About the Program
If you have been struggling with ways to identify and improve clinical outcomes related to HEDIS measures, particularly behavioral health HEDIS measures, then this program is for you. Designed for Quality Improvement staff that face challenges in improving HEDIS clinical measures, faculty will lead participants through exercises using classic tools and techniques for improving QI initiatives. Come armed with basic statistical analysis skills and leave understanding how to better manage the quality improvement process through better identification of barriers and intervention techniques.
Seminar Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Registration is from 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Continental breakfast and lunch will be served.
Upon completion of this seminar participants will be able to:
- Apply quality improvement tools and techniques in order to analyze data and improve care and service.
- Determine how these analytical tools can be translated into activities required for compliance with specific standards.
- Identify how the techniques that will be described can be applied to quality improvement activities even if you are not using HEDIS.
You’re invited! The 2009 Recognizing Innovation in Multicultural Health Care Awards Event – October 15.
NCQA, supported by The California Endowment, will be hosting their fourth annual Recognizing Innovation in Multicultural Health Care awards event on October 15, 2009, to recognize health plans that have implemented initiatives to improve culturally and linguistically appropriate services and reduce health care disparities.
These awards highlight and recognize health plans for their exemplary efforts and demonstrated effectiveness in promoting cultural competence and addressing the health care needs of diverse members. Through these awards, NCQA hopes to advance efforts to improve multicultural health care and eliminate health care disparities. This event will provide a forum for the recognition, dissemination and collaboration of efforts to address CLAS and other disparities-related issues.
Awardees will showcase their award-winning initiatives at a poster session and reception beginning at 4:30 p.m., and will be followed by dinner and presentation of awards at 6 p.m. Dr. Garth Graham, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health in the Office of Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services, will provide the keynote address.
The event is free to attend and open to all, though you must RSVP to CLASAwards@ncqa.org by October 1. For more information, please visit www.ncqa.org/clas.aspx.