Data On Race, Ethnicity, And Language Largely Incomplete For Managed Care Plan Members.

The Affordable Care Act requires the federal government to collect and report population data on race, ethnicity, and language needs to help reduce health and health care disparities. We assessed data availability in commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare managed care plans using the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set. Data availability varied but remained largely incomplete.

Association of Health Plans' Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) performance with outcomes of enrollees with diabetes.

Background: Few quality of care evaluations examine the relationship between clinical processes and patient outcomes.

Objective: To determine the association between health plan performance on Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) clinical processes and intermediate outcome measures and Health Outcomes Survey (HOS) self-reported physical and mental health scores among Medicare plan enrollees with diabetes.

Research Design: Secondary data analysis of 2002 HEDIS and 2001-2003 HOS data.