Adult Immunizations

Improve Your Immunization Rates and Performance Measures

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), immunization rates among adults have historically been low and vary between immunization types in the Medicare population. There is an even greater variation between racial and ethnic groups. Qualis Health’s Practice Innovation consultants are working with practices in Idaho and Washington to help increase immunizations and prepare them to meet the evolving requirements of the CMS Value-Based Payment Modifier program in which Medicare payment is determined by publicly reportable performance measures via the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).

Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of non-institutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older. Get more information about BRFSS.

How the Qualis Health Practice Innovation Network can help you improve your quality goals:

Technical Assistance

• Technical assistance to report data for PQRS and value-based modifiers (VBM)
• Help with understanding Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRUR)
• Assistance with developing strategies to align existing quality improvement efforts to address multiple federal value-based reimbursement programs            
• Technical assistance for data collection and reporting
• Technical assistance to improve documentation and workflow
• Personalized guidance on how to optimize EHRs to meet EHR incentive program and PQRS requirements.

Patient and Family Engagement

• Support with identifying healthcare disparities
• Support on how to engage patients in their care