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HCA outlines quality‑measurement basics and federal changes in Senate Health work session
Summary
Kaley Dufresne of the Health Care Authority briefed the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee on quality measures, administrative burden, value‑based purchasing, and upcoming CMS rules including a quality rating methodology and secret‑shopper access surveys.
Kaley Dufresne, Special Assistant for Health Policy and Programs at the Health Care Authority, told the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee on Jan. 24 that quality measurement is essential to know where the state’s health system is performing well and where it needs improvement.
Dufresne opened with a short primer: quality measures fall into three buckets — structural (infrastructure and accreditation), process (clinical actions such as screenings), and outcomes (patient‑level results such as mortality or remission). She said the most commonly used nationally is the HEDIS set developed by NCQA and that Washington also…
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