Spotlight on Pennsylvania

Spotlight on Pennsylvania

The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program
Published: Jan 01, 2018
Publisher: Washington, DC: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Associated Project

National Evaluation of CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant

Time frame: 2010-2015

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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Key Findings

Pennsylvania’s Goals: Partner with large health care systems to improve the quality of care for children by—

  • Implementing electronic screening questionnaires.
  • Encouraging improvement on child-focused quality measures.
  • Improving electronic health record (EHR) functionality.

This brief highlights the major strategies, lessons learned, and outcomes from Pennsylvania’s experience during the first 5 years of the quality demonstration funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) through the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). For this demonstration, CMS awarded 10 grants that supported efforts in 18 States to identify effective, replicable strategies for enhancing the quality of health care for children. With funding from CMS, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is leading the evaluation of the program.

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