Humana Simplifies Clinical Quality Metrics to Ease Growing Reporting Demands Placed on Physicians
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This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161214005909/en/ Humana Quality Metrics (Graphic: Business Wire) The program will support physicians who are participating in value-based payment relationships with Humana. In addition, the reduction of clinical measures will also help physicians, currently in fee-for-service agreements with Humana, in their transition to value-based care.
According to a 2015 survey conducted by the
To address this issue, Humana's CQMA program collected 1,116 quality metrics from 29 different data sources across the company, and vetted these metrics for duplicates, inconsistencies, and clinical relevance. Following extensive refinement and analysis, which included input from physician stakeholders, Humana has consolidated the 1,116 metrics previously used into a set of 208 key quality metrics-an 80-plus percent reduction. The streamlined set of metrics emphasizes improving patient health outcomes, and is aligned with broader industry efforts to standardize measures used to evaluate clinical quality.
This coordinated effort follows the
"At Humana, we are committed to helping physicians succeed in their transition from fee-for-service to value-based care," said
"Measuring and managing quality is key in Iora Primary Care's work to continually improve the value of care delivered to our older adult patients," said
In 2015, Humana members cared for by physicians in value-based relationships experienced healthier outcomes, including 6 percent fewer emergency room visits than members in standard
Approximately 1.8 million of Humana's individual
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