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Quality Measurement and Reporting in Iowa

 

Quality Measurement and Reporting in Iowa

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
Grievance programs (Reporting requirements, Management of grievance reports) Complaint System, Iowa Code § 514B.14 Complaint System    Requires Health Maintenance Organizations to establish a system for complaints that has received approval from the...
Complaints, I.A.C. r. 191-40.9 Complaints   Requires health maintenance organizations to establish a system for resolving complaints. Requires HMOs to maintain records of...
Grievance Procedures, I.A.C. r. 441-88.8 Grievance Procedures   Requires prepaid health plans (PHPs) to establish grievance procedures and to obtain the Department of Human Services...
Grievances, I.A.C. r. 441-73.15 Grievances   Requires managed care organizations that provide Medicaid services to establish procedures for handling nonclinical grievances....
Written Record, I.A.C. r. 441-73.16 Written record   Requires managed care organizations to maintain records of received grievances and their disposition and report these records...
Quality assurance programs for hospitals or public programs Continuous Quality Improvement Program, I.A.C. r. 657-8.26 Continuous quality improvement program    Requires pharmacies to establish a continuous quality improvement program as a means of...
Iowa Newborn Screening Program (INSP), I.A.C. r. 641-4.3 Iowa Newborn Screening Program (INSP)   Establishes standards and procedures for the Iowa newborn screening program. Requires all newborns in...
Participating Health and Dental Plans, I.A.C. r. 441-86.15 Participating Health and Dental Plans   Establishes requirements for health and dental plans that wish to participate in Iowa’s CHIP...
Quality Assurance, I.A.C. 641-21.7 Quality Assurance   Requires hospitals to allow the Department of Health to inspect medical records related to the brain and spinal cord injury...
Quality assurance, I.A.C. r. 441-73.24 Quality Assurance   Requires managed care organizations that provide Medicaid services to implement a systems for quality assurance and...
Stroke Care, Iowa Code § 135.191 Stroke Care -- continuous quality improvement.    Requires the Department of Public Health to maintain a statewide stroke database....
Quality reporting requirements – providers and health plans Health Home Services Providers, I.A.C. r. 441-77.47 Health Home Services Providers   Establishes qualifications for health home services providers’ participation in Iowa’s Medicaid...
External review for insurance and/or peer review purposes (Cross reference to Private Insurance Data and Medical Peer Review) Quality of Care, I.A.C. r. 191-40.5 Quality of Care   Establishes quality of care requirements for health maintenance organizations. These requirements include maintaining a...
Quality assessment for health plans Quality of Care, I.A.C. r. 191-40.5 Quality of Care   Establishes quality of care requirements for health maintenance organizations. These requirements include maintaining a...