Reducing Health Disparities Sample Clauses

Reducing Health Disparities. Article 3, Sections 3.01 and 3.02 5% of total performance penalty at risk. a. Expectation: Plan reports the percent of enrollees across all lines of business excluding Medicare who have self-identified race/ethnicity in the Application for Certification for 2017. This information will be used as baseline to set targets for percent of membership who have self-identified by end of 2017, which will be reported in 2018 through the Application for Certification for 2019, Data will be submitted in a run chart demonstrating improvement in collection of self-reported identity compared to baseline reported. Performance Levels: Contractor achieves no improvement in self-identified race/ethnicity: 2% penalty Contractor shows improvement in reported identity but does not meet target: no penalty Contractor achieves target improvement in self-reported identify: 2% credit b. Expectation: Covered California will have set targets for reduction in disparities for end of year 2019 and for annual intermediate milestones after baseline was reported. (Total of 10 metrics.) Contractor reports required HEDIS/IHA/non-HEDIS metrics across all lines of business excluding Medicare for diabetes, asthma, hypertension and depression by race/ethnicity and overall gender once the scores for 2017 performance become available, in July 2018. The scores will be reported in run charts demonstrating comparison with baseline 2016 performance, which will be reported in July 2017. Performance will be defined by the number of metrics where contractor has shown reduced disparities, and targets will be set once baseline data has been reported. Performance Levels: Contractor does not achieve target, and does not reduce disparities in the agreed upon number of metrics: 3% penalty Contractor achieves target, by reducing disparities in the agreed upon number of metrics: No penalty. Contractor exceeds target, by reducing disparities in more than the agreed upon number of metrics: 3% credit
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Reducing Health Disparities. Attachment 7, Article 1, Sections 1.01 and 1.02 – 7.5% of At-Risk Amount Contractor will meet the target of eighty percent (80%) enrollee self-reported race or ethnicity data for Covered California Enrollees by year-end 2022. Contractor must demonstrate compliance by including valid race and ethnicity attributes for at least 80% of Covered California Enrollees in its Healthcare Evidence Initiative (HEI) data submissions. Please note the following specifications: a. See list of acceptable standard values in separate methodology document. b. “Other", "mixed", "multi-racial", etc. values do apply toward meeting the 80% race and ethnicity thresholds. c. “Null”, “blank”, "missing", “unknown”, "not reported", "decline to state", etc. values DO NOT apply toward meeting the 80% race and ethnicity thresholds. Measurement Year 2017 No Assessment for Measurement Year 2017. Measurement Year 2018 Expectation: Meet 2018 intermediate milestone for self-reported racial or ethnic identify by the end of 2018. Performance Levels: Contractor achieves no improvement in self- reported identity from baseline: 2% penalty Contractor shows improvement in self- reported identity, but Measurement Year 2019 Expectation: Meet target of 80% self- reported racial or ethnic identify by the end of 2019. Performance Levels: Contractor achieves no improvement in self-reported identity from 2018 and does not meet 80% target: 2% penalty Measurement Year 2020 Expectation: Meet or continue to meet target of 80% self-reported racial or ethnic identity for Measurement Year 2020. Performance Levels: Contractor does not meet 80% target for self- reported identity: 2% penalty Contractor achieves 80% target for self- Measurement Year 2021 Expectation: Meet or continue to meet target of 80% self- reported racial or ethnic identity for Measurement Year 2021. Performance Levels: Contractor does not meet 80% target for self-reported Measurement Year 2022 Expectation: Meet the target of 80% self- reported race or ethnic identity for Measurement Year 2022. Performance Levels: Contractor does not meet 80% target for self- reported identity for Covered California Enrollees: 7.5% penalty Contractor meets 80% target for self-reported does not meet incremental target by end of 2018: No penalty Contractor achieves incremental target for self-reported identity by end of 2018: 2% credit Contractor achieves improvement in self- reported identity, but does not meet 80% target: No penalty Contractor achieves 80% targe...
