Healthcare ECONOMIST

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

However, there is a growing body of evidence that quality doesn’t improve with P4P systems. Paying for value is good in theory; but is it feasible to measure quality in a valid way in the real-world and link to reimbursement in a manner that is not burdensome to payers, providers and patients?

Measurable Quality 105

Measurable Quality Telemedicine Medicare Hospitals 105

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We still don’t have universally accepted measures, quality measures are typically process measures, not outcome measures, and we don’t have the tools to identify what is “quality” – or consensus on how to measure quality. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We still don’t have universally accepted measures, quality measures are typically process measures, not outcome measures, and we don’t have the tools to identify what is “quality” – or consensus on how to measure quality. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We still don’t have universally accepted measures, quality measures are typically process measures, not outcome measures, and we don’t have the tools to identify what is “quality” – or consensus on how to measure quality. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We still don’t have universally accepted measures, quality measures are typically process measures, not outcome measures, and we don’t have the tools to identify what is “quality” – or consensus on how to measure quality. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We still don’t have universally accepted measures, quality measures are typically process measures, not outcome measures, and we don’t have the tools to identify what is “quality” – or consensus on how to measure quality. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We still don’t have universally accepted measures, quality measures are typically process measures, not outcome measures, and we don’t have the tools to identify what is “quality” – or consensus on how to measure quality. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We still don’t have universally accepted measures, quality measures are typically process measures, not outcome measures, and we don’t have the tools to identify what is “quality” – or consensus on how to measure quality. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We still don’t have universally accepted measures, quality measures are typically process measures, not outcome measures, and we don’t have the tools to identify what is “quality” – or consensus on how to measure quality. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Health Blawg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

We still don’t have universally accepted measures, quality measures are typically process measures, not outcome measures, and we don’t have the tools to identify what is “quality” – or consensus on how to measure quality. “Burn the boats.”

Measurable Quality 60

Measurable Quality Healthcare Telemedicine Accountability 60

Healthcare ECONOMIST

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This includes better approaches to measuring quality, better health IT, and integrating social, behavioral and economic factors into the care plan. In the Bierman article, they aim to do this by answering the following questions as part of their research agenda: How can care become more patient centered for patients with MCC?

Measurable Quality 85

Measurable Quality Medicare Quality of Care Accountability 85

NCQA

MARCH 18, 2025

Join us in Baltimore on April 78 to connect and engage with the quality improvement community! NCQAs Health Quality Forum is a 2-day event where you can explore strategies to increase access, reduce disparities and tackle the unique challenges faced by people with complex and chronic health conditions.

Quality Improvement 59

Quality Improvement Telemedicine Population Health Primary Care 59

NCQA

APRIL 18, 2024

We’re looking for 3–5 SNPs to join a learning collaborative that will implement and test PCO measures. SNPs, this is your chance get a head start and help us plot a better path to measuring quality! We can answer your questions, and we want to hear your ideas about this promising way to measure quality.

Measurable Quality 52

Measurable Quality Primary Care Healthcare 52

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

Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The Call for TEP materials, including the draft TEP Charter and Nomination Form, are available at the Current TEP Opportunities webpage.

Measurable Quality 40

Measurable Quality Quality of Care Healthcare Home Care 40

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

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

NCQA

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Behavioral health is one of four key themes at the summit, and there’s a lot to talk about: improving access, measuring quality, managing the workforce shortage and the unprecedented demand for services. Join the behavioral health conversation at NCQA’s Health Innovation Summit , October 31–November 2, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Measurable Quality 52

Measurable Quality Primary Care Population Health Integration 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

NCQA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Accessing high-quality health care that aligns with their unique needs and preferences has been a long-standing challenge for people with IDD—but the U.S. does not have a standard process for setting health priorities and measuring quality for this population.

Measurable Quality 52

Measurable Quality Accountable Care Regulations Accountability 52

NASHP

MARCH 14, 2022

These two measures provide states with specifications on identifying the population with complex needs, and observing programmatic impact via reductions in emergency department utilization and/or hospital admissions.

Medicaid 94

Medicaid Rehabilitation Quality Assurance Patient Experience 94

Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 28, 2023

Posting Aggregate Nursing Home Health, Staffing, and Quality Data on data.cms.gov The Nursing Home Affiliated Entity Performance Measures dataset provides quality and performance information from the Nursing Home Care Compare website for groups of nursing homes that share an affiliated entity.

Nursing 52

Nursing Home Care Measurable Quality Medicare 52

NCQA

JULY 16, 2024

In our recent Fireside Chat, we brought together two forward-looking health care leaders united in their commitment to quality and their passion for improving care for Medicaid populations.

Medicaid 98

Medicaid Quality Improvement Integration Population Health 98

Briggs Healthcare

JANUARY 27, 2023

Each row contains a specific quality measure for a specific nursing home and includes the risk-adjusted score.

Nursing 40

Nursing Measurable Quality Medicare Hospitals 40

NASHP

MAY 21, 2024

State Roles in Preventing and Improving Foster Care Placements for Children with Medical Complexity How State Medicaid and Title V Partnerships Improve Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs in Medicaid Managed Care Performance and Quality Measurement Quality measurement is a critical component of many state programs, including Medicaid.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Measurable Quality Prevention Quality of Care 52

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In practice, using FC, high-quality risk adjustment algorithms and comprehensive quality metrics can be developed and validated by leading quality assessment entities, including accreditation agencies like the American College of Radiology (ACR) or bodies that develop, validate and measure quality, like the National Quality Forum (NQF) or the International (..)

Life Sciences 64

Life Sciences Population Health Quality Improvement Healthcare Providers 64

NCQA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

NCQA’s 2024 Health Plan Ratings are here—just in time for open enrollment! Ratings give businesses and consumers a user-friendly tool for comparing and choosing a health plan. This year, 1,019 commercial, Medicare and Medicaid health plans earned a rating from NCQA.

Quality Assurance 52

Quality Assurance Medicaid Medicare Patient Experience 52

Vie Healthcare

MAY 8, 2024

24:14): But to be able to do that, and this is also turning out to be a fundamental problem or enabler that we need to fix, is we need to be able to capture all of this, this outcome data and these experiences that patients are having, and then we need to measure that data and have some analytics to offer us insights into how we’re doing.

Patient Experience 52

Patient Experience Healthcare Hospitals Life Sciences 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.

Care Transition 52

Care Transition Medicaid Doctors Regulations 52

NCQA

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This post can fill you in on how Digital Content Services can help you with the digital quality transition. New Analysis Sums Up How to Measure Health Equity We’re always looking for better ways to measure quality, and we’re careful to integrate health equity into everything we do.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Measurable Quality Medicaid Regulations 52

NCQA

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Current methods for measuring quality are highly manual, repetitive and costly. The next set of changes to quality measurement includes removing the HEDIS hybrid methodology and focusing on electronic clinical data. They don’t scale well to value-based programs, producing financial risk.

Quality Improvement 59

Quality Improvement Quality Leadership Measurable Quality Integration 59

NCQA

MARCH 5, 2025

Join us for the Health Quality Forum on April 78 in Baltimore, Maryland. Learn how states and their partners are improving care for vulnerable and underserved communities, and focusing on health disparities in areas facing the greatest barriers to quality care.

Telemedicine 52

Telemedicine Medicare Medicaid Population Health 52