Center for Health Care Strategies

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	Medicaid Return on Investment Template The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill developed the Return on Investment (ROI) Template. This Microsoft Excel-based tool is designed for use by states and health plans to measure ROI of quality improvement efforts. The tool includes an Instruction Manual, the Medicaid ROI Template, and an Example Template. The Instruction Manual is available as a PDF, requiring Adobe Reader to view the document. The templates are available as Excel files, requiring Microsoft Excel. An associated link to a Business Case for Quality Improvement in Medicaid Managed Care is also provided.
	Achieving Better Care for Asthma: A BCAP Toolkit This Toolkit offers a structured approach for addressing quality improvement and a collection of "lessons learned" by a diverse group of health plans serving Medicaid members. Whether your health plan intends to develop a new asthma management program or is seeking to improve an existing program, this toolkit offers practical, realistic approaches. The report is available as a PDF, requiring Adobe Reader.
	Improving Preventive Care Services for Children: A BCAP Toolkit The Improving Preventive Care Services for Children Toolkit provides a practical approach for increasing the quality of preventive care for children covered under Medicaid and SCHIP. It includes a simple process improvement model to consistently follow; strategies for identification, stratification, outreach, and intervention, including plan case studies; tools to encourage providers to adopt streamlined preventive care practices; and communications tactics for creating change. The report is available as a PDF, requiring Adobe Reader.
	Toward Improving Birth Outcomes: A BCAP Toolkit The Toward Improving Birth Outcomes Toolkit provides a step-by-step, practical approach for improving birth outcomes among Medicaid and SCHIP enrollees. It includes a simple process improvement model to consistently follow; strategies for identification, stratification, outreach, and intervention, including plan case studies; and communications tactics for creating change. The report is available as a PDF, requiring Adobe Reader.
	Integrating Care for Dual Eligibles: An Online Toolkit The Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) has worked extensively with leading states and health plans, as well as federal policymakers to lead new advances for integrating Medicare and Medicaid services. This online toolkit contains resources for integrating care and includes policy-related materials, hands-on tools to help guide state efforts, as well as sample documents from states that have successfully implemented these new advances. The toolkit is available as a group of web pages and PDFs and requires a web browser and Adobe Reader to view them.
	Reducing Barriers to Health Care: Practical Strategies for Local Organizations CHCS works with state and federal agencies, health plans, providers, and consumers to design programs that will provide health care to underserved populations. This Toolkit was designed to increase access to health care coverage programs for a larger number of eligible children and adults. The main points are to identify barriers to the use of health care services for low-income children and adults enrolled in government Insurance Programs.