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Background on Florida’s CHIPRA project Jennifer Edwards, DrPH , Health Management Associates. Origin of the Demonstration Project . Federal Goals for this Program. To experiment with and evaluate promising ideas for improving the quality of children's health care under Medicaid and CHIP.
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Background on Florida’s CHIPRA projectJennifer Edwards, DrPH, Health Management Associates
Federal Goals for this Program • To experiment with and evaluate promising ideas for improving the quality of children's health care under Medicaid and CHIP. • By 2013, establish a national pediatrics quality program assimilating lessons from CHIPRA Demonstrations
Federal Strategies for this Program A. Measure and report on child health quality B. Coordinate child health quality reporting with new health information system development C. Test (or enhance) provider-based models to improve primary care delivery D. Develop and test a pediatric electronic health record E. Create other means of improving child health care quality, access, or delivery
Some of the Key Players- Spelled Out • FL Agency for Health Care Administration – AHCA • IL Department of Healthcare and Family Services – HFS • FL Department of Health – DOH • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – CMS • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – AHRQ • National Committee for Quality Assurance – NCQA • American Academy of Pediatrics – AAP • Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics – ICAAP • Institute for Child Health Policy, U. Florida – ICHP • Health Management Associates - HMA
20 Teams in Florida Tallahassee PediatricsTallahassee Longleaf Pediatrics, PA Orange City St. Vincent’s Family Medicine CenterJacksonville Children’s Health of OcalaOcala Jacksonville Beach Pediatric Care CenterJacksonville Beach Atlantic Coast PediatricsMerritt Island Altamonte Pediatric Associates Altamonte Springs Brevard Health Alliance Monroe CenterCocoa -Mirtha Cuevas, MD Inc-Orlando Health Pediatric Faculty PracticeOrlando Martin Memorial PediatricsStuart Pediatric PartnersPalm Beach Gardens All Children’s General PediatricsSt. Petersburg Gentle Medicine AssociatesBoynton Beach -USF Pediatrics-The Chronic Complex Clinic at St. Joseph’s Children’s HospitalTampa Pediatric Clinic, Memorial Primary Care CenterHollywood Pediatric Associates – Miami BeachMiami Beach University PediatricsUniversity Park Rozalyn Hester Paschal, MD, PAMiami
Catherine McGrath, Florida project director, AHCA • 850-412-4696 • Catherine.Mcgrath@ahca.myflorida.com • AHCA Website: http://ahca.myflorida.com/ Medicaid/quality_mc/index.shtml • CMS website: www.cms.gov/CHIPRA • AHRQ website: www.ahrq.gov/chip