Quality Improvement Strategy. As part of a new federal requirement in 2017, all health plans with two (2) years of state-based Exchange experience will participate in a Quality Improvement Strategy (QIS). (For more information, visit: xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment- Instruments/QualityInitiativesGenInfo/Downloads/QIS-Technical-Guidance-and-User- Guide.pdf.) The Exchange has harmonized federal QIS requirements to align with 2017 quality strategy and direction. As part of a federally mandated Quality Improvement Strategy, Contractor must identify the mechanisms planned to promote improvements in health care quality and access to care, population health outcomes, and making care more affordable for each QIS strategy initiative listed in Section 8 of the 2017 Application for Certification. Contractor shall annually report to the Exchange its Quality Improvement Strategy as part of the Application for Certification.
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Quality Improvement Strategy. As part of a new federal requirement in 2017, all health plans with two (2) years of state-based Exchange experience will participate in a Quality Improvement Strategy (QIS)Strategy. (For more information, visit: xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment- Instruments/QualityInitiativesGenInfo/Downloads/QIS-Technical-Guidance-and-User- Guide.pdf.) The Exchange has harmonized federal QIS Quality Improvement Strategy requirements to align with 2017 quality strategy and direction. As part of a federally mandated Quality Improvement Strategy, Contractor must identify the mechanisms planned to promote improvements in health care quality and access to care, population health outcomes, and making care more affordable for each QIS strategy Quality Improvement Strategy initiative listed in Section 8 of the 2017 Application for Certification. Contractor shall annually report to the Exchange its Quality Improvement Strategy as part of the Application for Certification.
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Quality Improvement Strategy. β As part of a new federal requirement in 2017, all health plans with two (2) years of state-based Exchange experience will participate in a Quality Improvement Strategy (QIS). (For more information, visit: xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment- Instruments/QualityInitiativesGenInfo/Downloads/QIS-Technical-Guidance-and-User- Guide.pdf.) The Exchange has harmonized federal QIS requirements to align with 2017 quality strategy and direction. As part of a federally mandated Quality Improvement Strategy, Contractor must identify the mechanisms planned to promote improvements in health care quality and access to care, population health outcomes, and making care more affordable for each QIS strategy initiative listed in Section 8 of the 2017 Application for Certification. Contractor shall annually report to the Exchange its Quality Improvement Strategy as part of the Application for Certification.
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