AHRQ National Advisory Council Subcommittee (SNAC) on Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP Programs

Conceptual Framework for Scope of Core Measurement Set

Grounded → Intermediate → Aspirational
Measures      Measures          Measures

• Consensus of the subcommittee to focus on choosing grounded measures.
• Grounded: N ≈ 10-25, currently feasible, many already in place.
• Intermediate category: N = ?, good specifications, some states already using them.
• Aspirational: needed measures to fill in the gaps.