Children with Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs in NCQA-Recognized Patient-Centered Medical Homes: Health Care Utilization, Provider Perspectives and Parental Expectations, Executive Summary

The studies summarized in this document were sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Center on Excellence in Disabilities Research, and had the following goals: (1) test the relationship between NCQA recognition and patterns of health service use for Medicaid-enrolled CSHCN; (2) document changes made by practices to obtain NCQA recognition and the perceived impact of recognition on quality of care; and (3) identify provider and practice characteristics that are most important to parents of CSHCN.