WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the following press release:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is launching an initiative with a founding group of 37 state partners to focus on how quality is measured in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The effort will put health outcomes - not processes and paperwork - at the center of how success is defined. CMS and its partners will prioritize measures that demonstrate meaningful improvements in prevention, chronic disease management, and behavioral health.
"For too long, Medicaid has measured whether boxes are checked instead of whether patients are getting healthier - that must change," said CMS Administrator Dr....