Quality Measurement to Assess the Performance of Goal Setting and Achievement in the Delivery of Med

Grant Summary

The grant will support two related projects to improve the care of complex and vulnerable older adults. The first project will meet the immediate need of developing and pilot testing accreditation standards for the coordination of long-term supports and services in health plans and community-based organizations. The standards, designed to be implemented in NCQA accreditation programs, will address the structures and processes needed to coordinate person-centered, goal-based care. The second project represents a second phase in a longer term, three-phase effort to develop performance measures for health plans focused on outcomes identified by older adults as important. These measures will be designed for eventual use in NCQA accreditation programs, and by states and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Together, these projects will meet the need for quality measures that assess how well organizations provide integrated, patient-centered, goal-based care that helps people to achieve their priority outcomes.