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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invests significantly in systems to collect information about the quality of health care offered by health plans, physicians, and institutional providers (such as hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis facilities, and home health agencies). This quality information is reported on CMS and DHHS web sites for public accountability; to aid plans, physicians, and providers to improve quality; and to help Medicare beneficiaries and other consumers, and health plans and other purchasers, make informed choices. In the not-too-distant future, quality data will also be used to differentially reimburse based in part on quality care. The "Quality Initiatives Research" presented in this page includes strategic formative research, product testing, and/or assessment research. This research seeks to improve how CMS portrays and promotes quality, efficiency, and cost information in order to help consumers make informed choices. It is based primarily on information gathered directly from consumers. However, additional input is gathered from information intermediaries (e.g., lay caregivers, SHIP counselors, licensed health care professionals, hospital discharge planners). For more information, see the links in the Downloads section listed below. For your convenience, most of the downloads offer the following options to choose from: a synopsis of the report which highlights the overall purpose of the research project along with key findings; an executive summary of the report which summarizes the purpose and background of the research project, research methodology used, and key findings and recommendations; and the full report which provides a complete presentation and analysis of the research project.
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