A focus on the asthma HEDIS measure and its implications for clinical practice.
With more than $16.1 billion in annual costs, the asthma management system is inadequate and needs revision to improve health and financial outcomes. Solutions may be found in the National Committee for Quality Assurance's guidelines and in such programs as Pay for Performance that financially reward providers for adherence to standards of practice based on Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set measures.
Davies
Thomas J
TJ
Immediate Past Chairman, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, California 94659, USA. tdavies@iha.org
Bunn
William B
WB
Fromer
Leonard
L
Gelfand
Erwin W
EW
Colice
Gene L
GL
D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics; D019985:Benchmarking; D019468:Disease Management; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States