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Medicaid Managed Care - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

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Center for Health Program Development and Management, UMBC<br />

Quality measures d<strong>on</strong>'t measure<br />

"quality"<br />

* Usually, they measure rates of an<br />

occurrence<br />

* Measures rarely account for underlying<br />

populati<strong>on</strong> characteristics (case-mix)<br />

* Quality assessment = a measure + a<br />

norm, benchmark, or performance<br />

standard<br />

* Measures tell you where to look harder<br />

Cente for HeaIth PWga. Developmnw, and M.n.Wmnt UMBC _<br />

Quality is a system outcome<br />

* "<str<strong>on</strong>g>Managed</str<strong>on</strong>g> care" is a system theory<br />

* The Deming perspective: define,<br />

measure, improve; processes and<br />

outcomes are part of <strong>on</strong>e system<br />

* No other industry's leaders believe they<br />

can successfully manage their<br />

businesses without detailed informati<strong>on</strong><br />

<strong>on</strong> the producti<strong>on</strong> process<br />

Cvntew t H.Ath P.n. De-dopme-t .nd M.-p-eMot UMBC<br />

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