What other way does IHS report quality of care?
In addition to reporting for Transparency, IHS also reports quality of care as required by Federal law for the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).

What is GPRA?
Federal law says that IHS has to report to Congress each year on the quality of health care it provides to its patients. Other Federal health care programs such as the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense have to do the same. This kind of report card is known as “Government Performance and Results Act” or GPRA report card. This means that all government health care programs are expected to improve the health of their patients with the money they get from Congress. Each year IHS includes its GPRA report card to Congress as part of the IHS budget.

The GPRA report card tells Congress about the quality of care IHS is providing to the American Indian and Alaska Native people. The report card includes specific performance measures developed by IHS for the AI/AN patient population. For example, quality of care is measured by how well we are treating diabetes and heart disease. It also measures how well we are doing in preventing diseases like cancer, obesity, and HIV.

Click this link to view a list of the GPRA measures.

Click here to read about the differences between the Transparency and GPRA measures.