Pearls and Pitfalls (Winter 2012)

In this Quality Matters’ newsletter, we will discuss pearls and potential pitfalls with regard to medication/treatment of self and family members/colleagues.

Best Practices: The Road to Success (Winter 2012)

Our goal for Best Practices is to identify those Health⁴ practices that consistently perform at the top levels of our Pay for Quality program

Clinical Guideline and Metric Update (Winter 2012)

The first of several new clinical guidelines for 2012 have been formally approved and will become active on Jan 1.

Medication Safety in the Medical Office (Winter 2012)

Sample medications from pharmaceutical drug representatives allow patients to try a new medication without financial implications.

Resources for Chronic Pain Management (Winter 2012)

Over the past several years the United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number of prescription drug overdoses, most notably due to controlled substances.

The New Vocabulary of Medicine (Winter 2012)

The changes we have seen in medicine in the last twenty years have been extraordinary, from the “routine use” of CAT scanning for things spanning the spectrum

Attention Primary Care and OB/GYN Physicians (Fall 2011)

There is still time to schedule your patients for their preventive visits in 2011.

Aetna 2010 Network Performance and Pay For Quality Results (Fall 2011)

The results are in for the 2010 Aetna Network Performance. These results mirror our results with other payers such as OhioHealthy and Cigna for 2010.

Clinical Best Practices (Fall 2011)

As Health⁴ continues to grow and mature, our commitment is to provide you with the tools to succeed in an increasingly competitive environment. The Physician Support Tool from Valence noted above is a key part of that support.

NCQA Diabetes Recognition Program (Fall 2011)

Since 2005, The Medical Group of Ohio (MGO) has encouraged MGO physicians to seek certification through the National Committee for Quality Assurance Diabetes Recognition Program (DRP).

Pearls and Pitfalls (Fall 2011)

In this Quality Matters’ newsletter, we will discuss pearls and potential pitfalls with regard to administration of subcutaneous or intramuscular injections.

Performance Improvement Focus on Mammography Screening (Fall 2011)

The network performance in the pay for quality program for 2010 was excellent, and baseline targets for nearly all measures were met or exceeded for each of the three of the payers (OhioHealth, Aetna and CIGNA).