The Health Accountability Foundation’s Regional Health Care Report Card has been updated to include the latest hospital quality measures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for all hospitals in New York and New Jersey, and HMO Monthly Premiums for HMOs in New York and New Jersey.
The updated reporting period for most hospital quality measures is April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007. Exceptions are:
1) Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination: December 2006 through Feb 28 07
2) Blood clot prevention treatment ordered (new measure) – January 2007 through March 2007
3) Blood clot prevention treatment received (new measure) – January 2007 through March 2007
HMO Monthly Premiums have also been updated to reflect monthly premium prices as of December 2007 for all commercial HMOs in New York and New Jersey.
The Health Accountability Foundation’s Regional Health Care Report Card is available at http://www.abouthealthquality.org/hcrc
Please use the following link to contact us regarding the Regional Health Care Report Card: http://hcrc.abouthealthquality.org/feedback.php