Health Plan Performance Measurement within Medicare Subvention.
Abstract
The Military Health Service (MHS), feeling growing pressure to keep costs down and quality up, must be able to strike a cost-quality balance. Success of initiatives like the Medicare Subvention Demonstration Project is dependent on the ability to strike such a balance--and the ability to monitor it. MHS's lack of Medicare HMO experience necessitates the development and adoption of reliable performance measurement systems. Project managers must align organizational mission and health plan performance. Current military measurement initiatives--the Air Force Medical Service Performance Measurement Tool (AFMS PMT) and the MHS Performance Report Card--compare well to major civilian initiatives. MHS performance measurement systems do, however, require modification to be useful for Medicare health plan management. Emphasis on Medicare population-specific indicators must be included--indicators that stress the importance of long-term versus short-term measurement, wellness and prevention versus treatment and reaction, and primary care investment versus specialty care expenditure. The uniqueness of the Medicare subvention project make it unlikely that any one of the initiatives studied would be sufficient in subvention measurement. However, the combination of the AFMS PMT with two civilian initiatives holds promise as an ideal subvention project performance measurement system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA372417
Entities
People
- David L. Johnson
Organizations
- Academy of Health Sciences