Developing
Performance Measures and Performance-Based Contracts for State and Local
MCH Activities
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This report
provides a detailed discussion of the experience of seven States that
have developed performance-based contracts, utilizing specific performance
indicators to measure and monitor the quality and quantity of MCH services
provided at the local level, and includes an overview of recent Federal
efforts to promote performance measurement and local contracting agreements
in public health, including the new MCHB performance measures for States.
(Prepared for Arkansas Department of Health, September 1997)
Systems
Development and Analytic/Quantitative Skills: A Review of the Literature
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This report
reviews the literature on a range of analytic and quantitative skills
important to these systems development efforts for health services to
children and families, including needs assessment, strategic planning,
data collection and analysis, quality assurance, program evaluation,
electronic information transfer systems, combined record-keeping systems,
budget development, policy analysis, economic analysis, and development
of utilization and cost estimates. (Prepared for MCHB, January 1997)
A
Consolidated Contract between the South Carolina Maternal and Child
Health and Medicaid Programs for the Provision of Family Support Services
under the Palmetto Health Initiative
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For the
State of South Carolina, HSR facilitated the initial integration of
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services within the South Carolina Department
of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and Medicaid managed care.
The report presents a draft contract between Medicaid and MCH defining
a package of "wrap around" Family Support Services - including
outreach, risk assessment, case management, health education, nutritional
services, social work services, and caregiver training - that could
continue to be provided by DHEC providers and reimbursed by Medicaid
within a managed care environment. (Prepared for South Carolina Department
of Health and Environmental Control, 1995)
