FINGERTIP REPORT: D - EXTERNAL QUALITY REVIEW SUMMARY
Period: FY06 (October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007)
An External Quality Review (EQR) of the 18 prepaid inpatient health plans (PIHPs) providing the managed behavioral health care benefit to Michigan Medicaid recipients was conducted by Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG), as required by the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997. HSAG performed two reviews of each of the 18 PIHPs covering the three federally mandated EQR-related activities—determination of compliance with federal and State standards, validation of performance measures, and validation of performance improvement projects (PIPs).   A detailed summary of the EQR is available in the 2006–2007 External Quality Review Technical Report for Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans.
Compliance with Federal and State Standars Performance Measure Validation Performance Improvement Projects Validation
PIHPs Standard IX Subcontracts and Delegation Standard X Provider Network Standard XII Access and Availability Standard XIII Coordination of Care Standard XIV Appeals Standard XV Advance Directives Monitoring Overall Compliance
Access Alliance 100% 100% 76% 100% 98% 100% 93% 100% 100%
CMH Affiliation of Mid-MI 96% 98% 76% 100% 90% 71% 87% 100% 100%
CMH for Central MI 96% 92% 68% 92% 67% 17% 72% 100% 90%
Southeast Partnership 100% 100% 74% 100% 100% 92% 92% 100% 100%
Detroit-Wayne 86% 94% 38% 92% 23% 79% 58% 100% 88%
Genesee County CMH NA 100% 71% 100% 100% 92% 90% 100% 100%
Lakeshore 96% 100% 88% 100% 95% 100% 95% 92.9% 100%
LifeWays 96% 98% 68% 100% 70% 100% 83% 100% 100%
Macomb 89% 95% 79% 100% 57% 83% 79% 100% 100%
network180 93% 100% 77% 100% 82% 54% 83% 100% 100%
NorthCare 100% 100% 82% 100% 100% 92% 94% 100% 100%
Northern Affiliation 93% 100% 91% 92% 67% 71% 85% 100% 90%
Northwest Affiliation 96% 94% 76% 100% 98% 75% 89% 100% 100%
Oakland 100% 100% 88% 100% 97% 92% 95% 100% 100%
Saginaw 86% 100% 29% 100% 95% 100% 77% 100% 75%
Southwest Affiliation * 96% 98% 85% 100% 97% 79% 92% 100% 100%
Thumb Alliance * 100% 100% 97% 100% 100% 83% 98% 100% 80%
Venture 96% 98% 50% 100% 98% 96% 84% 100% 100%
Statewide Standard Score 95% 98% 73% 99% 85% 82% 86% 99.4% -----
Note: Shaded cells show performance below the statewide score.  
Source report: HSAG (Health Services Advisory Group) 2006-2007 PIHP External Quality Review Technical Report
Version: 1
Date: 10/4/2007
The Compliance Standard scores, each element within the seven standards was evaluated and scored as Met, Substantially Met, Partially Met, Not Met, or Not Applicable, with the exception that Substantially Met was not applicable to the Access and Availability standard. The overall score for each of the six scored standards was determined by totaling the number of Met (value: 1 point), Substantially Met (0.75 points), Partially Met (0.50 points), Not Met (0.00 points), and Not Applicable (0.00 points) elements for the standard, then dividing the summed score by the total number of applicable elements for that standard. An overall performance score was not calculated for credentialing, as the MDCH credentialing policy had been revised and issued to the PIHPs too recently for complete implementation prior to the external quality review. The same methodology was used to determine the overall performance rating for each PIHP and the statewide scores, summing the values of the ratings and dividing that sum by the total number of applicable elements.
The Performance Validation Measure scores are the percentage of indicators that were graded as either 'Fully Compliant' or 'Substantially Compliant'.
The Performance Improvement Project (PIP) Validation scores are the percentage of Critical Elements Met.  MDCH required the PIHPs to initiate a PIP on Performance Indicator #3: percentage of new persons receiving face to face assessment within 14 days of non-emergent assessment. Standard 95%
* The PIHP had met the performance standard for  the State Mandated PIP and was allowed to select a different topic.