Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 74 Public Assistance - Section 74.09.085 Contracts -- Performance measures -- Financial incentives

§ 74.09.085. Contracts -- Performance measures -- Financial incentives

The secretary shall, in collaboration with other state agencies that administer state purchased health care programs, private health care purchasers, health care facilities, providers, and carriers, use evidence-based medicine principles to develop common performance measures and implement financial incentives in contracts with insuring entities, health care facilities, and providers that:

(1) Reward improvements in health outcomes for individuals with chronic diseases, increased utilization of appropriate preventive health services, and reductions in medical errors; and

(2) Increase, through appropriate incentives to insuring entities, health care facilities, and providers, the adoption and use of information technology that contributes to improved health outcomes, better coordination of care, and decreased medical errors.

[2005 c 446 § 3.]

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