Full Text of HJR0085 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Despite an increased focus on improving the | 3 | | quality of care in the United States, our nation's healthcare | 4 | | system often remains fractured, with misaligned payment | 5 | | systems, a lack of information and transparency, and gaps in | 6 | | care delivery; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The healthcare marketplace has traditionally | 8 | | rewarded our providers for the volume of care they deliver; | 9 | | even though utilization of healthcare is high, there are | 10 | | significant differences between the healthcare that should be | 11 | | received and the healthcare that is actually received; those | 12 | | gaps result in increased costs, and in some cases, harm to | 13 | | patients; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | 15 | | contains provisions that are facilitating a shift from volume | 16 | | of services provided to the value of services provided by | 17 | | linking provider and physician payment to quality of care and | 18 | | patient outcomes; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The Institute of Medicine defines healthcare | 20 | | quality as "the degree to which health services for individuals | 21 | | and populations increase the likelihood of desired health | 22 | | outcomes and are consistent with current professional |
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| 1 | | knowledge" and has recommended that the United States | 2 | | healthcare system be aligned to deliver care meeting 6 aims | 3 | | critical to quality improvement, including care that is safe, | 4 | | effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The United States Department of Health and Human | 7 | | Services was tasked by the Patient Protection and Affordable | 8 | | Care Act to convene public and private stakeholders to | 9 | | establish a National Quality Strategy focused on 6 priorities: | 10 | | safety, care coordination, population/community health, | 11 | | clinical care, patient and care-giver centered experience and | 12 | | outcomes, and efficiency and cost reduction; public and private | 13 | | entities are encouraged to align their activities to reach | 14 | | these common aims; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Working from this common understanding of | 16 | | quality, experts have developed hundreds of quality measures in | 17 | | use today and continue to develop and refine new ones; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Measures of quality should be evidence-based, | 19 | | consistent with nationally-recognized practice guidelines and | 20 | | endorsed through a multi-stakeholder consensus-based | 21 | | organization (i.e., National Quality Forum); and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, The trends of linking quality of care to |
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| 1 | | reimbursement and using quality information to inform patient | 2 | | choices will continue to grow as they are critically important | 3 | | to ensuring that healthcare reforms preserve and enhance the | 4 | | quality of healthcare; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Evidence-based cost and quality measures will | 6 | | help the healthcare system evolve from one rewarded for the | 7 | | volume of services to one promoting the value of services; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Because medical advances occur rapidly, quality | 9 | | measures need to be updated regularly to reflect the latest | 10 | | medical knowledge and continuous reassessment is required to | 11 | | avoid penalizing early adopters of care improvement and to | 12 | | facilitate medical innovations; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 15 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we support the application of | 16 | | evidence-based multi-stakeholder endorsed (National Quality | 17 | | Forum) quality measures and requirements that health plans and | 18 | | providers report publicly on quality performance to improve | 19 | | patient outcomes and better inform patient choices in state | 20 | | Health Insurance Marketplaces and state-funded healthcare | 21 | | programs, including Medicaid.
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