Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The fee for service model predominates in healthcare, and it is recognized by just about everyone — economists, politicians, health care folks — as unsustainable. Without that metric, we can’t move forward; John says that if we can’t define quality, then we can’t define value. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The fee for service model predominates in healthcare, and it is recognized by just about everyone — economists, politicians, health care folks — as unsustainable. Without that metric, we can’t move forward; John says that if we can’t define quality, then we can’t define value. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The fee for service model predominates in healthcare, and it is recognized by just about everyone — economists, politicians, health care folks — as unsustainable. Without that metric, we can’t move forward; John says that if we can’t define quality, then we can’t define value. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

p3care

JUNE 15, 2023

Prioritize Quality Measures Quality is the most heavily weighted MIPS 2023 category. Focus on quality measures relevant to your practice and align your healthcare delivery accordingly. Select a CEHRT that best fits your practice’s needs and optimize its use.

Measurable Quality 130

Measurable Quality Regulations Prevention Integration 130

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 31, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS has posted 20 Nursing homes including rehab services Datasets on March 31, 2022: COVID-19 Vaccination Rates – State and National Averages … State and National averages for facility resident and healthcare personnel COVID-19 vaccination rates.

Nursing 80

Nursing Measurable Quality Medicare Hospitals 80

Healthcare ECONOMIST

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

According to a 2022 CBO report , healthcare spending per person is much higher for commercially insured individuals than those insured by Medicare and this difference is largely drive by price differentials. However, there is a growing body of evidence that quality doesn’t improve with P4P systems.

Measurable Quality 105

Measurable Quality Telemedicine Medicare Hospitals 105

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 29, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. This file contains a list of the swing bed units participating in the SNF QRP, as well as their results on quality measures implemented under the IMPACT Act. Medicare Claims Quality Measures Quality measures that are based on Medicare claims data.

Nursing 81

Nursing Measurable Quality Medicare Hospitals 81

Healthcare ECONOMIST

AUGUST 17, 2021

However, there is another mechanism through which quality of care could improve provider finances: increased demand. If patients are responsive to star ratings or physicians who refer patients are sensitive to star ratings, better measured quality can increase provider revenue. due to bonus payments. A paper by Schwartz et al.

Measurable Quality 81

Measurable Quality Quality of Care Patient Experience Medicare 81

Healthcare ECONOMIST

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As a health economist who likes to think about the world in a quantitative manner, I do whatever I can to measure quality in a numeric manner. Thus, if I was visiting a primary care physician (PCP) and needed some specialist care, I would want the PCP to refer me to the specialist with the best quality ratings.

Quality of Care 81

Quality of Care Measurable Quality Patient Experience Primary Care 81

Healthcare ECONOMIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) wants to improve care for patients with MCC. This includes better approaches to measuring quality, better health IT, and integrating social, behavioral and economic factors into the care plan.

Measurable Quality 85

Measurable Quality Medicare Quality of Care Accountability 85

Sequence Health

JUNE 6, 2024

Measuring quality parameters in a medical call center is crucial for the benefit of the patients, management, and other professionals inside the healthcare center. While medical centers may have different demands and services, there are common metrics for measuring performance quality.

Quality Assurance 52

Quality Assurance Measurable Quality Healthcare 52

NCQA

APRIL 18, 2024

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Behavioral health is a NCQA priority , so it’s no surprise that our March webinar celebrated the successful test of PCO measures in CCBHCs: PCO measures are for people with complex care needs. Behavioral healthcare is complex. Standardizing outcome measures is hard. Details below.)

Measurable Quality 52

Measurable Quality Primary Care Healthcare 52

Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Abt Associates is currently recruiting a wide range of home health stakeholders—for example, providers, patient advocates, and methodologists/researchers with expertise in areas such as performance measurement, quality of care, and health equity—to participate in a Technical Expert (..)

Measurable Quality 40

Measurable Quality Quality of Care Healthcare Home Care 40

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2024

Empowering Providers, Transforming Surgery: By offering this comprehensive suite of tools and data-driven insights, Graphium Health empowers hospitals, anesthesiologists, and all surgical staff to: Track and measure quality metrics effectively: Ensuring consistent adherence to best practices.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Measurable Quality Quality Improvement Patient Experience 52

NCQA

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Transforming Asthma Care: Bridging Gaps for Better Outcomes , sponsored by AstraZeneca Addressing Inequities and Advancing Quality in Cardiovascular Care , sponsored by Merck Enhancing Access to Diabetes Digital Therapeutics to Improve Outcomes: Insights from State Medicaid Programs , sponsored by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Lessons from Multisector (..)

Measurable Quality 52

Measurable Quality Medicaid Healthcare 52

Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 28, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This morning (Wednesday, June 28, 2023), CMS posted QSO-23-18-NH (3 pages) with the same title as this blog. CMS will publish the Nursing Home Affiliated Entity Performance Measures dataset on data.cms.com.

Nursing 52

Nursing Home Care Measurable Quality Medicare 52

Healthcare ECONOMIST

AUGUST 9, 2022

Dauda, Dunn and Hall (2020) then proposes 4 methods to measure quality-adjusted prices: Utility-based cost-of-living index (COLI). This method assigns a value to the quality change based on the dollar value of the marginal quality change to a consumer. This approach follows Cutler et al.

Measurable Quality 75

Measurable Quality Accountability Medicare Health Technology 75

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Unlocking data silos using Federated Computing (FC) has the potential to achieve a positive impact across the healthcare industry, ranging from clinical care quality improvement and accreditation to population health management, precision public health and equitable drug development.

Life Sciences 64

Life Sciences Population Health Quality Improvement Healthcare Providers 64

Briggs Healthcare

JANUARY 27, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you love data and analyzing data, the last couple of days have been a goldmine for you! Because of COVID-19 reporting exceptions, the claims-based measures were calculated excluding Q1 and Q2 2020. January 2023: Data have been refreshed for January 2023.

Nursing 40

Nursing Measurable Quality Medicare Hospitals 40

NCQA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The 2024 Ratings are based on data from calendar year 2023, when approximately 227 million people were enrolled in health plans that reported Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS ® ) results to NCQA. Measures of patient experience using the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS ® ).

Quality Assurance 52

Quality Assurance Medicaid Medicare Patient Experience 52

NASHP

JUNE 22, 2022

Building consensus among stakeholders on key care coordination metrics to track and addressing technology barriers to collecting this data can support system-wide care coordination quality measurement. These measures are also included within the corresponding sections below. Family Experiences with Care Coordination (FECC).

Care Transition 52

Care Transition Medicaid Doctors Regulations 52

Vie Healthcare

MAY 8, 2024

Episode Introduction Shanil explains why healthcare needs to move away from the ‘’one-size fits all’’ approach to patient care, why patients should be treated as partners, rather than recipients, and the impact of a healthcare model designed around systems.

Patient Experience 52

Patient Experience Healthcare Hospitals Life Sciences 52

NCQA

MARCH 5, 2025

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Telemedicine 52

Telemedicine Medicare Medicaid Population Health 52