A key focus of the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS or the Department) is the strategic initiative to increase the Department’s collection of comprehensive financial and utilization metrics, while ensuring top quality data standards with a changing managed care population.  In order to accomplish these goals, DMAS is leveraging key partnerships and utilizing available data to create new, innovative solutions in crucial subject areas such as behavioral health and chronic conditions. DMAS will work on enhancing data quality and collaborating on financial and utilization metrics to facilitate actionable change in the managed care population.