Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 5162 | Medicaid and Medicaid Funds
Section 5162.135 | Infant Mortality Scorecard.

Effective: April 6, 2017
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "stillbirth" has the same meaning as in section 3701.97 of the Revised Code.
(B) The department of medicaid shall create an infant mortality scorecard. The scorecard shall report all of the following:
(1) The performance of the fee-for-service component of medicaid and each medicaid managed care organization on population health measures, including the infant mortality rate, preterm birth rate, and low-birthweight rate, stillbirth rate, delineated in accordance with division (C) of this section;
(2) The performance of the fee-for-service component of medicaid and each medicaid managed care organization on service utilization and outcome measures using claims data and data from vital records;
(3) The number and percentage of women who are at least fifteen but less than forty-four years of age who are medicaid recipients;
(4) The number of medicaid recipients who delivered a newborn and the percentage of those who reported tobacco use at the time of delivery;
(5) The number of prenatal, postpartum, and adolescent wellness visits made by medicaid recipients;
(6) The percentage of pregnant medicaid recipients who initiated progesterone therapy during pregnancy;
(7) The percentage of female medicaid recipients of childbearing age who participate in a tobacco cessation program or use a tobacco cessation product;
(8) The percentage of female medicaid recipients of childbearing age who use long-acting reversible contraception;
(9) A comparison of the low-birthweight rate of medicaid recipients with the low-birthweight rate of women who are not medicaid recipients;
(10) Any other information on maternal and child health that the department considers appropriate.
(C) To the extent possible, the performance measures described in division (B)(1) of this section shall be delineated in the scorecard as follows:
(1) For each region of the state and the state as a whole, by race and ethnic group;
(2) For the urban and rural communities specified in rules adopted under section 3701.142 of the Revised Code, as well as for any other communities that are the subject of targeted infant mortality reduction initiatives administered by one or more state agencies, by race, ethnic group, and census tract.
The scorecard shall be updated each calendar quarter and made available on the department's internet web site.
(D) The department shall make available the data sources and methodology used to complete the scorecard to any person or government entity on request.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 51 | Public Welfare

Chapter 5162 | Medicaid and Medicaid Funds

Section 5162.01 | Definitions.

Section 5162.02 | Rules for Implementation of Chapter.

Section 5162.021 | Adoption of Rules by Other State Agencies.

Section 5162.022 | Director's Rules Binding.

Section 5162.03 | Administration of Medicaid Program.

Section 5162.031 | Powers of Director.

Section 5162.04 | No State Cause of Action to Enforce Federal Laws.

Section 5162.05 | Implementation of Medicaid Program.

Section 5162.06 | Components Requiring Federal Approval or Funding.

Section 5162.07 | Federal Approval for Permissive Components Not Required.

Section 5162.10 | Review of Medicaid Program; Corrective Action; Sanctions.

Section 5162.11 | Contract for Data Collection and Warehouse Functions Assessment.

Section 5162.12 | Contracts for the Management of Medicaid Data Requests.

Section 5162.13 | Annual Report.

Section 5162.131 | Semiannual Reports on Controlling Increase in Costs.

Section 5162.132 | Annual Report Outlining Efforts to Minimize Fraud, Waste, and Abuse.

Section 5162.133 | Annual Program Report; Distribution; Contents.

Section 5162.134 | Annual Report of Integrated Care Delivery System Evaluation.

Section 5162.135 | Infant Mortality Scorecard.

Section 5162.136 | Review of Barriers to Interventions Intended to Reduce Tobacco Use, Prevent Prematurity, and Promote Optimal Birth Spacing.

Section 5162.1310 | Evaluation of Success of Expansion Eligibility Group.

Section 5162.15 | Information Required Where Annual Medicaid Payments Exceed $5 Million.

Section 5162.16 | Reporting Fraud, Waste, or Abuse.

Section 5162.20 | Cost-Sharing Requirements.

Section 5162.21 | Medicaid Estate Recovery Program.

Section 5162.211 | Lien Against Property of Recipient or Spouse as Part of Estate Recovery Program.

Section 5162.212 | Certification of Amounts Due Under Estate Recovery Program; Collection.

Section 5162.22 | Transfer of Personal Needs Allowance Account.

Section 5162.23 | Recovering Benefits Incorrectly Paid.

Section 5162.24 | Recovering Health Care Costs Provided to Child.

Section 5162.30 | Medicaid Administrative Claiming Program.

Section 5162.31 | Local Funds Expended for Administration of the Healthy Start Component.

Section 5162.32 | Contracts With Political Subdivisions to Pay Nonfederal Share.

Section 5162.35 | Contracts for Administration of Components.

Section 5162.36 | Medicaid School Component.

Section 5162.361 | Claim by Qualified Medicaid School Provider.

Section 5162.362 | Federal Financial Participation for Medicaid School Claims.

Section 5162.363 | Administration of Medicaid School Component.

Section 5162.364 | Adoption of Rules for Medicaid School Component.

Section 5162.365 | Responsibility for Repaying Overpayments.

Section 5162.366 | Referrals for Certain Services Under the Medicaid School Program.

Section 5162.37 | Contract Approval Required.

Section 5162.371 | Contracts With Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Payment of Nonfederal Share of Medicaid Payment.

Section 5162.40 | Retaining or Collecting Percentage of Federal Financial Participation.

Section 5162.41 | Retaining or Collecting Percentage of Supplemental Payment.

Section 5162.50 | Health Care-Federal Fund.

Section 5162.52 | Health Care/medicaid Support and Recoveries Fund.

Section 5162.56 | Health Care Special Activities Fund.

Section 5162.65 | Refunds and Reconciliation Fund.

Section 5162.66 | Residents Protection Fund.

Section 5162.70 | Reforms to Medicaid Program.

Section 5162.71 | Implementation of Systems to Improve Health and Reduce Health Disparities.

Section 5162.72 | Strategies to Address Social Determinants of Health.

Section 5162.73 | Dental Services for Pregnant Medicaid Recipients.

Section 5162.75 | Notification of Veteran Services.

Section 5162.80 | Good Faith Estimates for Charges and Payments.

Section 5162.82 | Payment Rate Increase Report to Jmoc.