Author : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781973745846
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (458 download)
Book Synopsis Health Care Quality, HHS Should Set Priorities and Comprehensively Plan Its Efforts to Better Align Health Quality Measures : Report to Congressional Requesters by : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Health Care Quality, HHS Should Set Priorities and Comprehensively Plan Its Efforts to Better Align Health Quality Measures : Report to Congressional Requesters written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Both the federal government and private payers, such as health plans, increasingly use quality measures to encourage providers to improve health care quality. In addition to its ongoing programs that use quality measures to assess provider performance, HHS has proposed to begin implementing the CMS Quality Payment Program, in January 2017. However, if measures are misaligned across these programs, the misalignment could create administrative burden for providers. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 includes a provision for GAO to examine the use of quality measures across HHS programs and private payers, with a focus on reducing burden. In this report, GAO examined (1) what is known about the extent and effects, if any, of quality measure misalignment; (2) key factors that can contribute to misalignment; and (3) HHS's efforts to address any misalignment. GAO conducted a literature review to identify related studies; reviewed HHS documents; and interviewed HHS officials and experts from 16 organizations that represent a range of perspectives, including providers and payers. "