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NCQA Fireside Chat: A Conversation With Kate McEvoy of NAMD

NCQA

She spoke about the importance of digitalizing quality measurement and care delivery to overcome current limitations with claims and chart data, advocating for stronger measures to maximize health care effectiveness through better data utilization. Visit our video gallery to watch the full Fireside Chat recording.

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Seven Steps for Building a Community-Based Palliative Care Benefit Within Medicaid

NASHP

For length-of-stay estimates, consider using the CMMI Medicare Choices Model of community-based pre-hospice services, with an average length of stay of 99 days. New measurement strategies: Patient Directed Outcome Measure : Quality services and improved outcomes for people with serious illness are driven by person-centered care.

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AHRQ’s research agenda for tackling patients with multiple chronic conditions

Healthcare ECONOMIST

One in three American adults, four in five Medicare beneficiaries, and a growing number of children have MCC. This includes better approaches to measuring quality, better health IT, and integrating social, behavioral and economic factors into the care plan. The prevalence of MCC will grow with our aging population.