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Health care quality is the degree to which health care services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes. [2] Quality of care plays an important role in describing the iron triangle of health care relationships between quality, cost, and accessibility of health care within a community. [3]
The Affordable Care Act requires LTACHs to report several quality measures as set by CMS. [5] New quality measures go into effect each year on October 1, the beginning of the federal fiscal year. A list of quality measures and the year of implementation can be found [here]. If LTACHs do not report the quality data, they receive a 2 percent ...
HEDIS 2006 Volume 2: Technical Specifications. The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a widely used set of performance measures in the managed care industry, developed and maintained by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 or the IMPACT Act of 2014 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to direct the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) require post-acute care (PAC) providers to report standardized patient assessment data, data on quality measures, and data on ...
National Quality Forum (NQF) is a United States–based non-profit membership organization that promotes patient protections and healthcare quality through measurement and public reporting. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established in 1999 based on recommendations by the President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care ...
In 2015 CMS identified 254 quality measures for which providers may choose to submit data. The measures map to U.S. National Quality Standard (NQS) health care quality domains: [4] Communication and Care Coordination; Community/Population Health; Effective Clinical Care; Efficiency and Cost Reduction; Patient Safety
The Donabedian model is a conceptual model that provides a framework for examining health services and evaluating quality of health care. [1] According to the model, information about quality of care can be drawn from three categories: "structure", "process", and "outcomes". [2]
The significance of the CCC is a nursing terminology that completes the missing link needed to address nursing contribution to healthcare quality. Nursing care may be the most critical factor in a patient's treatment and recovery. [31] The partnership of nursing and technology is vital for designing nursing practice environments. [32]