The Dental Quality Alliance State Medicaid Dashboard: Advancing Measurement to Improve Care Access and Quality

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Date: January 29
Time: 12-1pm CT
Topic: The Dental Quality Alliance State Medicaid Dashboard: Advancing Measurement to Improve Care Access and Quality
 
Who Should Attend: Anyone interested in quality measurement and improvement in dentistry, and/or dental care access and quality in state Medicaid programs. 
 
Learning Objectives: 
  1. Learn about the Dental Quality Alliance's processes for measure development and maintenance
  2. Navigate the DQA State Oral Healthcare Quality Dashboard to evaluate state and national trends in Medicaid dental care access and quality 
  3. Identify ways that dental quality measurement can be used to support quality improvement efforts
Featured Speakers: 
Dr. Jill Boylston Herndon, PhD
Owner, Principal Consultant
Key Analytics and Consulting, LLC (self-employed)
 
Jill Herndon is an economist with extensive experience in research, policy analysis, program evaluation, project management, and education. She works with non-profit and for-profit organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions on measuring and evaluating healthcare delivery system performance with a focus on oral health care. She’s successfully secured grant funding from federal, state and private agencies; authored and co-authored more than 100 journal articles and technical reports; and delivered more than 100 presentations for a wide range of audiences.  Dr. Herndon has served as the primary methodology consultant for the Dental Quality Alliance, guiding dental experts through the quality measure development process: concept design, measure testing, validation, implementation, and monitoring. She works routinely with large datasets of national Medicaid claims data, as well as a range of other datasets, to help dentists and the broader oral health community better understand the state of the U.S. dental care system.  
 
Dr. Julie Reynolds, DDS, MS
Associate Professor
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Julie Reynolds is President-Elect of AAPHD, immediate past Chair of the Dental Quality Alliance, a board-certified specialist in dental public health, and health services researcher. Her research focuses on aspects of dental care access and quality, including access and utilization for people with Medicaid as well as dental quality measurement and improvement in the context of a patient-centered dental home.