Quality and Safety

Members can schedule a primary care visit within days with a provider they select, and access care for common illnesses and infections.

One Medicare Advantage plan used the Ribbon tool to focus on quality measures and saw a 342% net increase in users achieving a 4+ star rating.

An innovation culture at Sheba Medical Center has produced efficiencies and cost savings.

<p>Cyber Defense Labs CEO Robert Anderson, Jr. talks about federal technology resources and policy, engaging the private sector and how cyberinsurance may respond to the rate and frequency of ransom payments.</p>

The group says the program has devolved into a "cumbersome process" involving lengthy approvals and insurer negotiations.

Adverse drug events comprise 39% of the adverse events, making them the most common by far.

<p>Rita Bowen, MRO vice president and board member for the Sequoia Project, discusses the need to harmonize HIPAA with interoperability, third-party compliance and the privacy of very personal data.</p>

The action furthers a larger goal of improving the accuracy of the quality information that is publicly reported in the Five-Star Rating System.

The decline was larger than the national average in the South, Midwest and West, and there was an increase in the Northeast.

The spending on diabetes care is significant, at over $240B annually, with the Medicare program responsible for nearly 60%.