Related Tools and Guidance
Over the past several years, CMS has provided a wide range of policy and operational guidance to states that has established a strong foundation for the key functions of the IAP, including:
Identify and Advance New Models
- State Innovation Models
- State Toolbox: Value-Based Purchasing Model Design and Resources
- Integrated Care Model Letter 1: Overview of Integrated Care Models
- Integrated Care Model Letter 2: Policy Considerations for Integrated Care Models
- Integrated Care Model Letter 3: Shared Savings Methodologies
- Integrated Care Model Letter 4: Quality Considerations for Medicaid and CHIP Programs
- Health Homes for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions
- CMCS Informational Bulletin: Targeting Medicaid Super-Utilizers to Decrease Costs and Improve Quality
- CMCS Informational Bulletin: Reducing Nonurgent Use of Emergency Departments and Improving Appropriate Care in Appropriate Settings
- CMCS Informational Bulletin: Long Term Services and Supports Delivered Through Medicaid Managed Care Programs
Data Analytics
- MSIS Medicaid Statistical Information System
- State Medicaid Director Letter: Transformed MSIS (T-MSIS)
- Assistance available to state Medicaid agencies to obtain and use Medicare data for care coordination of Medicare-Medicaid enrollees: State Data Resource Center
Improved Quality Measurement
- Child Core Set
- Medicaid Adult Core Set
- Medicaid Adult Quality Grant Program (States testing the Medicaid Adult Core Set)
- Health Home Core Set
- Technical Assistance and Analytic Support mailbox for Child, Adult, and Health Home Core measures: MACQualityTA@cms.hhs.gov
State to State Learning, Rapid-Cycle Improvement, and Federal Evaluation
- Medicaid and CHIP Learning Collaborative
- Maternal and Child Health Initiative
- CMCS Informational Bulletin: Prevention and Early Identification of Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions