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Capturing MODRN EQUIP (Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Equity and Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs)

This one-pager outlines MODRN EQUIP’s background, aims, research approach, and more.

MODRN EQUIP One-Pager

This one-pager provides an overview of MODRN EQUIP and highlights the three research projects involved.

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With a pressing need to address effective opioid use disorder (OUD) quality measures, the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Equity and Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs (MODRN EQUIP) project aims to foster an OUD treatment system patients can count on, through funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative. Through a series of three integrated research projects, involving various participating states, state teams will develop sustainable OUD quality measures that center patient experience and health equity over the next five years.

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AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, as the Administrative Coordinating Center for the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network, supports the University of Pittsburgh and 11 additional state-university research teams to develop opioid use disorder (OUD) quality measures that can be constructed at the provider level, incorporate patient experience, and center health equity.

In collaboration with Mathematica, AcademyHealth’s Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute convenes the Medicaid Medical Director Network and the Medicaid and CHIP Quality eXchange to promote quality measurement and improvement in Medicaid and CHIP.

Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Equity and Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs (MODRN EQUIP)

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