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Aligning Forces for Quality Work Plan

Dur (d) Start Finish Responsible party
AMBULATORY CHRONIC DISEASE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT (PM) AND PUBLIC REPORTING (PR)        
YEAR 1        
Organize public reporting activity 120 3/1/2007 7/1/2007 B White, R Parrish;
L Zwarensteyn; Leadership Team; PM Workgroup
Establish performance measurement/technical working group        
Establish working dynamics with QI Workgroup        
Begin to review target chronic conditions        
Establish working dynamics with Public Reporting group        
Begin dialogue on reporting formats        
Establish dynamics with MiHIN planning group        
Organize PR activity and Workgroup 165 3/1/2007 8/15/2007 Leadership Team; B White; LZ
Identify performance metrics and chronic conditions to target 120 5/1/2007 10/15/2007 BMW and PM work group
     Engage with the CE and PR and QI work groups on targeted measures        
Identify Data Sources 90     7/1/2007 11/15/2007 BMW and PM work group
Determine data access and security issues with data source partners        
Construct data, HIPAA, Bus Assoc, confidentiality agreements        
Finalize data sources and agreements   10/1/2007 11/15/2007  
Create initial public report formats on Quality, PCP performance and more 150 8/1/2007 12/31/2007 B White; PR Wkgrp;
P Sartorius; CE Wkgrp; PM Wkgrp
Establish dynamics with CE and PM work groups        
Establish dynamics with legal working group        
Research previous, ongoing public reporting initiatives 30 7/15/2007 10/15/2007 BMW and PR Wkgrp; student?
   within W MI and elsewhere in U.S., using RWJ/NPO TA        
Review with CE group results of findings from other PR and small focus group feedback        
Define the purpose of Public Reports        
Define Quality in collaboration with all other work groups        
Define the target population(s) in collaboration with other Wkgrps        
Assure that the PR content is actionable for consumers and providers        
         Educate > Engage > Measure (process/outcomes) > Public Report        
         Knowledge/Beliefs > Motivation > Self Efficacy > Normative Support (per CELC Hibbard)      
Begin mock up of report format for informaiton and or diseases/conditions for Yr 1  45 10/1/2007 11/1/2007  
Conduct focus group on report formats 30 11/1/2007 12/1/2007  
Test report format by each stakeholder category; providers, plans, employers, public leaders      
Develop narratives to explain reports, how to interpret, how to use, etc. 75 10/15/2007 12/31/2007  
Meet with PM, QI and PR workgroup for draft model presentation and feedback sessions 15 12/1/2007 12/15/2007  
Finalize Yr 1 public report formats   1/1/2008 2/28/2008  
       
Construct a process to aggregate measures across multiple data sources 75 9/1/2007 12/31/2007 BMW and PM Work group; vendor
    Enter into agreement w/ data aggregation/analytic vendor   9/7/2007 10/15/2007  
    Re-affirm initial set of performance measures to be analyzed and reported        
  -claims data sources primarily; HEDIS, AQA metrics         
 Establish policies/criteria for data validity        
 Agree upon formats for data submission to vendor        
 Establish common definitions--data dictionary        
    Transmit data sets from data sources to vendor   10/15/2007 11/30/2007  
    Construct the data base and technical methodology for aggregating data        
     - mapping, etc.        
    Merge data sets into aggregated data base        
    Determine technical specifications for selected performance measures        
    Determine risk adjustment protocols   9/15/2007 11/15/2007  
    Conduct analyses of data for validity, etc.        
    Perform analytic activity to create "all payer" performance measure sets   12/15/2007 12/31/2007  
Develop public report dissemination strategies 105 10/1/2007 1/15/2008  B White; PR Wkgrp;
P Sartorius; CE Wkgrp
Select initial target market groups        
Decide on optimal test market channel        
Conduct townhall meeting in unison with CE workgroup 30 11/1/2007 12/1/2007  
Revise strategy based on townhall and focus group work        
Select strategy to achieve greatest market penetration        
Implement research protocol to monitor market perception        
Implement concurrent PR campaign to facilitate introduction   1/1/2008 ongoing  
Plan public report roll-out announcements and events 75 12/1/2007 2/15/2008  
       
Construct a process for feedback to providers 60 12/1/2007 2/15/2008 BMW and PM Work group
    Determine quality and performance measure formats for Physician Organization
     and individual physician level reports
  12/1/2007 12/31/2007  
    Providers preview aggregated performance measures 30 1/5/2008 1/31/2008  
    Providers propose edits to aggregated performance measures   1/5/2008 2/15/2008  
    Revised reports produced and distributed to Physician Organizations   2/15/2008 2/28/2008  
Integrate quality / performance measures with the PR work group report formats to
 create/produce Yr. 1 public reports (measures aggregated to the W MI regional
 level)         
60 1/1/2008 2/28/2008 BMW, PR work group
and PM Work group; data vendor
   Produce draft reports        
   Perform edits to ensure accuracy of report information        
Release Yr. 1 public report--regional level information     2/28/2008 Alliance; PR & CE Wk Grps
   Initiate roll-out announcements and events   2/1/2008 3/31/2008  
Begin work on planning to expand database for year 2