Performance Measurement

Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Performance Measures, Payment, and Performance Improvement Programs

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Current and Future State of Performance Measurement and Reporting; 5 3 Achieving a National System for Performance Measurement and Reporting; 6 4 Moving Forward: What Should Be Measured?; 7 5 Research Agenda; 8 Appendix A Glossary; 9 Appendix B National Organizations Involved in Performance Measurement; 10 Appendix C Case Studies; 11 Appendix D Ten Design Principles; 12 Appendix E Methodology and Analytic Frameworks; 13 Appendix F Commissioned Paper: Improving the Quality of Quality Measurement--John D. Birkmeyer, Eve A. Kerr, and Justin B. Dimick; 14 Appendix G Starter Set of Measures; 15 Appendix H Commissioned Paper: Efficiency/Value-Based Measures for Services, Defined Populations, Acute Episodes, and Chronic Conditions--Kyle L. Grazier; 16 Appendix I Commissioned Paper: Transitional Care Performance Measurement--Eric A. Coleman; 17 Appendix J Commissioned Paper: Palliative Care/End-of-Life Measures--Sydney Dy and Joanne Lynn; 18 Appendix K Biographical Sketches; 19 Index