Bill > H495

This bill aims to ensure focused quality improvement in healthcare. It does this by: 1. Specifying the standard quality measure set that can be used in alternative payment contracts based on provider quality performance. This includes measures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, patient surveys, and other healthcare quality data. 2. Requiring the state's healthcare quality website to provide updated comparative information on prices, costs, and quality measures for healthcare services and providers. 3. Mandating that the state's Group Insurance Commission, Medicaid program, and various insurance carriers limit the use of quality measures in alternative payment contracts to only those in the standard quality measure set. This is to align and coordinate quality measures across all payers. The goal is to standardize the quality measures used in alternative payment models and increase transparency around healthcare quality and costs to help consumers make more informed decisions.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H495