This is the dedicated home for information on the
development and enhancement of children's health care quality measures as
directed under CHIPRA. It is a resource for policymakers, advocates, consumers,
and purchasers of children's health care; providers; researchers; and all
others interested in the process of identifying valid, reliable, and feasible
quality measures for children's health care.
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Background
Process
Centers of Excellence
Contact Us
Background
Established under CHIPRA
Section 401(b), the Pediatric Quality Measures Program
(PQMP) is intended to:
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Improve and strengthen the initial core set of children's health care
quality measures.
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Expand on existing pediatric quality measures used by public and private
health care purchasers and advance the development of such new and emerging
quality measures.
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Increase the portfolio of evidence-based, consensus pediatric quality
measures available to public and private purchasers of children's health care
services, providers, and consumers.
The PQMP comprises:
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Process
The work of the PQMP will culminate in the annual posting of
improved core sets of children's health care quality measures for voluntary use
by State Medicaid and CHIP programs, private sector insurers, providers,
families, and patients beginning on January 1, 2013. These improved core sets
will be drawn from measures nominated through a public call for measures, as
well as measures developed and enhanced by the CoEs. An expert panel will use
defined criteria to evaluate all measures before recommending them to AHRQ and
CMS for posting as part of an improved core set of measures.
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Centers of Excellence
AHRQ has made seven awards to Centers of Excellence (CoE) across the United States. Each CoE has a broad coalition of consumer stakeholders, health services researchers, and State agency partners to inform its work. Each CoE will develop or enhance five to six pediatric quality measures and test the performance of those measures against specific criteria identified in the CHIPRA legislation.
A list of the priority topics being addressed by the Centers of Excellence is available.
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Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about the PQMP, or would
like to join a mailing list to be informed about future calls for experts,
calls for measures, or measure news, please Email: chipra@ahrq.hhs.gov.
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Current as of July 2012
Internet Citation:
CHIPRA Pediatric Quality Measures Program. July 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/chipra/pqmpback.htm
540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 