Benchmarking for Improvement

1. Benchmarking for Improvement Sharon I Eloranta MDMedical Director, Quality and Safety Initiatives July 10, 2013

2. Qualis Health is one of the nation’s leading healthcare consulting organizations, partnering with our clients across the country to improve care for millions of Americans every day • Serving as the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for Idaho and Washington • QIOs: the largest federal network dedicated to improving health quality at the community level Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

3. Qualis Health’s data reports • Community level • Recruitment reports: hot-spotting, overlap, etc • Ongoing trending reports • Provider level • Hospital: Medicare-only and joint reports • SNF and HHA: individual provider reports • Distributed to engaged community providers; available for all on request Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

4. Community Data: Readmit Rates/1000 Medicare Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

5. Community Data:Days to Readmit Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

6. Community Data: ED and Observation Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

7. Hospital Data: Statewide Readmit Trend Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

8. Hospital Data: Ranking Readmit Rates Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

9. Hospital Data: Post Acute Part A Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

10. Hospital Data: Readmit Trends Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

11. Skilled Nursing Facility Data Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

12. SNF Data: Readmit Trends and Tables Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

13. Home Health Data Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

14. Home Health Data: Readmit Trends and Tables Presented at Washington State Hospital Association Safe Table, 7/10/13

15. Questions? Sharon Eloranta, MD Medical Director, Quality and Safety Initiatives sharone@qualishealth.org 206-288-2474 For more information: www.QualisHealthMedicare.org/XXX This material was prepared by Qualis Health, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Idaho and Washington, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. ID/WA-C7-QH-1166-06-13