tailieunhanh - MEDICARE’S QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION PROGRAM

This report, Medicare’s Quality Improvement Organization Program: Maximizing Potential, is the second in the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Pathways to Quality Health Care series and was authored by the IOM’s Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Performance Measures, Pay- ment, and Performance Improvement Programs. The committee concludes that the changing environment of health care, with the increased public reporting of performance measures and payment incentives for providers who meet certain quality standards, will create a growing demand from providers for technical assistance with the reporting of performance mea- sures and analysis, as well as with process and systems improvements | pathways quauty HEALTH CARE MEDICARE S QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION PROGRAM Pathways to Quality Health Care MEDICARE S QUALITY improvement organization program Maximizing Potential Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Performance Measures Payment and Performance Improvement Programs Board on Health Care Services INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington . THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street . Washington DC 20001 NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by Contract No. HHSM-500-2004-00010C between the National Academy of Sciences and the United States Department of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Any opinions findings conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author s and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Medicare s quality improvement organization program maximizing potential Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Performance Measures Payment and Performance Improvement Programs Board on Health Care Services. p. cm. Pathways to quality health care This study was supported by Contract No. HHSM-500-2004-00010C between the National Academy of Sciences and the United States Department of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services . verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-309-10108-5 hardback 1. Medicare Quality control. 2. Medical .