Understanding the New Quality Initiatives in CHIPRA
February 1, 2010
Published by: Center for Children and Families and Child Policy Research Center at Children's Hospital Medical Center
In addition to extending the CHIP program, the CHIP reauthorization bill signed into law on February 4, 2009, includes a number of important program and financing changes affecting Medicaid as well as CHIP. Among these are a set of quality provisions that aim to help develop child-specific quality measures and improve the quality of care delivered to children through Medicaid, CHIP, and private health insurers. This brief provides an overview of these new quality initiatives.
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