1. MOUNTAIN PACIFIC QUALITY HEALTH
HAWAII’S QIO-QIN ORGANIZATION

2. Who We Are Our Vision Our Mission uality Improvement Organization
To be the “go-to” resource for driving innovation in health care systems in the states we serve
To be the “go-to” resource for driving innovation in health care systems in the states we serve
Our Mission
To supply customized resources, innovative tools and health care services that positively impact our populations and communities
To supply customized resources, innovative tools and health care services that positively impact our populations and communities

3. Who We Are
Mountain-Pacific is part of a national quality improvement program funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
We serve four states and Guam, Saipan and American Samoa
Our current, five-year contract will end July 31, 2019

4. Three Overarching Aims
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Healthy People, Healthy Communities
Better Health Care for Communities
Better Care at Lower Cost
Three Overarching Aims

5. Healthy People, Healthy Communities:
Improving the Health Status of Communities
GOAL: Promote effective prevention
and treatment of chronic disease
Improve cardiac health and reduce cardiac disparities
Reduce disparities in diabetes care
Improve prevention coordination through Meaningful Use of HIT and collaborating with regional extension centers (RECs)
Improve cardiac health and reduce cardiac disparities
Reduce disparities in diabetes care
Improve prevention coordination through Meaningful Use of HIT and collaborating with regional extension centers (RECs)

6. Improving the Health Status of Communities
Healthy People,
Healthy Communities:
Improving the Health Status of Communities
ABCS
CEHRT = Certified electronic health record technology
PQRS = Physician quality reporting system
ABCS = aspirin therapy, blood pressure control, cholesterol control, smoking cessation (to prevent heart attacks and strokes)
PQRS
CEHRT

7. Better Healthcare for Communities: Beneficiary-Centered, Reliable,
Accessible and Safe Care
GOAL: Make care safer by reducing harm caused
in delivery of care
Reduce health care associated infections in hospitals
Reduce health care acquired conditions in nursing homes
Reduce health care associated infections in hospitals
Reduce health care acquired conditions in nursing homes

8. Beneficiary-Centered, Reliable, Accessible and Safe Care
Better Healthcare
for Communities:
Beneficiary-Centered, Reliable,
Accessible and Safe Care
CDIs
CLABSIs
VAEs
CAUTIs
CLABSIs = central line associated bloodstream infections
CDIs = clostridium difficile infections
CAUTIs = catheter associated urinary tract infections
VAEs = ventilator associated events
QAPI = Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
Antipsychotic
Medications

9. L T S Better Healthcare for Communities: Medication Safety
Beneficiary-Centered, Reliable,
Accessible and Safe Care
GOAL: Promote effective communication
and coordination of care
Improve coordination of care
LTSS = Long term services and supports
Medication
Safety L T S

10. GOAL: Make care more affordable
Better Care
at Lower Cost:
GOAL: Make care more affordable
Quality improvement through Physician Value-Based Modifier and Physician Feedback Reporting Program
Other quality improvement initiatives
Quality improvement through Physician Value-Based Modifier and Physician Feedback Reporting Program
Other quality improvement initiatives

11. GOAL: Make care more affordable
Better Care
at Lower Cost:
GOAL: Make care more affordable
Inpatient Quality
Reporting
PQRS
Outpatient Quality
Reporting
VBP

12. ficiary Family and Engage Bene ment ance Assist
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Learning
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Action
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13. Questions?
This material was developed by Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, the Medicare quality improvement organization for Montana, Wyoming, Hawaii, Alaska and the Pacific Territories of Guam and American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. 10SOW-MPQHF-AS-AA-14-42