According to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, outpatient process measures need a fair balance between measures for underuse and overuse of clinical services. At an attempt to improve ...

Remember when the Camden Coalition’s hotspotting approach was the new kid on the block? It was simple and made intuitive sense—a compelling strategy to reduce healthcare costs and boost quality for ...

The recent Harvard study that debunked Medicare's largest pay-for-performance program with the "sobering" conclusion that the project's process measures failed to reduce 30-day mortality has prompted ...

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Performance on Medicare Star Ratings medication adherence measures is significantly tied to performance on the intermediate outcome and statin process measures. Objectives: To assess the interrelation ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Over the past several decades, an appealing idea rapidly gained popularity: The government could advance a health care system that rewarded the quality of care rather than the volume of care. Medicare ...