Performance Improvement Priority Areas and Projects Sample Clauses

Performance Improvement Priority Areas and Projects. The HMO must develop and ensure implementation of program initiatives to address the specific clinical needs of the HMO’s enrolled population served under this Contract. These priority areas may include clinical and non-clinical Performance Improvement Projects. The Department strongly advocates the development of collaborative relationships among the HMOs, local health departments, community based behavioral health treatment agencies (both public and private), and other community health organizations to achieve improved services in priority areas. Complete encounter data for all reported services must be provided. Linkages between health maintenance organizations and public health agencies is an essential element for the achievement of the public health objectives, potentially reducing the quantity and intensity of services the HMO needs to provide. The Department and the HMO are jointly committed to an on going collaboration in the area of service and clinical care improvements by the development and sharing of “best practices” and use of encounter data-driven performance measures (MEDDIC-MS). The HMO must annually monitor and evaluate the quality of care and services through performance improvement projects for at least two of the priority areas specified by the Department and listed in Subsection 3, or the HMO may propose to address alternative performance improvement topics by making a request in writing to the Department. The performance improvement topic must take into account the prevalence of a condition among, or needed for a specific service by, the HMO enrollees served under this Contract; enrollee demographic characteristics and health risks; and the interest of consumers or purchasers in the aspect of care or services to be addressed. The report for each Performance Improvement Project must address each of the following points in order for the Department to evaluate the reliability and validity of the data and the conclusions described in the study. The BCAP method for reporting outlined below is not mandated, but is an acceptable format for Performance Improvement Projects. Other formats may be used as long as the Performance Improvement Project criteria outlined is addressed.
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Performance Improvement Priority Areas and Projects. The HMO must develop and ensure implementation of program initiatives to address the specific clinical needs of the HMO‟s enrolled population served under this Contract. These priority areas may include clinical and non-clinical Performance Improvement Projects. The Department will permit the development of collaborative relationships among the HMOs, local health departments, community-based behavioral health treatment agencies (both public and private), and other community health organizations to achieve improved services in priority areas. Complete encounter data for all reported services must be provided. The Department and the HMO will collaborate in the area of service and clinical care improvements by the development and sharing of “best practices” and use of encounter data- driven performance measures. 1. The State has the authority to select a particular topic for the PIPs. For 2009 submission, plans must focus one of the PIPs on the following items: a) Pay for performance minimum thresholds-If the plan fails to meet one or more minimum threshold requirements for the Department‟s combined pay for performance program (Xxxxxxxx XX, 0, d, i), the plan must submit at least one PIP to improve its performance in the focus area(s) where it has failed to meet the minimum threshold. b) Stretch performance goal-The plan designs an intervention targeted to meet its stretch performance goal in the focus area identified by DHS for its pay for performance program (Xxxxxxxx XX, 0, d, iii). In this case, the plan will submit a study topic which includes an intervention to improve its performance in that focus area to meet the stretch performance goal. 2. Health plans can choose other study topics based on the Department‟s priority areas. The HMO may propose alternative performance improvement topics during the preliminary topic selection summary process; approval is at the Department‟s discretion. The Department‟s priority areas are: a) Clinical i. HealthCheck ii. Tobacco cessation iii. Blood lead testing iv. Childhood immunizations v. Healthy birth outcomes vi. Diabetes management vii. Asthma management viii. Childhood obesity interventions
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Performance Improvement Priority Areas and Projects a. The HMO must develop and ensure implementation of program initiatives to address the specific clinical needs that have a higher prevalence in the HMO's enrolled population served under this agreement. These priority areas must include clinical and non-clinical Performance Improvement projects. The Department strongly advocates the development of collaborative relationships among HMOs, Local Health Departments, community based HMO Contract for January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2003 behavioral health treatment agencies (both public and private), and other community health organizations to achieve improved services in priority areas and must report complete encounter data for all services provided. Linkages between managed care organizations and public health agencies is an essential element for the achievement of the public health objectives, potentially reducing the quantity and intensity of services the HMO needs to provide. The Department and the HMO are jointly committed to on-going collaboration in the area of service and clinical care improvements by the development and sharing of "best practices" and use of encounter data-driven performance measures (MEDDIC-MS). Annually, for the priority areas specified by the Department and listed below, the HMO must monitor and evaluate the quality of care and services through performance improvement projects for at least two of the listed areas in Article III, W. 13 (c) or (d) below, or an HMO may propose alternative performance improvement topics to be addressed by making a request in writing to the Department. In addition, the HMO may be required to conduct up to two additional performance improvement initiatives and submit reports as required to achieve performance goals specified in the MEDDIC-MS technical specifications in addition to two performance improvement projects required under Article III W.13.c.d. The final or on-going status report for each project must be submitted by October 1, 2003, and October 1, 2004, or as may be specified in the MEDDIC-MS technical specifications. The performance improvement topic must take into account: the prevalence of a condition among, or need for a specific service by, the HMO enrollees served under this agreement, enrollee demographic characteristics and health risks; and the interest of consumers or purchasers in the aspect of care or services to be addressed. Each project report must include all of the information in the Performance Improvement Project Outline in Ad...
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