The state Department for
Medicaid Services is trying to "streamline reporting
procedures for healthcare providers across the state" and "reduce
administrative burdens for physicians and provide more uniform data for
comparisons," it said in a news release.
“Quality measures are critical
as we become more data-driven in our efforts to address outcomes and improve
patient care,” Health Secretary
Vickie Yates Brown Glisson said in the release. “This is the first step toward applying a greater
level of consistency among reporting so that everyone is collecting the same
data, requirements are less burdensome for the health-care community and
ultimately we have a clearer picture of what is going on in our state’s
health-care landscape.”
Medicaid officials say they have worked closely with health-care interests to create a "quality measure set," unveiled Thursday at the annual
Kentucky Medicaid Group Management Association conference in Louisville.
"Every insurer and
government program defines quality in their own way," Kentucky Medical Association Executive Director Patrick Padgett said in the release. "They require
different information to be submitted by physicians, which increases
administrative burdens and costs, while confusing patients about how the
healthcare system defines quality,”
Joe Smith, CEO of the Kentucky Primary Care Association, said in the release, “The partnership between DMS
and the provider groups across the state is a positive step in improving the
health of the Medicaid members. KPCA member clinics are
pleased with the leadership at DMS for providing a Kentucky driven direction on
health care quality measurement."
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