Health and Health Care Disparities Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Health and Health Care Disparities Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
National Quality Forum: Reducing Health and Health Care Disparities Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH Co-Chair, NQF Disparities Standing Committee AcademyHealth, June 25, 2017 NQF Disparities Standing Committee Disparities Committee Members
NQF Disparities Standing Committee
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Disparities Committee Members
(co-chair) Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, FACP, University of Chicago Nancy Garrett, PhD, Hennepin County Medical Center (co-chair) Ninez Ponce, MPP, PhD, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD, Denver Health Philip Alberti, PhD, Association of American Medical Colleges Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc, Harvard Medical School Susannah Bernheim, MD, MHS, Yale New Haven Health System Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation David Nerenz, PhD, Henry Ford Health System Michelle Cabrera, SEIU California Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, CRNP-Neonatal, University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Nursing Juan Emilio Carrillo, MD, MPH, Weill Cornell Medical College Bob Rauner, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH, FACP, Johns Hopkins University School
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Eduardo Sanchez, MD, MPH, FAAFP, American Heart Association Ronald Copeland, MD, FACS, Kaiser Permanente Sarah Hudson Scholle, MPH, DrPH, National Committee for Quality Assurance José Escarce, MD, PhD, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Thomas Sequist, MD, MPH, Partners Healthcare System Traci Ferguson, MD, MBA, CPE, WellCare Health Plans, Inc. Christie Teigland, PhD, Inovalon, Inc. Kevin Fiscella, MD, University of Rochester Mara Youdelman, JD, LLM, National Health Law Program
NQF Staff
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- Helen Burstin - Chief Scientific Officer
- Erin O’Rourke - Senior Director
- Andrew Anderson - Senior Project Manager
- Suzanne Theberge - Senior Project Manager
- Tara Rose Murphy - Project Manager
- Mauricio Menendez - Project Analyst
- Madison Jung - Project Analyst
Agenda
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- National Quality Forum
- Sociodemographic Status Risk
Factor Adjustment Trial Period
- Roadmap to Reduce Disparities
National Quality Forum
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- NQF is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan,
membership-based organization that works to catalyze improvements in healthcare.
- Mission is to lead national
collaboration to improve health and healthcare quality through measurement.
NQF Disparities Standing Committee
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- Monitor trial period in which
performance measures evaluated for adjustment for social risk factors
- Develop roadmap to reduce
disparities – How can performance measurement be used in reporting and payment programs to reduce disparities?
Reports – www.qualityforum.org
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- Disparities in Healthcare and Health
Outcomes
- Effective Interventions in Reducing
Disparities
- Health Equity Measures and a
Conceptual Framework
- Evaluation of Trial Period for Risk
Adjustment of Social Risk Factors
- Policy Recommendations (Sept.
2017)
Trial Period: Adjusting for Social Risk Factors in Performance Measures
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- Usually adjustment for social
risks did not impact results
- Caveats
▫Limited availability social risk data ▫Methods for adjustment ▫Heterogeneity of models and
approaches among developers
- Need more experience and
perhaps standardization
Roadmap to Reduce Disparities Step 1: Prioritize Disparities Sensitive Measures
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- Prevalence
- Disparities quality gap
- Impact
Step 2: Identify Interventions to Reduce Disparities
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- Interventions should be applied at
all levels of the US health care system
Step 3: Select and Use Health Equity Measures
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Step 4: Incentivize the Reduction of Disparities through Measurement
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- Implement health equity measures
- Incentivize health equity through payment
reform
- Support organizations that
disproportionately serve individuals with social risk factors
- Develop and implement demonstration
projects, evaluation, and research to achieve equity through use of equity measures in payment and quality improvement
Implement Health Equity Measures
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- Invest in the collection of social risk
factor data
- Stratify performance scores by social
risk factor data
- Access and quality equity domains
for accountability Culture, structure, partnerships for QI
Incentivize Health Equity Through Payment Reform
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- Invest in preventive and primary care
for pts with social risk factors
- Directly adjust payment for social
risk factors
- Link equity measures to
accreditation
- Support outpatient and enabling
services with additional payment
Payment Reform 2
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- Redesign payment models to
support health equity
▫Upfront payment for infrastructure
and address social determ of health
▫Pay-for-performance for equity ▫Mixed models ▫Combo of improvement over time,
absolute thresholds, and reduction in disparities
Support Organizations Disproportionately Serving Patients with Social Risk Factors
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- Risk adjust for social risk factors
when appropriate and stratify performance measures
- Consider peer-to-peer comparisons
- Additional payment when beyond
- rganization’s control
- Coaching in QI and disparities reduct
- Monitor financial impact
- Include in incentive programs
Demonstration, Evaluation, and Research
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- Demonstration projects
- Policy simulations
- Economic analyses from multiple