One key lesson learned so far during the demonstration is that “leadership and champions within the organization are really important,” Mr. Pilotte said. “All of these groups have someone who is on point for monitoring and reporting the quality metrics to us every year and developing mechanisms … to be able to capture the information.”
Another lesson learned is the importance of having quality measures consistent with clinical practice and high-quality care in order to achieve physician buy-in.
“That's why we spent a fair amount of time early on with these physician groups on which measures we were going to use and to gain their support, because it really wouldn't be possible without them,” he said.
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Joyce Frieden contributed to this report.