Implementation of Quality Reporting
and Quality Incentive Payment System
Katie Burns
Minnesota Department of Health
January 2009
Quality Reporting
and Quality Incentive Payment System
• Important requirements and dates
established in Minnesota’s health reform law
– July 1, 2009 – MDH specifies quality measures and quality
incentive payment system
– Jan. 1, 2010 – Providers submit standard quality measures
– July 1, 2010 – Standard quality measures reported publicly
Key Implementation Tasks
– Task One: Determine quality measures to
be used for public reporting
– Task Two: Development of an incentive
payment system
– Task Three: Collection and public
reporting of standardized quality
measures
Quality Reporting
and Quality Incentive Payment System
• Minnesota Statutes, section 62U.02
• MDH contracting with local organizations to
implement this work
– Minnesota Community Measurement – contract
lead with:
• Minnesota Hospital Association
• Minnesota Medical Association
• Stratis Health
• University of Minnesota
– $ 3 million contract over 4 years
Quality Reporting
Recommendations
General Timeline
December
2008
Inventory of existing quality measures completed and
presented at public meetings
January 2009
Preliminary recommendations on initial measures are
made available with opportunity for public comments
and questions
Reporting Advisory Committee begins to consider
additional measurement priorities
Recommendations made on at least one new primary
care measure and at least one specialty care measure
February 2009
July 2009
Quality Reporting
and Quality Incentive Payment System
General Timeline
Feb. 2009 thru
Mar. 2009
Contractor holds public meetings with stakeholders to
develop recommendations on quality measures and
specific methodology for quality-based incentive
payment system
Apr. 2009 thru
June 2009
MDH adopts administrative rules to implement the
quality measures and incentive-based payment system
July 2009
Contractor begins education and training of providers
about quality reporting requirements
Jan. 1, 2010
Contractor begins collecting data
July 1, 2010
MDH publishes first public report on quality measures
July 1, 2010
SEGIP begins using the quality incentive payment
system