Research Projects: Better Quality Information to Improve Care for Medicare Beneficiaries (BQI)

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Purpose of Project:

CHSRA provides evaluation and data analytic services as part of the nationwide Better Quality Information to Improve Care for Medicare Beneficiaries. Awards were made to six states and involve analyzing Medicare claims data to help physicians assess and improve the quality of care they deliver and to assist Medicare patients in making more informed health care decisions. In addition the project will help CMS determine cost effective methods of aggregating Medicare data to produce the most accurate measures of care quality.

Participating Personnel:

Principal Investigator: Robert Stone Newsom

Analyst and IT: Dora Kilburn

Contact Person: Robert Stone Newsom

Sponsoring Agency:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Wisconsin Collaborative for HealthCare Quality (WCHQ)

Presentations/Publications:

Bi-annual reports are made to CMS and WCHQ as well as regular monthly presentations to the WCHQ membership.