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26-907m Improve Patient Safety with No-Cost Quality Resources
Health Net·CA·Provider News
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Jul 28, 2026
Summary
This is an informational policy directing hospitals to utilize no-cost quality improvement resources and benchmarking tools from HSAG, HQI, and Leapfrog to improve patient safety outcomes in HAIs, sepsis care, readmissions, and SUD care. This policy does not impose new billing requirements, coverage changes, or coding modifications for the medical billing team.
Action Required
No billing-specific action required. This policy is directed at hospital quality improvement and clinical performance monitoring, not billing operations. The billing team should be aware that clinical leadership may use HSAG, HQI, and Leapfrog resources to track quality metrics, but this does not affect claim submission, coding, prior authorization, or reimbursement processes. If the practice is a hospital, clinical and quality leadership should review available resources at HSAG, HQI, and Leapfrog to support ongoing quality improvement initiatives.