Aligned Quality Measures – Consensus in New York State
The Multipayer Primary Care Network was joined by panel members Amy Tippett-Stangler of the Northeast Business Group on Health, Pooja Kothari of the United Hospital Fund of New York, NY State Department of Health leaders Marcus Friedrich and Lindsay Cogan, and Robert LaPenna of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield as they discussed the ongoing challenges in multipayer collaboration, coming to an agreement on a how to credibly measure quality in health care while minimizing the burden placed on practices and payers. They spoke on specific aspects of the development and use of the New York State Primary Care Core Measure Set and mechanisms of through which collaboration was established between the health plans in order to achieve this success.
The Multipayer Primary Care Network was joined by panel members Amy Tippett-Stangler of the Northeast Business Group on Health, Pooja Kothari of the United Hospital Fund of New York, NY State Department of Health leaders Marcus Friedrich and Lindsay Cogan, and Robert LaPenna of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield as they discussed the ongoing challenges in multipayer collaboration, coming to an agreement on a how to credibly measure quality in health care while minimizing the burden placed on practices and payers. They spoke on specific aspects of the development and use of the New York State Primary Care Core Measure Set and mechanisms of through which collaboration was established between the health plans in order to achieve this success.