ACRONYMS
QIP
Deadlines 2020
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Terminology
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NCQA 

a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit that uses measurement, transparency and accountability to improve health care

What is the National Committee for Quality Assurance?

100

The most updated patient information can be found in this dimensional view. 

What is GlobalMemberDim?

100

Hybrid Measure Code (CDC) and systematic sampling code is due

When is NOV 29 2019?

100

This was the year that the NCQA assumed responsibility for management of HEDIS.

What is 1992?

100

Data sets containing external data not part of KP HealthConnect or legacy sources

What are supplemental data sets?

200
HEDIS 
One of health care’s most widely used performance improvement tools.


What is the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set?

200

HEDIS continuous enrollment information can be found in this view

What is v_getHEDISContEnrollmentFact?

200

We can expect the final NDC file from Pharmacy and shared files from KPInsight by this time

When is (mid) January 2020?


200

These measures use both administrative data & medical record or chart review data.

What are HYBRID Measures?

200

A complete set of codes used to identify the service or condition

What are Value Sets?

300

NDC 

a unique 10-digit or 11-digit, 3-segment number, and a universal product identifier for human drugs in the United States


What is the National Drug Code?

300

HEDIS Continuous Enrollment data is scheduled for on update weekly in QIP on this day

What is Sunday?

300

Preliminary rates and MRN level files for all measures should be pushed to SQL server by this time

When is MAR 6 2020?

300

NCAL KP Medicare health plans for 2020 received  5 of these

What are stars?

Our Medicare health plans for 2020 received Medicare's highest possible rating, 5 out of 5 stars, in California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C., and 4.5 out of 5 stars in Oregon, and Washington

300

These are measures selected by auditors to be audited

What are Core Measures?

400

CAHPS 

a survey to capture the accuracy and reliability of information from consumers about their experiences with their health plans.

What is the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems?

400

Tapestry data on outside claims can only be found in QIP and not Clarity - True or False?

What is False?

Tapestry data in QIP is sourced from Tapestry data in Clarity. 

400

Explanations for denominator changes or rate changes of +/- 5% are due

When is APR 2020?

400

This is the percentage of health plans that uses HEDIS to measure performance on important dimensions of care and service.

What is 90%?

Ninety percent of US health plans rely on HEDIS measures to compare healthcare performance with other health plans, according to the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
Dec 21, 2017
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Commercial, Medicare, Medi-cal, are all examples of this

What are Product Lines?

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