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Improving Health Care Quality
Medicare/Elder Care
Federal policymakers face major challenges in Medicare: how to
address the fiscal pressures posed by the impending retirement of
the Baby Boom, how to improve quality of care in a largely fee-for-service
environment, and how to assess the success of the new drug benefit
and consider whether changes are needed. As part of Kaiser Permanente,
IHP has a unique perspective to inform these challenges. One aspect
of our work will examine how integrated health care systems provide
unique services to meet the needs of a complex and diverse older
adult population, and what lessons can be transferred to less integrated
systems. A second aspect will leverage KP's size (900,000 Medicare
members) and comprehensive data on use of services and pharmacy
to help assess the impact of the new drug benefit. Additional areas
of interest include home- and community-based care and care quality
monitoring for older adults.
For more information please contact Kate
Meyers.
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