Project Title: Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions among Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Participants—Home and Community Based Services Measures Development and Maintenance Contract
Dates: The Call for Public Comment period opens on Monday, August 21, 2023, and closes on Friday, September 29, 2023.
Project Overview:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with the Lewin Group (Lewin) to develop the Hospitalizations for Ambulatory-Care Sensitive Conditions among Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Participants measure. The contract name is Home and Community Based Services Measures Development, Endorsement, Maintenance, and Alignment. The contract number is HHSM-500-2014-00033I and the task order number is HHSM-75FCMC19F0004. As part of its measure development process, Lewin requests interested parties to submit comments on the candidate or concept measures that may be suitable for this project. CMS and Lewin seek input from the public on the Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions among HCBS Participants measure technical specifications, such as inclusion and exclusion criteria, and key questions detailed in the attachments associated with this public comment.
Documents and Measures for Comment:
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Project-Specific Instructions:
The goal of the Hospitalizations for ACSCs among HCBS Participants measure public comment period is to obtain perspectives from a broad set of stakeholders on the draft measure specifications and the measure’s importance, reliability, face validity, feasibility, and usability. Feedback received from stakeholders during the public comment period may help to identify areas of improvement for the measure, including the draft specifications.
CMS is requesting that stakeholders review and provide feedback on the draft measure specifications. All comments are welcome, but we are particularly interested in feedback in the following areas:
- The importance, reliability, validity, feasibility, and usability of the Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions among HCBS Participants measure which aims to assess and improve the quality of care for Medicaid HCBS participants;
- Potential unintended consequences of measure implementation;
- Appropriateness of the proposed list of measure inclusions and exclusions;
- The clinical appropriateness of including mental health and substance use disorders (SUD) in the measure and considering them as ambulatory care sensitive conditions; and
- Appropriate conditions or hospital setting encounters that are currently not included in the draft specifications and should be included.
Send your comments to HCBSMeasures@Lewin.com.
