Statewide Quality Advisory Committee (SQAC) Archive

2015 Meeting Cycle

Final Report

• Final Report (PDF) | Word
• List of approved 2016 SQMS measures (Excel)

2015 Publications

• Summary of Research on Quality Measurement and Reporting of Obstetric Care (PDF) | Word
• Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Quality Measurement and Reporting in the Commonwealth (PDF) | Word

October 19, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Minutes (PDF) | Word

September 21, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
  
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Preliminary Evaluations of Proposed SQMS Measures (PDF) | Word
  
• MAHP-MHA Proposed Tiering Measures (PDF) | Word

• SQAC Quality Priority Proposals
  • Behavioral Health Integration with Primary Care (PDF) | Word
  • End of Life Care (PDF) | Word
  • Maternity (PDF) | Word
  • Opioid Use (PDF) | Word
  • Appropriateness of Facility-Based Care (PDF) | Word

July 27, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• SQAC Scoring Priority Scoring Tool Definitions and Methods (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Priorities Scoring Document (Excel)

June 22, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT

May 18, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• OB Measures Handout (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word

February 23, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Minutes (PDF) | Word

2014 Meeting Cycle

Final Report

• 2014 Final Report (PDF) | Word
• Appendix B (PDF)
• Appendix C (PDF) | Word

Monday, October 20, 2014

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Measure Reassessments (PDF) | Word
  

Monday, September 22, 2014

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Draft Lewin Report: 2014 SQMS Proposed Measure Evaluation (PDF) | Word
• Draft SQMS Evaluation Tool (PDF) | Word

Monday, June 16, 2014

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PPT) | Word
• Quality Measures in End-of-Life Care (PPT) | Word
• 2014 Nominated Quality Measures Summary (PDF) | Word
• 2014 Nominated Quality Measures Detail (PDF) | Word

Monday, April 14, 2014

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF)| Word
• Presentation (PDF)| PPT| Word
• CHIA Advice to DOI Straw Model Use of SQMS in Provider Tiering (PDF)| Word
• Pediatric Behavioral Health Measures in the Standard Quality Measure Set (Excel)

Monday, February 10, 2014

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT | Word
• Proposed Measure for Hospital reporting (PDF) | Word
• Subset of the SQMS Measure for Pediatric Population (PDF) | Word
• SQMS measures by focus area (PDF) | Word

2013 Meeting Cycle

Final Report

• Final Report (PDF) | Word
• Appendix A (PDF) | Word
• Appendix B (PDF) | Word

Monday, December 16, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT | Word

Monday, October 21, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PPT) | Word
• Measuring Health Confidence: Additional Considerations (PDF) | Word
• Health Confidence Attachment (PDF)
• Results of the Ease of Measurement Reassessment (PDF) | Word

September 30, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PPT) | Word
• 2013 SQMS Proposed Measure Evaluation (PDF) | Word
• 2012 Non-mandated SQMS Measure Evaluations (PDF) Word
• Evaluations of 2012 Non-Mandated Measures (PDF) | Word
• 2013 Non-mandated SQMS Measures Evaluations and Preliminary Recommendations (Excel)
• SQAC Non-Mandated Measurement Evaluation Process and Scoring (PDF)
• Implementation of the Standard Quality Measure Set (PDF) | Word

August 19, 2013

• Agenda | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• DRAFT - SQAC Non-Mandated Measure Evaluation Process (PDF)

August 1, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Evaluation Committee Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• SQAC Non-Mandated Measure Evaluation Process -DRAFT (PDF)
• Preliminary Ratings - DRAFT (Excel)
• Criteria for Measure Endorsement (Word)
• MAP Measure Selection Criteria (PDF)
• NQF Measure Evaluation Criteria (PDF)

June 17, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PPT) | PDF
• MHQP Presentation on Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurements (PROMs) (PPT) | PDF
• CHIA's preliminary research into PROMs (Excel)
• CHIA's preliminary evaluation of the five new measures to the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) (Excel)
• SQAC Non-Mandated Measure Evaluation Process - DRAFT (PDF)

April 22, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PPT) | PDF
• Meeting Minutes (PDF) | Word

February 25, 2013

• Agenda (PDF)| Word
• Presentation (PPT)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF) | Word
• 2013 Draft Bylaws (PDF) | Word
• Proposed Mission Statement (PDF) | Word
• Massachusetts Quality Measure Catalog (Excel)

2012 Meeting Cycle

Final Report

• Final Report (PDF) | Word
• Appendix A (PDF) | Word

November 9, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Final Report (PDF) | Word
  • Appendix A (PDF) | Excel

August 10, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT | Word
• Senate Bill 2400, Section 14 (PDF) | Word
• SQMS Revised Framework (Excel)
• Mandated Measure Summary (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Final Report Outlined (PDF) | Word

July 24, 2012

• Agenda | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PPT)
• Public Health and Clinical Care, presented by Paul E. Jarris, MD, MBA, Executive Director, ASTHO (PPT)
• CMS Hospital Process Measures (PDF) | Word
• Proposed Measures Evaluation (Excel)
• Framework Guide (PDF)| Word

June 14, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word

May 18, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Care Coordination Table (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PDF) | Word
• Quality Measurement for Behavioral Health presented by Constance M. Horgan, Sc.D and Deborah W. Garnick, Sc.D. , The Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Brandeis University (PDF) | Word

April 12, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PDF) | PPT | Word
• Post - Acute Care Potential Measures (Presentation by Amy E. Boutwell, MD, MPP, Collaborative Health Strategies (PDF) | Word
• Standard Quality Measure Set - Nominations for Committee Consideration (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Nominations with Descriptions (PDF) | Excel
• Chapter 288 - An Act To Promote Cost Containment, Transparency And Efficiency In The Provision Of Quality Health Insurance For Individuals And Small Businesses (PDF) | Word

March 30, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Internal Framework for DPH Application of Standard Quality Measure Set (PDF) | Word
• Mandated Measures Draft Recommendations (PDF) | Word
• Public Nomination of Quality Measures (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PDF) | PPT

February 21, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Red Lined Bylaws (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PPT) | Word

February 16, 2012 (Quality Management Webinar)

• Quality Measurement 101 Presentation (PPT) | Word

January 25, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Bylaws (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Priorities (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PPT) | Word