April 16, 2015
1:00pm

AGENDA

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Update of Activities
3. ACTION: Certificate of Need/Change in Approved Project: 700 Toll House Avenue Operations LLC d/b/a College View Center (Docket No. 12-10-2336)
4. ACTION: Institutional Review Board - Recognition of an alternative IRB
5. PRESENTATION: Privately Insured Health Care Spending in 2013
   • Presentation
   • Report
6. PRESENTATION: Maryland Multi-Payer Program Evaluation  

7. UPDATE:  Maryland Health Care Quality Reports – Release of New Data 

   The April update to the Maryland Health Care Quality Reports website focuses on three main areas: the top 25 medical conditions and charges, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) data, and the Health Plan Guide. The top 25 medical conditions and charges have been updated with calendar year 2014 data. Future modifications under consideration include expanding this section to the top 50 medical conditions and charges and the reporting of charges for common elective procedures. The HAI section has been updated with calendar year 2014 CLABSI (bloodstream infections) and new CDI (Clostridium difficile infections) data. Maryland continues to perform better than the national benchmark for CLABSI; however, with this first year of reporting CDI data, Maryland has performed worse than the national benchmark. The Health Plan Guide expansion includes a web-based display of CAHPS or member experience data from the Consumer Edition of the 2014 Health Benefits Plan Quality Report series. Additional data from the pdf report, including web-based display of HEDIS measures, will be added later this year.

8. Overview of Upcoming Initiatives
9. ADJOURNMENT