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| The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will take up the |
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| Charge #4 - Study and make recommendations on the state's role for |
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| facilitating the exchange of health care information in the future, |
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| including using the Medicaid exchange as a framework for the statewide |
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| exchange of health information between health care providers to improve |
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| quality of care; what information the state should provide; how to use |
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| this information to improve care management, prevent medical errors, and |
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| reduce unnecessary services; and policies and statutory changes needed to |
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| ensure that privacy is protected. Study the feasibility of developing |
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| multiple regional health information technology exchanges in Texas. |
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| Charge #9 - Study current state health care quality improvement |
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| initiatives in Texas, including statewide health care-associated infection |
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| and adverse event reporting, reimbursement reductions in the Texas |
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| Medicaid program for preventable adverse events, potentially preventable |
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| readmissions identification, health information technology implementation, |
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| pay-for-performance programs, and other initiatives aimed at improving |
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| the efficiency, safety, and quality of health care in Texas. Identify |
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| statutory changes that may build upon efforts to improve quality of care |
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| and contain health care costs in Texas. Study policies that encourage and |
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| facilitate the use of best practices by health care providers including |
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| the best way to report and distribute information on quality of care and |
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| the use of best practices to the public and to promote health care |
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| provider and payment incentives that will encourage the use of best |
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| practices. The study/recommendations could also include assessing the best |
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| way to bring provider groups together to increase quality of care, the |
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| use of best practices, and reduce unnecessary services. |
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| Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes. |
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| If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies with your name |
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