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101. Strategy 6N: Price Transparency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6n-price-transparency.html
     March 01, 2020 - Health plans that have implemented this strategy generally report provider-specific information on the … Sources of Cost Data In addition to drawing from their own payment data, health plans can use data … To that end, plans offer secure Web-based portals where members log in to see not only their personal … In addition to sending the EOB in the mail, plans send notifications to members whenever a new EOB is … that offered the program to enrollees of plans in similar geographic regions that did not.

102. About NGC and NQMC | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/gam/about/index.html
     July 01, 2018 - by AHRQ in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans … (now America’s Health Insurance Plans [AHIP]). … mission was to provide physicians and other health care professionals, health care providers, health plans … The NQMC mission was to provide practitioners, health care providers, health plans, integrated delivery

103. 109-Performing-Premortem-Project-Assessment-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/109-performing-premortem-project-assessment-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - SAY: Take those action plans and weave them into the plans you are putting in place for your program … Their responsibility will be to draft plans to educate staff, to have periodic reviews, and to ensure … Team members should report on their tasks at CUSP meetings to ensure everyone knows the plans are being … Develop plans and strategies to prevent those foreseen potential failures. … Implement your new plans and strategies together with your program to ensure your program is a success

104. National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2014 Agency-Specific Plans (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/workingforquality/cdc-specific-plan-nqs2014.pdf
     January 18, 2023 - National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2014 Agency-Specific Plans National Strategy … for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2014 Agency-Specific Plans 1 The Centers for Disease Control … Initiative by providing technical assistance to grantees in preparing their population health improvement plans … http://www.cdc.gov/ National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2014 Agency-Specific Plans … Quality Strategy 2 National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2014 Agency-Specific Plans

105. Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users Infographic (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/understanding-cahps-101-infographic.pdf
     February 01, 2019 - Experience with Condition- Specific Care Cancer Care Mental Health Care Experience with Health Plans … Health Plans Dental Plans Home and Community- Based Services Use of CAHPS Surveys Quality improvement

106. Key Driver 5: Engage with Patients and Families in Evidence-Based Care and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/tools/keydrivers/engage-patients-families.html
     November 01, 2018 - Some patients will need support in the community to help them follow through on their plans. … Link patients and families with community resources to assist them in implementing evidence-based care plans … and meeting their health goals   Patients may need help in following evidence-based care plans, such … decision-making techniques such as high quality decision aids, co-developing patient-centered care plans … Recognizing that support at home is often critical to following through on care plans, practices can

107. Celebrating 25 Years of the CAHPS Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/about-cahps/25timeline.html
     April 01, 2024 - including hospitals, dialysis centers, and nursing homes Care for specific health conditions Health plans … AHRQ’s first standardized survey collects information on enrollees’ experiences with health plans . … Hundreds of health plans, purchaser groups, State agencies, and others have participated in this database … Originally, "CAHPS" was an acronym for "Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study." … The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide offers advice and strategies to help health plans, medical

108. 2016 Agency-Specific Plans for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/workingforquality/2016_samhsa-agencyspecificplan.pdf
     January 01, 2016 - 2016 Agency-Specific Plans for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) … ealth Care 2016 Agency-Specific Plans The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration … Strategy forward. 1 National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2016 Agency-Specific Plans

109. Who Could Partner in a Health Care Quality Reporting Project? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/partners/index.html
     May 01, 2019 - In areas where several sponsors produce performance reports on overlapping sets of plans or providers … As a result, consumers often see conflicting information on the same plans or providers, further adding … Collaboration within a market also helps to ensure that local health plans and providers are not overly … Also visit: How Will You Gain the Trust of Providers or Plans? … While they may have been competitors, they also contracted with many of the same plans, had employees

110. Strategy 6K: Cultivating Cultural Competence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/communication/strategy6kculturalcompetence.html
     March 01, 2020 - that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is using to assess the performance of health plans … Interventions The variety of strategies available to help health plans reduce linguistic, cultural, … At a minimum, health plans should collect information on race, ethnicity, and preferred language through … To go beyond tracking, innovative plans put in place programs to match members with providers who can … Health plans can also reward providers for contributing to the linguistic diversity of their networks

