Next Meeting

 - Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Past Health Care Quality and Cost Council Meeting Materials

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

• Agenda (PDF)  | Word 
• HCQCC Cost Containment Committee: Recommendations on Cost Measures for the HCQCC Scorecard presented by Sarah Iselin, Co-chair andAnn Hwang, EOHHS Director (PDF)  | Word 
• Quality and Safety Committee Patient Safety Guideline Implementation presented by Paula Griswold, Executive Director, Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors (PDF)  | Word 
• Patient Safety Manual: Guideline For Patient Safety Programs In All Healthcare Settings Approved By HCQCC Council - May 16, 2012 (PDF  )  | Word 
• Patient Safety Program Approach, May 2012 (PDF)   | Word 
• My Health Care Options Website: Website Data Release - June 2012 presented by Sally Okoniewski, HCQCC Website Manager (PDF)  | Word  file size 2MB
• Potential Impact of House and Senate Cost Containment Bills on the HCQCC presented to the Health Care Quality and Cost Council by Ann Hwang (PDF)  | Word 

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

• Agenda (PDF)  | Word 
• |
•   MHCO Website - Proposed quality/DPH data update - Spring 2012 presented by Sally Okoniewski, Marj Radin, Division of Health Care Finance and Policy (PDF)   |   Word      
• All Payer Claims Database - update on implementation status presented by Aron Boros, Commissioner, DHCFP (PDF)  | Word 
• Ad Hoc Committee for HCQCC Scorecard - update presented by Greg Wilmot, EOHHS (PDF)  | Word 

Thursday, March 15, 2012 (Ad Hoc Committee on Health Care Cost Measurement)

• Agenda (PDF)  | Word 

Wednesday, February 15 2012

• Agenda (PDF)  | Word 
• |
• The Statewide Quality Advisory Committee (SQAC), presented by DPH Commissioner, John Auerbach and DHCFP Commissioner, Aron Boros (PDF)   | Word 
• Statewide Quality Advisory Committee (SQAC) Presentation Informational Handout (PDF)  | Word 
• Statewide Quality Advisory Committee (SQAC) Committee Members (PDF)  | Word 

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

• Agenda  | Word 
• Summary of Annual Meeting and Next Steps (PPT)  | Word 
• Quality and Safety Committee Update - Update the Council on the draft Patient Safety Program for all settings of care presented by Karen Boudreau, MD (PPT)  | Word 
• Expert Panel on Performance Measurement (EPPM): Recommendations to the HCQCC on Public Reporting of a 30-day All-Condition Hospital Readmission Measure presented by Dana Gelb Safran, ScD, Co-Chair, Expert Panel on Performance Measurement (EPPM), Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement and Improvement Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (PPT)  | Word 

Friday, December 16, 2011
(Annual Meeting)

• FY13 HCQCC Priorities (PPT)  | Word 
• Minutes (PDF)  | Word 
• Leveraging Disruptive Innovation To Improve Value In Health Care by Jeff Selberg, Executive Vice President and COO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (PPT)  file size 5MB | Word *

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

• Agenda (PDF)  | Word 
• Update on myhealthcareoptions.com website traffic presented by Sally Okoniewski (PPT)  file size 1MB
• Health Care Price and Quality Transparency - Introduction - Summary of the GAO Report - Recommendations from the Special Commission on Provider Price reform presented by David Martin 
• Special Commission on Provider Price Reform Final Report 
• GAO report: Sept 2011, Health Care Price Transparency‚ summary presentation 
• Presentation on Communicating with Consumers About Health Care Value : A Controlled Experiment, Judith Hibbard and Barbra Rabson 

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

• Agenda (PDF)  | Word 
• The New England Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council  | Word    Health Care Quality and Cost Council HIT Briefing Strawman Statewide HIE Strategy (PPT)  | Word *

