Incentivizing Better Quality in Long-Term Care

描述(由申请人提供)：项目摘要/摘要州医疗补助计划一直处于基于价值的购买和其他政策倡议的前沿，以激励更好的长期护理质量。(Arling等人，2009年；Briesacher等人，2009年；Miller等人，2013年；Werner等人，2009年)。这些计划将医疗补助付款与疗养院在标准化质量衡量标准、资金提供者指导的质量改进项目方面的表现联系起来，或为符合高质量标准的示范设施提供奖金。印第安纳大学老龄化研究中心和明尼苏达州公共服务部提议为50-75名州政策制定者、长期护理研究人员和其他利益相关者主办一次为期一天半的长期护理价值采购邀请性会议。会议的主要目的是研究和发展：制定卫生服务研究议程，并确定研究这些议程的战略和机制。其次，我们将：(A)传播和实施卫生服务研究信息和工具，以制定或评估卫生政策，并管理卫生保健计划；(B)与利益攸关方组织发展伙伴关系，建设它们参与研究活动和使用卫生服务研究成果的能力。会议的目的是：这次会议是一个很好的机会，通过与其他州和长期护理领域的领先研究人员展开对话，传播我们由AHRQ资助的项目的结果，评估改善养老院质量的综合州级模式。会议的目的是：“审查LTC Value Base采购计划设计、资金、绩效衡量和评估的最新水平；分享和记录已实施LTC VBP计划的州和研究这些计划的研究人员的经验；”促进与会者之间的积极对话，包括寻求开发新的LTC VBP计划的州；以及“准备一份报告，总结会议记录，并可作为LTC VBP发展或完善的资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract State Medicaid programs have been at the forefront of value based purchasing and other policy initiatives to incentivize better long-term care quality. (Arling et al., 2009; Briesacher et al., 2009; Miller et al., 2013; Werner et al., 2009). These programs link Medicaid payment to nursing home performance on standardized quality measures, fund provider-directed quality improvement projects, or offer a bonus for exemplar facilities meeting high quality standards. Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Minnesota Department of Human Services propose to sponsor an invitational, one and one-half day conference on long-term care value based purchasing for 50-75 state policy makers, long-term care researchers and other stakeholders. The primary purpose of the conference is for research and development: to develop health services research agendas and identify strategies and mechanisms for studying them. Secondarily, we will: (a) disseminate and implement health services research information and tools for formulating or evaluating health policy, and for managing health care programs; and (b) develop partnerships with stakeholder organizations and build their capacity to participate in research activities and using the results f health services research. The aims are: The conference is an excellent opportunity to disseminate findings from our AHRQ-funded project, Evaluating a Comprehensive State-Level Model to Improve Nursing Home Quality, by opening up a dialogue with other states and leading researchers in long-term care. The aims of the conference are to: " Examine the state of the art in LTC Value Base Purchasing program design, funding, performance measurement, and evaluation; " Share and document experiences of states that have undertaken LTC VBP programs and researchers who have studied these programs; " Promote an active dialogue among conference participants, including states that seek to develop new LTC VBP programs; and " Prepare a report for publication that summarizes conference proceedings and can serve as a resource for LTC VBP development or refinement.