Missouri Transparency Initiative: Price and Quality Measure Technical Manual

The Price and Quality Measure Technical Manual provides specifications for Missouri price and quality measures that are included in the Missouri Hospital Association’s transparency initiative. This set of indicators tracks outcomes related to the cost and quality of patient care throughout the health care continuum. Quality information provides information such as data steward, description, specifications, data source and risk adjustment where applicable. Price data included in this manual represent inpatient emergency department and outpatient procedure codes based on a clinical classification system.