 Wednesday, September 21 , 2011

• Agenda (PDF) 
• Minutes    2011-10-19-hcqcc-agenda.doc 

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

• Agenda (PDF) 
• 2011 Health Care Cost Trends Public Hearings presentation by The Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy (PPT) 
• Effect of the Alterna/ve Quality Contract on Health Care Spending and Quality presentation by Zirui Song MD, PhD candidate, Harvard Medical School PhD Program in Health Policy (PDF)  file size 2MB | Word *

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

• Agenda (PDF) 
• Proposed Additional Cost Measures for January 2012 Update (PDF) 
• Findings from Attorney General's Examination of Health Care Cost Trends and Cost Drivers Pursuant to M.G.L. C. 118G Section 6 1/2 (b) (PDF)  | Word

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

• Agenda (PDF) 
• Minutes (PDF) 
• One Year Extension of Analytic Vendor Contract (PPT) 
• Health Care Quality and Cost Council Nominating Committee (PPT) 
• Update to the 2012 Reporting Plan for MyHealthCareOptions.org (PPT)  file size 1MB
• My Health Care Options Website, 2011 Update Presented to the Health Care Quality and Cost Council By Sally Okoniewski, PMP, Project Manager, MHCO Website Project (PPT)  file size 1MB
• Massachusetts Health Care Cost Trends: Trends in Health Expenditures (PPT)  file size 1MB

Thursday, May 26, 2011

• Agenda (PDF) 
• Minutes (PDF) 
• HCQCC Committees: Review and Discussion presented by Jessica Moschella, MPH, Administrative Director of the HCQCC (PPT) 
• Health Care Quality and Cost Council Nominating Committee presented by Jessica Moschella, MPH, Administrative Director of the HCQCC (PPT) 
• Massachusetts Health Care Cost Trends Year Two, presented by Stacey Eccleston, Assistant Commissioner for Health Care Research and Policy (PDF) 
• Expert Panel on Performance Measurement (EPPM): Proposed Process for Systemness Measure Development presented by Dana Gelb Safran, ScD (Co-Chair), Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement & Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (PPT)  | Word *
  

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

• Agenda (PDF) 
• Minutes (PDF) 
• The Expert Panel on Performance Measurement (EPPM): 
• National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care, Report To Congress March 2011 presented by Jessica Moschella, MPH, Administrative Director, HCQCC (PPT) 
• Patient Safety in All Health Care Settings presented by Jessica Moschella, MPH, Administrative Director, HCQCC (PPT) 

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

• Agenda (PDF) 
• Minutes (PDF) 
• Revised DRAFT: Goals for Payment Reform Legislation (PDF) 
• Governor Deval Patrick's Payment and Delivery Reform Bill presentation by David Martin, Director of Health Care Policy and Strategies, Executive Office of Health and Human Services (PDF)  | Word 
• Report to the Quality and Cost Council on 2010 Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) Analytic Consulting (PPT) 

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

• Agenda (PDF) 
• Minutes (PDF) 
• Committee on the Status of Payment Reform Legislation presented by Jessica Moschella, MPH, (PDF)  | Word 
• Goals for Payment Reform Legislation (Pending revisions based on discussion at February 16, 2011 Committee Meeting) (PDF) 

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

• Agenda (PDF) 
• Minutes (PDF) 
• Overview of the Public Forum held by the Committee on the Status of Payment Reform Legislation presented by Jessica Moschella (PPT) 
• Roadmap for Cost Containment - Engaging Consumers Strategy presented by the Partnership for Healthcare Excellence, Jim Conway and Amy Boutwell (PPT) 
• Committee on the Status of Payment Reform Legislation Update presented by Julia Feldman, J.D., Principal Associate, Center for Health Law and Economics, Commonwealth Medicine (PPT) 
• A Framework for Personal and Public Engagement in Health presented by Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP, Marian Bihrle Johnson, MPH, Martha Hayward, James Conway, MS (PDF) 

* available shortly

See Materials from Full HCQCC Meetings Prior to 2011

---

This information is provided by the Health Care Quality and Cost Council.