Quality measures seek to measure the degree to which evidence-based treatment guidelines are followed, where indicated, and assess the results of care. The use of quality measurement helps strengthen accountability and support performance improvement initiatives at numerous levels. These measures can be used to demonstrate a variety of activities and health care outcomes for particular populations (i.e. Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP] enrollees). 

Adult Quality Grants: Measuring and Improving the Quality of Care in Medicaid

CMS recently released a two-year funding opportunity announcement open to all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and territorial Medicaid agencies.  This grant opportunity, funded by the Affordable Care Act, is designed to support State Medicaid agencies in developing staff capacity to collect, report, and analyze data on the Initial Core of Set of Health Care Quality Measures for Adults Enrolled in Medicaid.  A total of 56 grant awards are available in the amount of up to $1 million for each 12-month budget period over the two-year project period (an estimated total of up to $2 million per Grantee).  Programmatic questions about the Adult Medicaid Quality Grants should be directed to: MedicaidAdultMeasures@cms.hhs.gov.  View a list of frequently-asked questions submitted by potential applicants. The application due date for this funding opportunity is August 31, 2012.  

The electronic application for this project can be found at http://www.grants.gov.  CMS hosted a teleconference for potential applicants on July 30, 2012.  View the slides from this teleconference.

Performance Measurement Areas of Focus:

Initial Core Set of Children's Health Care Quality Measures

CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grants

Initial Core Set of Adult Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid-Eligible Adults