Supporting Age-Friendly Health Systems: Expanding the Person-Centered Outcome Measures to Payers to Drive Value-Based Care
Grant Summary
This grant supports the National Committee for Quality Assurance to continue promoting use of person-centered outcome measures, which are health care quality measures that evaluate how well clinicians address “What Matters” to older adults – an essential component of the Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms Framework. Best care for older adults is guided by the unique health goals and priorities of the individual, yet existing health plan quality indicators do not effectively assess whether goals are being identified and met. This two-year project aims to embed person-centered outcome measures in publicly reported health plan measure sets by launching a learning collaborative of three to five Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans to identify structured processes for goal tracking and data reporting. It will also build demand for the measures among state Medicaid programs, health plans, clinicians, and consumer advocacy organizations through dissemination of resources to guide the person-centered outcomes approach.
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Grant Details
Organization
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Grant Amount
$425,000
Grant Period
24 months
Approval Date
March 2024
