Feature

Verma unveils Medicaid scorecard but refuses to judge efforts


 


The report looked at how well states provide a wide variety of health services to children and adults. It also reviewed how quickly the federal government was approving state waiver requests to change their programs.

But not all states provided data for each service because sharing information was voluntary.

For example, half the states did not show how well they control Medicaid enrollees’ blood pressure.

The National Association of Medicaid Directors panned the scorecard. It acknowledged the need for a system to measure performance but said its members have concerns about its accuracy and usefulness.

Pages

Recommended Reading

Cultural sensitivity key to delivering effective psychiatric care
MDedge Psychiatry
Sexual harassment and medicine
MDedge Psychiatry
Working at a long-term psychiatric hospital? Consider your patient’s point of view
MDedge Psychiatry
Drugmakers blamed for blocking generics have cost U.S. billions
MDedge Psychiatry
Postop delirium management proposed as hospital performance measure
MDedge Psychiatry
MDedge Daily News: Keeping patients summer safe
MDedge Psychiatry
Peer mentorship, groups help combat burnout in female physicians
MDedge Psychiatry
MDedge Psychcast: Episode 107
MDedge Psychiatry
Looking for lower Medicare drug costs? Ask your pharmacist for the cash price
MDedge Psychiatry
AMA: Opioid prescriptions down since 2013
MDedge Psychiatry