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Reducing Health Disparities. Demographic Data Collection – Enrollee Spoken and Written Language – Attachment 1, Article 1.01 a) If Contractor was contracted with Covered California as of Plan Year 2023, Contractor must include valid spoken and written language attributes for Enrollees in its HEI submissions for 2023 and must meet the negotiated annual standard for self-reported spoken or written language in 2024 and 2025. Contractor must demonstrate compliance by including valid spoken and written language attributes for Enrollees in its Healthcare Evidence Initiative (HEI) data submissions. b) If Contractor was first contracted with Covered California in Plan Year 2024, Contractor must include valid spoken and written language attributes for Enrollees in its HEI submissions for 2024 and must meet the negotiated annual standard for self-reported spoken or written language in 2025. Contractor must demonstrate compliance by including valid spoken and written language attributes for Enrollees in its Healthcare Evidence Initiative (HEI) data submissions. Measurement Year 2024 Contractor does not include valid spoken and written language attributes for Enrollees in its HEI submissions: 10% penalty Contractor includes valid spoken and written language attributes for Enrollees in its HEI submissions: no penalty Measurement Year 2025 Contractor does not meet the negotiated annual standard for self- reported spoken or written language for Enrollees: 5% penalty Contractor meets the negotiated annual standard for self-reported spoken or written language for Enrollees: no penalty c) If Contractor was first contracted with Covered California in Plan Year 2025, Contractor must include valid spoken and written language attributes for Enrollees in its HEI submissions for 2025. Contractor must demonstrate compliance by including valid spoken and written language attributes for Enrollees in its Healthcare Evidence Initiative (HEI) data submissions. Measurement Year 2025 Contractor does not include valid spoken and written language attributes for Enrollees in its HEI submissions: 10% penalty Contractor includes valid spoken and written language attributes for Enrollees in its HEI submissions: no penalty Performance Standards with Penalties
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Reducing Health Disparities. Disparities Reduction Intervention – Attachment 1, Article 1.03 a) If Contractor was contracted with Covered California in Plan Years 2020, 2021, and 2022, pursuant to Article 1.03 of Attachment 1, Contractor must meet a multi-year disparity reduction target beginning Plan Year 2023 as specified below. Measurement Year 2023 Contractor does not meet disparity reduction target for identified disparity measure: 10% penalty Contractor meets disparity reduction target: no penalty Measurement Year 2024 Contractor does not meet disparity reduction target for identified disparity measure: 10% penalty Contractor meets disparity reduction target for identified disparity measure: no penalty Measurement Year 2025 Contractor does not meet disparity reduction target for identified disparity measure: 10% penalty Contractor meets disparity reduction target for identified disparity measure: no penalty b) If Contractor was first contracted with Covered California in Plan Year 2022, pursuant to Article 1.03 of Attachment 1, Contractor must meet a multi-year disparity reduction target beginning Plan Year 2025 and must meet the performance levels for Plan Year 2023 and 2024 as specified below. c) If Contractor was first contracted with Covered California in Plan Year 2023 or 2024, pursuant to Article 1.03 of Attachment 1, Contractor must meet a multi-year disparity reduction target beginning Plan Year 2025 and must meet the performance levels for Plan Year 2024 and 2025 as specified below. Measurement Year 2024 Contractor does not submit a disparity reduction intervention proposal as specified by Covered California: 10% penalty Contractor submits a disparity reduction intervention proposal as specified by Covered California: no penalty Measurement Year 2025 Contractor does not meet the quality improvement target for the disparity intervention population based on the health disparities intervention proposal approved by Covered California: 10% penalty Contractor meets the quality improvement target for the disparity intervention population based on the health disparities intervention proposal approved by Covered California: no penalty d) If Contractor was first contracted with Covered California in Plan Year 2025, pursuant to Article 1.03 of Attachment 1, Contractor must meet the performance levels for Plan Year 2025 as specified below. Measurement Year 2025 Contractor does participate in learning activities and meetings as specified by Covered California: 10% penalty Contractor...
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Reducing Health Disparities. Article 3, Sections 3.01 and 3.02 5% of total performance penalty at risk.
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