Publications and reports
Washington EQR Update (newsletter)
December 2011
Highlights of 2011 Performance Measure Comparative Analysis Report (HEDIS Report) results for Healthy Options program; Medicaid Quality Management meeting presentations; PIP training for RSNs; change in encounter data validation procedures for RSNs.
March 2011
2010 EQR Annual Report highlights and program improvement recommendations for mental and physical health care; 2010 HEDIS results for childhood immunizations, diabetes care indicators, and the Washington Medicaid Integration Partnership.
August 2010
"Best practices" from MCOs and RSNs: CUP's narcotic monitoring program, Thurston-Mason RSN’s Health Care Passport; preview of October 1 MQM training.
April 2010
Quality-of-care studies on asthma care utilization and antidepression medication management; mental health quality management study; preview of April MQM meeting; delegation training for RSNs.
January 2010
2009 EQR Annual Report highlights: mental health care delivered by RSNs, physical health care delivered by MCOs, Washington Medicaid Integration Partnership; preview of January MQM meeting.
September 2009
Washington State Collaborative outcomes; encounter data validation training; EQR calendar.
April 2009
2008 CAHPS® survey results, with comparisons of satisfaction scores for WMIP and FFS, and for WMIP in 2007 and 2008; preview of April 30 All-Plan meeting (integrating physical and behavioral health care).
January 2009
2008 EQR Annual Report highlights, including review of mental health care delivered by Regional Support Networks and physical health care delivered by Managed Care Organizations; review of Washington Medicaid Integration Partnership program results; preview of January 29 All-Plan meeting.
October 2008
HEDIS® 2008 Performance Measure Comparative Analysis Report (Healthy Options); HEDIS results for the Washington Medicaid Integration Partnership, for aged, blind, and disabled clients in Snohomish County; Learning Session 2 of the Washington State Collaborative; the mental health Recovery Model being adopted by Washington’s Regional Service Networks.
August 2008
September 2008 Medicaid Quality Management All-Plan Meeting; preliminary findings from review of clinical records for Medicaid mental health clients; changes in Washington's HEDIS and CAHPS® performance measure activities; EQR events calendar, September–December 2008.
June 2008
Overview of EQR activities for HRSA and MHD; highlights from April All-Plan Meeting and May Washington State Collaborative Meeting; introducing EQRO Psychiatrist Bentson McFarland, MD, PhD; EQRO team contacts
EQR Reports
2010 EQR Annual Report
2010 Performance Measurement Report
2006–2009 reports on Washington DSHS website
EQR annual report (2006–2009)
HEDIS® report (2006–2009)
CAHPS® stakeholder report (2005–2007)
Washington State Collaborative Final Report (prepared by Child Health Institute, University of Washington, and NVB Consulting; PDF, June 2009
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