Metrics and Scoring Committee begins meeting with task of identifying outcome and quality measures for CCOs

From the OHPB E-bulletin:

The newly-formed nine-member Oregon Metrics and Scoring Committee held its first meeting in August with the task of identifying the outcome and quality measures for Coordinated Care Organizations.

“This committee's work is important to ensuring better health outcomes. These are the metrics that will tell us where we’re going and will allow us to make quick course corrections as needed along the way to improve the health of Oregonians,” Tina Edlund, Oregon Health Authority chief of policy, said after the meeting.

The committee includes three at-large members, three members with expertise in health outcomes and three representatives of Coordinated Care Organizations. The committee was established by Senate Bill 1580, and members serve for two-year terms.

Metrics and quality measures will be used by the Oregon Health Authority to determine whether CCOs are effectively and adequately improving health, making quality care accessible, eliminating health disparities, and controlling costs for the populations that they serve.

For more information on the committee, including meeting materials and schedules, please visit the Metrics and Scoring Committee webpage.