How this Data Will be Used
The 2008 NYQA reports are intended to be used solely by individual physicians to support quality improvement initiatives. ViPS, the projects data aggregator, and Clinical Support Services the portal host, are the only entities that have access to the entire aggregated data set of medical and pharmacy claims on a patient-specific level. Each participating health plan will receive the aggregated consortiums data scores for all plans in report format. Plans will receive patient-level drilldown of their own individual data sets to assure accuracy and completeness.
Over time, the NYQA portal/project may be expanded to include:
Over time, the NYQA portal/project may be expanded to include:
• Claims from other plans, including State Medicaid fee-for-service data.
• Measures of health care quality from sources beyond claims or administrative data (lab records, EHRs, etc.).
• The capability by the health plans to use the aggregated data for purposes of pay-for-performance initiatives.
• A public reporting component that will be used not only to recognize and encourage high-value care, but allow patients and their caregivers to make decisions about where to access effective care.
• Measures of health care quality from sources beyond claims or administrative data (lab records, EHRs, etc.).
• The capability by the health plans to use the aggregated data for purposes of pay-for-performance initiatives.
• A public reporting component that will be used not only to recognize and encourage high-value care, but allow patients and their caregivers to make decisions about where to access effective care.
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