111. Oregon Uses AHRQ Products to Assess Emergency Department Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp30503.html
     October 01, 2014 - States are required by Federal law to evaluate the quality of care that Medicaid-participating health plans … However, now that Medicaid managed care plans have been in operation throughout the state for several … conditions could have been prevented or treated in a primary care physician's office, and to compare health plans … Medicaid data base, Oregon officials focused attention on actionable findings—situations within the health plans … Oregon staff presented their findings to the medical directors of the health plans, and are working with

112. TO (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d8_pdi_projectevaluation.docx
     May 25, 2016 - Plans for future activities (if applicable). How does this tool relate to others? … If yes, describe in the space provided the plans for further implementation. … Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety Determine whether internal and external communication plans … |_| Yes |_| No If yes, what are the plans for further implementation? b. … Briefly describe ideas for internal and external communication plans:

113. Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/next-steps3.html
     December 01, 2009 - The measure is reported to NCQA by 55 health plans across 17 States. … For all ages combined, 42.5 percent of Medicaid health plans had followup within 7 days (bottom region … A challenge to feasibility of use by States and plans may be low numbers of children and adolescents … HEDIS CAHPS® 4.0H including supplements for children with chronic conditions and Medicaid Plans. … The core instrument is currently reported to NCQA by 38 health plans.

114. Strategy 6E: Rapid Referral Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6g-rapid-referral.html
     April 01, 2023 - ," 22 percent of adult enrollees in Medicaid health plans responded "never" or "sometimes." 2 While … In particular, they are not communicating well with the specialists, the health plans, or their patients … referrals, tests, and procedures, which increases satisfaction with care. 4 For providers, health plans … Making patient care easier under multiple managed care plans. Fam Prac Manag February 1998. … Comparative Data: Health Plans, Adult Medicaid Survey 5.0, 2014.

115. AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 2nd Edition (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/literacy-toolkit/healthlittoolkit2_tool15es.pdf
     January 22, 2016 - Toolkit, 2nd Edition 48 AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit Second Edition Make Action Plans … This tool will guide clinicians through the process of creating and using action plans in collaboration … Create action plans with patients. ■ Ask permission to talk about health behaviors. … Look at the records of 20 patients with action plans. … TIPS ■ It can be tempting to make suggestions, but action plans need to come from the patients.

116. CAHPS Child Hospital Survey: The CAHPS Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-ch-hospital-webcast-122223-bakdash.pdf
     January 17, 2024 - Centers • Nursing Homes • Outpatient Ambulatory Surgical Centers Experience with Health Plans … • Health Plans • Dental Plans • Home and Community- Based Services 9 Uses for CAHPS Surveys

117. National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2015 Agency-Specific Plans (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/workingforquality/2015-acl-agency-specific-plan.pdf
     January 01, 2015 - National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2015 Agency-Specific Plans National Strategy … for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2015 Agency-Specific Plans 1 The Administration … In addition, the Agency will assist States in implementing comprehensive plans to support family caregivers … www.acl.gov/index.aspx National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2015 Agency-Specific Plans … Measuring_HCBS_Quality.aspx National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care 2015 Agency-Specific Plans

118. About the CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/1-about/cahps-ambulatory-care-guide-section-1.pdf
     May 01, 2017 - Improvement Guide The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide is a comprehensive resource for health plans … the CAHPS surveys in ambulatory settings has created a demand for practical strategies that health plans … , including Medicare, Medicaid and commercial plans. … To be accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, health plans must submit the results … What benefits does it offer to patients, providers, and plans?  How has it been implemented?

119. Project Evaluation and Debriefing (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d8_pdi_projectevaluation.pdf
     June 05, 2016 - • Plans for future activities (if applicable). How does this tool relate to others? … If yes, describe in the space provided the plans for further implementation. 4. … Determine whether internal and external communication plans need to be developed. … Yes No If yes, what are the plans for further implementation? … Briefly describe ideas for internal and external communication plans: ___________________________

120. CAHPS Program: Improving Response Rates and Representativeness - AHRQ’S CAHPS Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-rr-webcast-011124-bakdash.pdf
     February 05, 2024 - Experience with Condition- Specific Care • Cancer Care • Mental Health Care Experience with Health Plans … • Health Plans • Dental Plans • Home and Community- Based Services 9 Uses for CAHPS Surveys