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- Assessment of Quality Measures and Programs – Quality Measure Index (QMI)
Project Title: Assessment of Quality Measures and Programs – Quality Measure Index (QMI)
Dates:
The Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period opens September 5, 2024, and closes September 25, 2024. Submit all nomination materials by the closing date.
Project Overview:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Booz Allen Hamilton to implement and refine the Quality Measure Index (QMI). The contract name is the Measure & Instrument Development and Support (MIDS) Assessment of Quality Measures and Programs. The contract number is 75FCMC18D0019 – task order 75FCMC24F0096. The QMI supports the assessment and selection of quality measures that provide meaningful performance information and align with the national health care quality priorities as well as promoting standardization of measure assessments across CMS programs and prioritizing measures that promote positive patient outcomes. The QMI systematically and transparently displays the strengths and limitations of quality measures to facilitate comparisons and aid CMS in selecting the best measures to implement in quality programs.
Seeking the Following Perspectives/Expertise:
We are seeking individuals with differing perspectives and areas of expertise, such as:
- Quality measurement science (e.g., reliability and validity testing) and advanced statistical methodology
- Quality measure development and experience with consensus-based entity endorsement standards and evaluation
- Health care economics with a focus on impact of quality measurement
- Health equity and disparities (e.g., race, ethnicity, English proficiency, rural location, disability)
- Consumer/patient/family (caregiver) perspective, including Medicare/Medicaid/Health Insurance Marketplace beneficiaries and beneficiaries from underserved communities
- Clinical experience with patient safety, behavioral health, kidney disease, women’s health and maternal care, HIV, hypertension, and/or diabetes
- Development or oversight of digital quality measures
- Payer perspectives, including managed care, commercial, Medicaid, and Health Insurance Marketplace
TEP Expected Time Commitment:
TEP members will participate in two working meetings, approximately two hours each, in November 2024 and April 2025 (dates tentative). Meetings will be scheduled based on member availability. All TEP meetings will be conducted via webinar and teleconference.
Next Steps:
Please read the TEP Charter and complete the TEP Nomination Form. You may access these documents by selecting the title of each document: