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Measuring the Health of Seniors

Measuring the Health of Seniors EDITORIAL HE HEDIS (Health Plan Employer Data and The survey will be repeated on the same popula- Information Set) quality measurements are tion after 2 years. It is expected that most older people now widely used by managed care orga- will measure about the same in physical and mental health nizations, as pointed out by Mainous or will have gone down in score a little. The change in T and Talbert in this issue. These quality score is the basis for the measure. Three rates will be pro- measurements will be even more widely used as an duced: the proportion of people in the plan whose scores increasing number of states require HEDIS measure- improve more than expected (“better”); the proportion ments from managed care organizations participating of people in the plan whose score change is not larger in Medicaid. The federal Health Care Financing Ad- than expected (“same”); and the proportion of people in ministration (HCFA) is even contemplating requiring the plan whose score change drops more than expected HEDIS measurements in fee-for-service Medicare (“worse”). organizations. One issue with the Health of Seniors measure is Previous versions of HEDIS did not contain out- attribution. How can such global http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Family Medicine American Medical Association

Measuring the Health of Seniors

Cooper, James K.
Archives of Family Medicine , Volume 7 (5) – Sep 1, 1998
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EDITORIAL HE HEDIS (Health Plan Employer Data and The survey will be repeated on the same popula- Information Set) quality measurements are tion after 2 years. It is expected that most older people now widely used by managed care orga- will measure about the same in physical and mental health nizations, as pointed out by Mainous or will have gone down in score a little. The change in T and Talbert in this issue. These quality score is the basis for the measure. Three rates will be pro- measurements will be even more widely used as an duced: the proportion of people in the plan whose scores increasing number of states require HEDIS measure- improve more than expected (“better”); the proportion ments from managed care organizations participating of people in the plan whose score change is not larger in Medicaid. The federal Health Care Financing Ad- than expected (“same”); and the proportion of people in ministration (HCFA) is even contemplating requiring the plan whose score change drops more than expected HEDIS measurements in fee-for-service Medicare (“worse”). organizations. One issue with the Health of Seniors measure is Previous versions of HEDIS did not contain out- attribution. How can such global

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Published: Sep 1, 1998

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