DQA Improvement Resources

To support system-wide improvement, the DQA has conducted an environmental scan to identify projects that could be used as exemplars of quality improvement. The projects highlighted through the Quality Innovators Spotlight series are shown sorted by Program, Plan or Practice/Community Level Improvement below. The DQA has also launched state-level learning collaborative models to further promote system-wide improvement. For additional information on this learning collaborative, please access the Medicaid Quality Improvement Learning Academy infographic.

Program Level Improvement

• SmileConnect®, an Altarum program
• Virginia Oral Health Learning Collaborative

Plan Level Improvement

• Preventistry^SM

Practice/Community Level Improvement

• Early Childhood Caries Collaborative Project
• UCLA’s First 5 L.A. 21st Century Community Dental Homes Project
• Personalized Care: Caries Risk Assessment
• Opioid Prescription Reduction
• NNOHA (National Network for Oral Health Access) Dashboard Collaborative
• Marshfield Clinic Health System - Dental Quality Improvement Initiative