What public employee health plans can do to improve health care quality: examples from the states
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- McKethan, Aaron, author Savela, Terry, author Joines, Wesley, author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Commonwealth Fund, January 2008
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Benefit Plans, Employee Quality Assurance, Health Care State Government United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In recent years, health system stakeholders have experimented with a wide range of efforts to stimulate quality improvement, often combined with efforts to contain costs. In this report, the authors explore strategies that public and private purchasers are using to improve care quality, focusing specifically on the role that states play as employers providing health benefits for public employees and retirees. Examples of innovations used by state public employee health plans include: promoting provider adherence to clinical guidelines and best practices, publicly disseminating provider performance information, implementing performance-based incentives, developing coordinated care interventions, and taking part in multi-payer quality collaborations. This report can be used by public employee health plans and other large purchasers making strategic decisions about how to develop or coordinate quality improvement initiatives.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (v, 26 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101468934 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101468934