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OCA adopts aligned quality and equity measure sets; will consider hospital safety (HAI) measures with sibling agencies
Summary
OCA presented the proposed quality and equity measure set it will use to monitor performance as spending targets are implemented. Staff recommended adopting existing public measure sets — DMHC’s health equity and quality measures for payers, the Office of the Patient Advocate (OPA) Report Card subset for physician organizations, and the HCAI
OCA staff presented the office’s recommended quality and equity measure set and described how it plans to coordinate with sibling state departments on hospital patient safety measures.
What the office proposed
OCA will adopt or align with three publicly maintained measure sets rather than creating a new standalone set: the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) health equity and quality measure set for payers; a subset of the Office of the Patient Advocate (OPA) Healthcare Quality Report Card measures for physician organizations; and the HCAI hospital equity measures reporting program for hospitals. Fully integrated delivery systems will be measured across the three sets where applicable.
Margaret Abbrandt, Assistant Deputy Director for Health System…
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