The report looked at how well states provide a wide variety of health services to children and adults. It also reviewed how quickly the federal government was approving state waiver requests to change their programs.
But not all states provided data for each service because sharing information was voluntary.
For example, half the states did not show how well they control Medicaid enrollees’ blood pressure.
The National Association of Medicaid Directors panned the scorecard. It acknowledged the need for a system to measure performance but said its members have concerns about its accuracy and usefulness.