CMS considering new quality measures for ESRD careMark E. NeumannNephrology News & Issues
Those seven sets of measures were based upon existing quality measures. There’s ongoing measure development and as new measures come along in the primary care space, oncology, cardiology, which are three of the seven core sets, we’ll need to take a look at those and see if they’re bet...
CMS seeks to engage with stakeholders as it continues to develop new quality measures, including those from HOPE. Relevant opportunities, information gathering reports and TEP reports are available on the CMS provider and stakeholder engagement page. ...
CMS is implementing a "Universal Foundation" of quality measures, which will create a core set of measures that are aligned across programs. CMS is working to include all of the Universal Foundation measures in the Part C and Part D Ratings, pending future rulemaking. Part C Star Rating...
Additionally, CMS is beginning the public reporting of the Transfer of Health Information to the Provider—PAC Measure and the Transfer of Health Information to the Patient—PAC Measure with the October 2025 Care Compare refresh. The agency adopted four new quality measures in the ...
”Proposed changes for 2024 include: establishing a new Medicare Clinical Quality Measure collection type for ACOs reporting quality measures under the Alternative Payment Model (APM) Performance Pathway (APP); making additional changes to the financial benchmark methodology in support of ACOs’ ...
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HQR allows facilities to directly report their quality measures. This reduction in time to use the system and submit data is now precious time gained by hospital staff to spend on their main job -- running a hospital and caring for patients....
The new Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating reflects comprehensive quality information about the care provided at the nation’s hospitals. The rating system, developed through a public and transparent process, takes 62 existing quality measures already reported on the Hospital Compare website and summar...
"As data is entered into the system, eligible clinicians will see real-time initial scoring within each of the [MIPS] performance categories based on their submissions," CMS said in the fact sheet. "This scoring may change if new data is reported or quality measures that have not yet been...