challenge related to Medicaid/SCHIP program operations, clinical practice, or functional level that serves to enhance quality of care and/or life and may be of interest to other States. For CMS to consider a nominated practice promising, the practice must: - Be related to the improvement of quality of care and/or life for Medicaid and/or SCHIP beneficiaries - Address a significant problem in health status or functioning based on trends in mortality, morbidity, quality of life, utilization and/or costs - Reflect an innovative approach to meeting a common problem - Have been in operation for a sufficient period of time to demonstrate effectiveness (e.g., minimum 12 months) - Have demonstrated success through tangible results (e.g., improvements in beneficiary physical or mental well-being, savings) - Comply with Federal Medicaid statute and regulations and CMS policy direction For several promising practices, please see the links below. To nominate a practice as an SCHIP promising practice, please see the link to "Promising Practices: Concept/Nomination Process" below.
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