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Highlighting HEDIS®: Controlling high blood pressure

May 30, 2014

This article series is our monthly tool to help you maximize patient health outcomes in accordance with NCQA?s1 HEDIS®2 measurements for high-quality care on important dimensions of services.

HEDIS® definition

Controlling High Blood Pressure (CBP): The percentage of commercial and Medicare members ages 18 ? 85 who had a diagnosis of hypertension (HTN) and whose blood pressure was adequately controlled (

Quick tips for improvement

  • ✔Measure a patient?s blood pressure at the beginning and end of each visit, making sure to record the lower value.
  • ✔Leverage the Hypertension Program offered through IBC Health Coaches.
  • ✔Provide patients with educational resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
    www.cdc.gov/bloodpr essure/materials_for_patients.htm.

Stars Alert!

Controlling High Blood Pressure is also a Medicare Stars3 measure.

Did you know that providers registered for ePASS® can receive financial incentives by documenting certain patient encounters, including CBP documentation? Register for ePASS® and enter your registration code (ePASS2012) to sign up.

Support from IBC

IBC Health Coaches can collaborate with you to support and guide your patients through an acute or chronic episode to help achieve the medical treatment goals you establish. IBC Health Coaches are available 24/7/365 and can support your patients as they make important decisions about their health. Ask your IBC patients to call an IBC Health Coach at 1-800-ASK-BLUE and say ?Health Coach? when prompted.

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1 The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is the most widely recognized accreditation program in the U.S.

2 The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is an NCQA tool used by more than 90 percent of U.S. health plans to measure performance on important dimensions of care.

3 Stars is a program developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to measure quality health care. Ratings are published annually to help educate consumers prior to enrollment decisions.

HEDIS is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Used with permission.


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