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Diabetes Care Trends In The Ma Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative (Ma Pcmhi) At Mid-Point, Sai Cherala, Judith Steinberg, Stephen Baker
Diabetes Care Trends In The Ma Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative (Ma Pcmhi) At Mid-Point, Sai Cherala, Judith Steinberg, Stephen Baker
Sai Cherala
Background: The MA PCMHI is a multi-payer demonstration involving 45 primary care practices. Thirty-one (31) practices receive additional financial support; all receive technical assistance.
Objectives: To assess data trends in diabetes quality measures from participating adult practices.
Study Design: Quality improvement study utilizing practices’ self-reported data on clinical quality measures. Diabetes measures included blood pressure, LDL cholesterol and hemoglobin A1C control and depression screening.
Methods: Monthly quality data from 38 practices reported June 2011 (baseline) through November 2012 were evaluated. Using a general linear mixed model Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), an overall comparison across time and pair-wise comparisons between times …