Clinical and Economic Research
3M Health Information Systems
Research Study
Geographic Variation in Hospital Quality Performance in Medicare by Disease and Procedure Categories
This supplement to the report “The Financial Impact of Geographic Variation in Hospital Quality Performance in Medicare” examines the geographic variation in quality outcome performance measures (QOPMs) for specific disease and procedure categories. The description and details of the QOPMs, the methods of risk adjustment, determination of national and best practice norms, methods for computing expected values and methods of estimating the financial impact of QOPM performance differences are contained in the “Financial Impact of Geographic Variation in Hospital Quality Performance in Medicare.”
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Richard Averill, MS
Senior Health care Policy Advisor
Richard Averill, MS, is an international authority on the development of classification, case mix, quality, utilization review and reimbursement methodologies. He serves as senior health care policy advisor to 3M…
Richard Fuller, MS
Economist, Clinical & Economic Research
Rich Fuller, MS, is the manager of data analysis and economics for the Clinical and Economic Research Group at 3M Health Information Systems. At 3M he works within clinical teams…
Ron Mills, PhD
Software Architect, Clinical & Economic Research
Ron Mills, PhD, has been engaged in healthcare clinical research and software development for more than 40 years. He currently serves as software architect for the Clinical & Economic Research…