Partnership for Patients: Task 2 Evaluation Progress Report Resource Library January 28, 2015September 24, 20180 Partnership for Patients: Task 2 Evaluation Progress Report / February 2014 The Partnership for Patients (PfP) campaign was launched in April 2011 with the ambitious goals of reducing preventable hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) by 40 percent and 30-day hospital readmissions by 20 percent. To reduce harm at this level of magnitude, the
MediCaring Blog: CMS CCTP Metrics Have Serious Flaws Methods News January 28, 2015March 2, 20201 by Joanne Lynn (Republished with permission) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has quietly put out two evaluations of the readmissions work-- and both documents are remarkable for their failure to evaluate the programs fairly or to provide insights as to what works in what circumstances. The Community-Based Care Transitions
State Long-Term Services and Supports Scorecard Data Sources July 9, 2014January 14, 20150 The State Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Scorecard is a multidimensional approach to measure state-level performance of LTSS systems that assist older people, adults with disabilities, and their family caregivers. The State LTSS Scorecard measures LTSS system performance across five key dimensions: Affordability and access Choice of setting and provider Quality of life
All-Payer Claims Databases Data Sources July 7, 2014December 18, 20190 All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) are statewide databases containing claims data, including the prices paid, for all commercial insurance carriers within a state. They are designed to shed light on the disparate prices doctors and hospitals charge for the same procedures. The pricing and quality data have also been
HHS Health Care State by State Information Data Sources July 7, 2014January 14, 20150 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) State by State Information page provides statewide data on Medicare and Medicaid. The site uses an interactive map that allows the user to select their state. The user can then view data on recent health insurance enrollments under the Affordable
ProPublica Prescriber Checkup Data Sources July 3, 20140 ProPublica Prescriber Checkup provides prescribing data from Medicare's prescription drug benefit, known as Part D. The data for 2011 includes nearly 1.2 billion prescriptions by 1.6 million doctors, nurses, and other providers. The database lists about 364,000 of those providers who wrote 50 or more prescriptions for at