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Quality Measurement and Reporting in Idaho

 

Quality Measurement and Reporting in Idaho

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
Performance measurement for health care providers or insurance plans Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.02.02.300, EMS Director Authority Requires the MES medical director to enter a written agreement with an EMS agency to supervise licensed EMS personnel. Permits EMS personnel to...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.566, Healthy Connections: Quality Assurance Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to create performance measures as a means of assessing the effectiveness of the Medicaid primary care...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.567, Children’s Habilitation Intervention Services: Quality Assurance Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to establish performance measures as a means of assessing the effectiveness of children’s...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.07.37.116, Outcomes for Children’s Mental Health Services Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to measure child’s mental health services outcomes via a standardized functional assessment tool...
Quality assurance programs for hospitals or public programs Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.02.12.200, Laboratory Duties Requires laboratories that conduct testing on infant blood specimens to participate in the CDC’s Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program....
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.406, Inpatient Hospital Services: Quality Assurance Requires the designated Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) to create a provider manual that addresses the QIO’s policies and procedures,...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.413, Outpatient Hospital Services: Procedural Requirements Requires Medicaid providers to obtain a review from a quality improvement organization (QIO) before to providing outpatient hospital services to...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.505, Physician Services: Provider Reimbursement Imposes a Medicaid reimbursement penalty on physicians that do not obtain a timely Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) review for services that...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.567, Children’s Habilitation Intervention Services: Quality Assurance Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to establish performance measures as a means of assessing the effectiveness of children’s...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.626, Laboratory and Radiology Services: Quality Assurance Requires laboratories to maintain a quality-control program that includes proficiency testing as a condition of receiving Medicaid payments. Requires...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.666, Prescription Drugs: Quality Assurance Tasks the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (P&T Committee) with advising and educating the Idaho Medicaid Pharmacy Program, recommending...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.807, Dental Services: Quality Assurance Requires providers of dental services to Medicaid participants to comply with the quality assurance guidelines established by the Idaho Smiles...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.10.308, Personal Care Services: Quality Assurance Requires personal care service (PCS) providers to furnish quality services. Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to deliver the results of...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.10.329, Aged and Disabled Waiver Services: Provider Qualifications and Duties Establishes standards for providers of aged and disabled waiver services. Requires these providers to comply with applicable quality assurance rules...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.10.515, Adult Developmental Disability Services: Quality Assurance and Improvement Requires providers of adult developmental disability services to implement a corrective action plan within 45 days of the Department of Health and...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.10.525, Children’s DD HCBS State Plan Option: Procedural Requirements Requires children’s DD HCBS services to receive prior authorization. Requires providers of HCBS services to assure quality services by...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.10.528, Children’s DD HCBS State Plan Option: Department’s Quality Assurance and Improvement Processes Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to conduct quality assurance reviews and audits of DD HCBS services providers. Defines permissible...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.13.200, Quality Assurance Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to establish a quality assurance process for ICFs/ID as a means of assuring patient-centered care and...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.14.200, Governing Body and Administration Requires licensed hospitals to be run by a governing body. Establishes minimum bylaws that the governing body must adopt. Requires the hospital...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.07.15.330, Quality Assurance Requires behavioral health programs to establish a quality assurance plan that addresses items such as staff training, regulatory compliance,...
Idaho Code Ann. § 39-1392f, Peer Review Requires hospitals subject to the Chapter 39 licensing laws to establish a peer review committee in order to assess the quality and necessity of...
Idaho Code Ann. § 56-1030, Regional Time Sensitive Emergency Committees Requires each substate region, as designated by the Time Sensitive Emergency Council, to establish a committee. Tasks the committee with conducting...
Idaho Code Ann. § 56-1054, Health Quality Planning Establishes the Health Quality Planning Commission (“Commission”) within the Department of Health and Welfare (“Department...
Idaho Code Ann. § 57-2001, Purpose of Registry Specifies the issues that the Time Sensitive Emergency (TSE) Registry is meant to identify and evaluate (e.g., trauma, stroke, and heart attack...
Delivery system reforms to promote and measure health care quality (ACOs/health homes) (Cross reference Care Coordination) Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.561, Healthy Connections: Participant Eligibility Requires Idaho Medicaid participants to enroll in the Healthy Connections program unless the Department of Health and Welfare provides an exemption....
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.562, Healthy Connections: Primary Care Services Defines the services that Healthy Connections participants who are enrolled with a primary care provider may receive (e.g., care management and...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.563, Healthy Connections: Procedural Requirements Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to provide 60 days notice to providers of any changes to the Healthy Connections program. Requires the...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.564, Healthy Connections: Provider Qualifications and Duties Permits physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice register nurses, and their care teams to provide primary care services to Healthy...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.10.296, Nursing Facility: Quality Incentives Authorizes the Department of Health and Welfare to issue incentive payments to nursing facility providers that provide quality care. Permits the...
Grievance programs (Reporting requirements, Management of grievance reports) Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.563, Healthy Connections: Procedural Requirements Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to provide 60 days notice to providers of any changes to the Healthy Connections program. Requires the...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.711, Outpatient Behavioral Health Services: Procedural Requirements Requires providers that wish to provide outpatient behavioral health services to Medicaid participants to enroll with the contractor that administers...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.804, Dental Services: Procedural Requirements Requires dental services providers to enroll in the Idaho Smiles network in order to receive Medicaid reimbursement. Assigns responsibility for...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.14.225, Patient Grievances Defines ‘patient grievance’ as formal or informal complaint made to the hospital about abuse, neglect, the hospital’s compliance...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.07.15.370, Participant Rights Requires behavioral health programs to establish a written statement of participant rights and identifies the rights that the statement must include...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 22.01.01.165, Supervising Physicians of Medical Personnel Defines the administration of prescriptive medical/cosmetic devices and products (e.g., collagen injections, liposuction, etc.) as the practice of...
Idaho Code Ann. § 41-3918, Grievance System Requires Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to implement a grievance system that has received approval from the Insurance Director. Requires MCOs to...
Idaho Code Ann. § 41-5914, External Review Reporting Requirements Requires independent review organizations to maintain records of requested and assigned external reviews. Specifies the data that such organizations...
Idaho Code Ann. § 41-5916, Disclosure Requirements Specifies the information about external review procedures that health carriers must include in policies, certificates, and other evidences of...
Use and availability of Patient satisfaction surveys/Facility compliance surveys Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.09.567, Children’s Habilitation Intervention Services: Quality Assurance Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to establish performance measures as a means of assessing the effectiveness of children’s...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.13.200, Quality Assurance Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to establish a quality assurance process for ICFs/ID as a means of assuring patient-centered care and...
Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.07.37.116, Outcomes for Children’s Mental Health Services Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to measure child’s mental health services outcomes via a standardized functional assessment tool...
Quality reporting requirements – providers and health plans Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.10.515, Adult Developmental Disability Services: Quality Assurance and Improvement Requires providers of adult developmental disability services to implement a corrective action plan within 45 days of the Department of Health and...
Reporting, Use and/or Confidentiality of quality data (Cross reference Privacy & Confidentiality) Idaho Code Ann. § 39-3123, Designation of State Mental Health Authority and State Substance Use Disorder Authority Designates the Department of Health and Welfare as the state behavioral health authority (“Authority”) and tasks the Authority with...