News
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BIG NEWS: NCI has been added to the Medicaid Adult Core Health Care Quality Measure Set AND the CMS Medicaid Scorecard website
Nov 20th, 2019This is very exciting!
NCI has been added to the Medicaid Adult Core Health Care Quality Measure Set AND the CMS Medicaid Scorecard website
The Core sets are tools states can use to measure quality of healthcare provided to Medicaid recipients. The addition of this measure will allow CMS and states to expand measurement of quality of care in Medicaid to long term services and supports (LTSS). See more info here.
The CMS Medicaid Scorecard reports on states’ use of three experience of care surveys administered to long-term services and support (LTSS) beneficiaries. Surveys included in the count are:- CAHPS Home and Community-Based Services Survey (HCBS CAHPS)
- National Core Indicators In-Person Survey
- National Core Indicators for Aging and Disabilities (NCI-AD)
See the announcement released by NASDDDS here.
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NCI Data Brief: What Do NCI Data Reveal About People Who Are Dual Diagnosed with ID and Mental Illness?
Oct 7th, 2019The understanding of how to provide services and supports to people who are dual diagnosed continues to deepen and expand. In this data brief we examine National Core Indicators® (NCI®) data from 2017-2018 to explore the characteristics and outcomes of people with dual diagnoses with the hope that it will add to a growing body of knowledge. Take a look at the new data brief here.
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NCI Data Highlight: What do NCI Data Tell Us About Participation in Religious Services or Spiritual Practice and Having Friends?
Aug 23rd, 2019Check out the new data highlight, What do NCI Data Tell Us About Participation in
Religious Services or Spiritual Practice and Having
Friends Who Aren’t Staff or Family?