NCQA Updates its State of Health Care Quality
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has issued its State of Health Care Quality Report 2013, based on data collected in 2012 from HEDIS reports. Here are five key takeaways:
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has issued its State of Health Care Quality Report 2013, based on data collected in 2012 from HEDIS reports. Here are five key takeaways:
* Overuse of antibiotics remains a concern, with no progress made. Antibiotic resistance caused by overuse results in sickening two million people annually with 23,000 deaths.
* Measures to combat child obesity improved for the second straight year. Measures showing substantial gains included obesity assessments, counseling on physical activity and giving advice on nutrition.
* Children enrolled in Medicaid HMOs increasingly are receiving immunizations for influenza and rotavirus, but an alarming decline in kids in commercial HMOs getting critical immunizations continues.
* Diagnoses of patients needing substance abuse treatment continues to decline, particularly among Medicare patients. This suggests the fast-growing senior population is not going to get the treatment that many need.
* Medicaid patients increasingly are happy with their primary and specialty care, a bright spot in national health status as Medicaid will grow under the Affordable Care Act.
The full NCQA State of Health Care Quality Report 2013 is available here.
* Overuse of antibiotics remains a concern, with no progress made. Antibiotic resistance caused by overuse results in sickening two million people annually with 23,000 deaths.
* Measures to combat child obesity improved for the second straight year. Measures showing substantial gains included obesity assessments, counseling on physical activity and giving advice on nutrition.
* Children enrolled in Medicaid HMOs increasingly are receiving immunizations for influenza and rotavirus, but an alarming decline in kids in commercial HMOs getting critical immunizations continues.
* Diagnoses of patients needing substance abuse treatment continues to decline, particularly among Medicare patients. This suggests the fast-growing senior population is not going to get the treatment that many need.
* Medicaid patients increasingly are happy with their primary and specialty care, a bright spot in national health status as Medicaid will grow under the Affordable Care Act.
The full NCQA State of Health Care Quality Report 2013 is available here.
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