MHQP was selected as the vendor to conduct statewide patient experience surveys of people insured through the Massachusetts Medicaid program, MassHealth, and participating in the new Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and Community Partners (CP) programs. The value-based program includes patient experience as one of the metrics on which ACOs will be measured. The contract focuses on three
MHQP conducted a large-scale pilot survey of Medicaid patient care experiences in the ambulatory practice setting. The pilot surveyed over 45,000 MassHealth members who had at least one outpatient visit with a primary care provider in the preceding twelve months. The goals of the project were to:
This was the project that spawned the creation of MHQP. Then known as the Massachusetts Health Quality Partnership, MHQP was formed in 1995 by a coalition of health, business and government leaders in Massachusetts to develop healthcare performance measurement initiatives to meet public accountability needs. With a wide call for increased transparency on healthcare performance in Massachusetts,