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HHS Announces 26 Quality Measures |
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HHS Announces 26
Quality Measures
The Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a final
notice announcing an initial set of 26 quality measures for
Medicaid-eligible adults for voluntary use by state Medicaid agencies. The
measures cover areas such as prevention and health promotion, management of
acute and chronic conditions, care coordination, family experiences of care and
availability. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) collaborated to identify the
26 measures, down from the 51 measures originally proposed. The Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act required HHS to establish a Medicaid Quality
Measurement Program by January 1, 2012 to fund development, testing and
validation of emerging and evidence-based measures. By September, CMS intends
to release technical specifications as a resource for states that seek to
voluntarily collect and report the initial core set of quality measures, and by
January 1, 2013 the agency will issue guidance for submitting the initial core
set in a standardized format.
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