At last week’s Kentucky Medical Group Management Association fall conference, the Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services (KDMS) unveiled Medicaid’s newly created set of quality measures with 23 measures that meet the quality reporting standards for MIPS. Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Vickie Yates Brown Glisson […]
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KHC Selected for National Opioid Stewardship Action Team
It’s no secret that opioid addiction is a problem in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Kentucky is third in drug overdose deaths and writes the fourth most prescriptions for opioids in the nation. Nearly half of all Kentuckians who enter treatment for substance abuse do so for opioid misuse – the […]
Measure of the Month: Immunizations
School has started for most Kentuckiana students, so what better way to kick off our new “Measure of the Month” series than by focusing on an integral part of school preparation: childhood and adolescent immunizations. “While vaccines are often thought of as something for babies and young children, preteens and […]
KHC Expands Group Practice Reporting Beyond Kentuckiana
For the first time this year, Kentuckiana Health Collaborative has expanded its group practice performance quality reporting beyond Kentuckiana. This summer, more than 250 group practices for primary care, women’s health, and endocrinology received feedback on preventive care, pediatric care, acute care and chronic disease care measures.
Where’s the Actionable Data on Cost and Affordability?
It isn’t often that healthcare costs can be made into a riveting story or an engaging topic, but that is exactly what Mylia Christensen, Executive Director of Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation (Q Corp), did at the KHC’s June Forum. She explained that Oregon was experiencing improvements in quality and […]
Clinical Quality Measure Prioritization: A Lesson from the Automotive Industry
The driver of a vehicle does not have the time or resources to monitor hundreds of warning lights, just as physicians do not have the time or resources to report, analyze, and take action on hundreds of clinical quality measures. The warning lights on a vehicle are neither duplicative nor inconsistent and yet the clinical quality measures currently in use are often both.
Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Saves Lives
Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening isn’t always a relished birthday activity, but it should be if you are turning 50 and even sooner if you are at increased risk for colorectal cancer. This is why screening at the right time is so important. In Kentuckiana, 44 percent of people 50 and […]
Reporting Round-up: Update of KHC Measurement
Spring always marks a flurry of activity for KHC measurement, and this spring has been no exception. If it’s been a while since you’ve caught up on all that the KHC is doing, be sure to read the update below. 2016 Individual Reports for both the region and the state […]
Measure Reduction an Integral Part of Quality Measurement
Do the following quotes sound familiar to you? “There are 12 different measures that essentially measure slight variations of the same thing.” “Providers obviously can’t focus on 72 different things to improve, especially if they’re doing 72 different things for each separate payer.” “It’s a lot of noise.” These are […]
