Quality Improvement with Benchmarking (external benchmarking to multiple organizations)
Description
The CAHPS Health Plan Survey is a survey that asks health plan enrollees to report about their care and health plan experiences as well as the quality of care received from physicians. HP-CAHPS Version 4.0 was endorsed by NQF in July 2007 (NQF #0006) and Version 5.0 received maintenance endorsement in January 2015. The survey is part of the CAHPS family of patient experience surveys and is available in the public domain at https://www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hp/index.html
Description
The following 6 composites and 1 single-item measure are generated from the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Surgical Care Survey. Each measure is used to assess a particular domain of surgical care quality from the patient’s perspective.
Measure 1: Information to help you prepare for surgery (2 items)
Measure 2: How well surgeon communicates with patients before surgery (4 items)
Measure 3: Surgeon’s attentiveness on day of surgery (2 items)
Measure 4: Information to help you recover from surgery (4 items)
Description
The Continuity of Care After Inpatient or Residential Treatment for Substance Use Disorder measure evaluates the percentage of discharges from inpatient or residential treatment for diagnoses of substance use disorders (SUD) among Medicaid or Medicare-Medicaid beneficiaries, aged 18 years and older, which were followed by a treatment service for SUD.
Description
Percentage of discharges from a medically managed withdrawal episode for adult Medicaid beneficiaries, ages 18–64, that were followed by a treatment service for substance use disorder (including the prescription or receipt of a medication to treat a substance use disorder [pharmacotherapy]) within 7 or 14 days after discharge.
Description
Percentage of Medicaid discharges, ages 18 to 64, being treated for a substance use disorder (SUD) from an inpatient or residential provider that received SUD follow-up treatment within 7 or 30 days after discharge. SUD follow-up treatment includes outpatient, intensive outpatient, or partial hospitalization visits; telehealth encounters; SUD medication fills or administrations; or residential treatment (after an inpatient discharge). Two rates are reported: continuity within 7 and 30 days after discharge.
Description
This measure assesses the percentage of children with medical complexity age 1 to 17 years old who have a Bice-Boxerman continuity of care index (hereafter referred to as Bice-Boxerman COC index) of >=0.5 in the primary care setting over a 12-month period.
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The percentage of adults 18-85 years of age who had a diagnosis of hypertension (HTN) and whose blood pressure was adequately controlled (<140/90 mm Hg) during the measurement year.
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The percentage of patients 18-85 years of age with serious mental illness who had a diagnosis of hypertension (HTN) and whose blood pressure (BP) was adequately controlled during the measurement year.
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The measure calculates the percentage of family or designated responsible party for assisted living (AL) residents who are satisfied. This consumer reported outcome measure is based on the CoreQ: AL Family Satisfaction questionnaire that has three items.
Description
The measure calculates the percentage of Assisted living (AL) residents, those living in the facility for two weeks or more, who are satisfied. This patient reported outcome measure is based on the CoreQ: AL Resident Satisfaction questionnaire that is a four-item questionnaire.