Investing in Maternal and Child Health

Laboratory Services

Medical services designed to

confirm or  deny    the existence   

or severity of a particular

disease or condition.

Diagnostic, Assessment,

and Testing (Medical and

Psychological) Services

Medical services designed to

confirm or  deny    the existence   

or severity of a particular

disease or condition.

Notes: The NCQA Report on the State of Health Care Quality is based on 500 health plans that voluntarily report HEDIS measurements to NCQA.

• Available in the 2007 NCQA State of Health Care Quality Report. Available at: http://web.ncqa.org/

References

All information from NCQA was adapted from:

National Committee for Quality Assurance. The State of Health Care Quality: Industry Trends and Analysis, 2007. Washington, DC:

National Committee for Quality Assurance; 2007.

National Committee for Quality Assurance. The State of Health Care Quality: Industry Trends and Analysis, 2006. Washington, DC:

National Committee for Quality Assurance; 2006.

National Committee for Quality Assurance. The State of Health Care Quality: Industry Trends and Analysis, 2004. Washington, DC:

National Committee for Quality Assurance; 2005.

National Committee for Quality Assurance. HEDIS 2007 Summary Table of Measures and Product Lines. Measure List. Washington,

DC: National Committee for Quality Assurance; 2006. Available at: http://www.ncqa.org/Programs/HEDIS/2007/MeasuresList.pdf.

Accessed August 15, 2007.

HEDIS® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

All information related to the Healthy People 2010 guidelines was adapted from:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010, 2nd ed. With Understanding and Improving Health and

Objectives for Improving Health. 2 vols. Washington. DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; November 2000.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010. Midcourse Review. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Available at: http://www.healthypeople.gov/data/

midcourse/comments/objectives.asp. Accessed August 15, 2007.

Maternal and Child Health

Plan Benefit Model

Recommendations

HEDIS® 2007 Measures NCQA 2006 & 2007* State

of Health Care Quality

% of beneficiaries in the

commercially-insured

population who received

service (2004-2006)1

Healthy People 2010 Goals

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