Healthier Washington: Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Measurement Guide.
Updated August 1, 2018.
The Measurement Guide describes how performance will be measured for all accountable entities participating in the Healthier Washington Medicaid Transformation effort, via the Transformation through Accountable Communities of Health initiative.1 In particular:
- How participating entities are held accountable throughout the transformation period; and
- How those entities can earn Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program incentives.
Healthier Washington Data Dashboard (HWDD)
Updated with information as of July 2018.
The Healthier Washington Measures Dashboard allows users to explore data on populations and measures for Washington State. The dashboards are updated or “refreshed” with data quarterly. The statewide measures for all populations and HEDIS quality measures for Medicaid population can be compared by region and trended by time.
Project Plan Data Source:
Updated August 2018,
The Project Plan Data Source allows CHOICE employees to view the P4P measures in an easier to read excel workbook created by the data team.
Declines in Births to Females Aged 10–14 in the United States, 2000–2016:
Updated April, 2018
The decline in birth rates for those aged 10–14 was greater from 2008 through 2016 than from 2000 through 2008, and these declines were broad-based. Declines were observed for those aged 10–12, 13, and 14, and for all race and Hispanic-origin groups.
Prevalence of Total and Untreated Dental Caries among youth: United States, 2015–2016:
Updated April, 2018
For National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) period 2015–2016, the prevalence of total and untreated dental caries in primary or permanent teeth among youth aged 2–19 years was 45.8% and 13.0%, respectively.
Lack of Change in Perinatal Mortality in the United States, 2014–2016:
Updated August, 2018
Rates of perinatal mortality and its components, late fetal and early neonatal mortality, based on the LMP measure of gestational age were essentially flat from 2011 through 2013. This report demonstrates a similar lack of change in the perinatal mortality rate based on the OE (obstetric estimate) measure from 2014 through 2016.
Identification of Substance-involved Emergency Department Visits Using Data from the National Hospital Care Survey:
Updated August 14, 2018.
This report describes the development of methods to identify emergency department (ED) visits involving substance use. These results demonstrate the use of two algorithms that, once finalized and validated, could be used with NHCS data to eventually generate national estimates of ED visits involving substance use.