249J.16 - COST AND QUALITY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.
249J.16 COST AND QUALITY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.
Beginning July 1, 2005, the department shall contract with an
independent consulting firm to do all of the following:
1. Annually evaluate and compare the cost and quality of care
provided by the medical assistance program and through the expansion
population with the cost and quality of care available through
private insurance and managed care organizations doing business in
the state.
2. Annually evaluate the improvements by the medical assistance
program and the expansion population in the cost and quality of
services provided to Iowans over the cost and quality of care
provided in the prior year. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 167, §17, 66
Referred to in § 249A.36, 249J.23