Illinois Health Connect Quality Assurance Manager Cari VonderHaar and Carmen Vergara, who is the Clinical Quality Improvement Cordinator at Centro de Salud Esperanza, gave a presentation entitled "Population-Based Healthcare and Illinois Health Connect Quality Tools" at the Illinois Primary Health Care Association 30th Annual Leadership Conference, which was held October 17-19 in Lake Geneva, Wisc.
IHC Medical Director Dr. Margaret Kirkegaard assisted them with the presentation.
While controlling cost has been the central theme of Medicaid reform in Illinois, the healthcare community remains committed to providing high quality care. One of the cardinal features of the medical home model is implementation of population-based management strategies. In addition to reviewing the attributes of the medical home that contribute to population-based management, this panel discussion provided a broad overview of the Bureau of Primary Care's Uniform Data Systems.
IHC provides multiple Quality Tools to assist the medical home with population-based management. This presentation demonstrated how to access and described the features of the IHC Quality Tools, including IHC Panel Rosters, the IHC Provider Profiles, the IHC Bonus Payment Program and Claims History.
Ms. Vergara described the outreach and quality improvement strategies used at Centro de Salud Esperanza as well as their outcomes utilizing IHC Quality Tools.
