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Model Application Template for the State Children‟s Health Insurance Program

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expansion program. hawk-i Program (S-CHIP) Enroll approximately 31,300 children into health plans participating in the hawk-i program.

Objective Three: Appropriate use of medications for children diagnosed with asthma. Medicaid Expansion (M-CHIP) Sixty-five percent of children enrolled in the Medicaid Expansion program that have a diagnosis of asthma will have long-term control medications. hawk-i (S-CHIP) Fifty percent of the children enrolled in the hawk-i program that have a diagnosis of asthma will have long-term control medications.

Objective Four: Medicaid Expansion (M-CHIP) Eighty-five percent of the children enrolled in the Medicaid expansion program will have access to a primary care practitioner. hawk-i (S-CHIP) Eighty-five percent of the children enrolled in the hawk-i program will have access to a primary care practitioner.

9.3. Describe how performance under the plan will be measured through objective, independently verifiable means and compared against performance goals in order to determine the state‟s performance, taking into account suggested performance indicators as specified below or other indicators the state develops: (Section 2107(a)(4)(A),(B)) (42CFR 457.710(d))

Assurance of an Objective Means for Measuring Performance Iowa will measure performance by establishing a baseline for each performance goal through various methods including: conducting a baseline population-based survey; using State vital records, hospital discharge and claims information; and using other Medicaid and non-Medicaid databases that provide relevant information. For each performance goal, the method of measurement will be established and reports will be generated to monitor, on an ongoing basis, Iowa's progress toward meeting the goal.

Objective One: Increase the health status of children in Iowa.