Updates to Established TEPs

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2025 Nomination Period

Assessment of Patient Autonomy for Clinical Outcomes used in Quality of Care Outcomes Reported for U.S. Chronic Dialysis Facilities and Providers

Project Title: Assessment of Patient Autonomy for Clinical Outcomes used in Quality of Care Outcomes Reported for U.S. Chronic Dialysis Facilities and Providers

Dates: 

  • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on January 20, 2025
  • The TEP met on May 30, 2025 and July 10, 2025

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with University of Michigan- Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center (UM-KECC) to develop “Assessment of Patient Autonomy for Clinical Outcomes used in Quality of Care Outcomes Reported for U.S. Chronic Dialysis Facilities and Providers” The contract name is “Kidney Disease Measure Development and Maintenance”. The contract number is 75FCMC18D0041, task order number 75FCMC23F0001. As part of its measure development process, UM-KECC convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input to the measure developer during measure development and maintenance.

Documents:

You may access the TEP Summary Report and the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of each document:

Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outpatient Outcome/Efficiency Measures

Project Title: Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outpatient Outcome/Efficiency Measures

Dates:

  • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on June, 17, 2025.
  • The TEP met on July 10, 2025.

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with Acumen, LLC, its non-profit partner firm The SPHERE Institute, and subcontractors (hereafter jointly referred to as “Acumen”) to develop outcome/efficiency measures. The contract name is Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outpatient Outcome/Efficiency Measures. The contract number is 75FCMC18D0015, Task Order (TO) No. 75FCMC24F0146. As part of its measure development and re-specification process, Acumen convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input to the measure developer during measure development and maintenance.

Acumen convened this TEP to re-specify the Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates measure (OP-39) that is currently in use in the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (Hospital OQR) program. This measure was submitted for Consensus-Based Entity (CBE) endorsement during the Fall 2023 cycle but did not receive endorsement. The purpose of this TEP is to re-specify the OP-39 measure in order to address the limitations and weaknesses discussed during the endorsement cycle. 

Documents:

You may access the TEP Summary Report and the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of each document:

Development of Quality Measures to Improve Kidney Transplant Access and Post-Transplant Outcomes

Project Title: Development of Quality Measures to Improve Kidney Transplant Access and Post-Transplant Outcomes

Dates:

  • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on February 12, 2025.
  • The TEP met on June 10, 2025.

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation-Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) in collaboration with Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) to develop two quality measures related to kidney transplant for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model. The measure concepts include a patient-reported outcome-based performance measure (PRO-PM) focused on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among kidney transplant recipients, and a process measure focused on access to the kidney transplant waitlist addressing pre-transplant process of care. The contract name is Measure & Instrument Development and Support: Quality Measure Development and Analytic Support. The contract number is HHSM-75FCMC18D0042, Task Order HHSM-75FCMC24F0230. As the organizer of this TEP, CORE and HSAG convene groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input on the project team’s work and analysis. The TEP will review the draft quality measure specifications and advise CORE and HSAG on measure constructs such as the numerator, denominator, exclusions, and risk adjustment approach, and provide comments on and evaluate the scientific acceptability of measure testing results.

Documents:

You may access the TEP Summary Report and the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of each document:

Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Measures Maintenance and Development

Project Title: Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Measures Maintenance and Development

Dates:

  • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on February 14, 2025.
  • The TEP met on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, and Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with Mathematica and Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) to develop 1) new measures for children, youth, and young adults who use home and community-based services (HCBS) and 2) maintain existing CMS HCBS and long-term services and supports (LTSS) measures. The contract name is Long-term Services and Supports (LTSS) Analyses, Public Reporting, and Measures Maintenance and Development. The contract number is 75FCMC19D0091 and the task order number is 75FMC24F0194. As part of its measure development process, Mathematica convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input to the measure developer during measure development and maintenance.

Documents:

You may access the TEP Summary Report and the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of each document:

Development and Evaluation of Exchange Health Plan Quality Initiatives (QRS/QIS)

Project Title: Development and Evaluation of Exchange Health Plan Quality Initiatives (QRS/QIS)

Dates: 

  • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on March 10, 2025.
  • The TEP met on May 21, 2025.

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted Booz Allen Hamilton (Booz Allen) to implement the Development and Evaluation of Exchange Health Plan Quality Initiatives (QRS/QIS) in fulfillment of the statutory and regulatory requirements of 1311(c)(3) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The contract name is Development and Exchange of Health Plan Quality Initiatives (QRS/QIS). The contract number is 75FCMC18D0019. As the organizer of this TEP, Booz Allen convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input on their work and analysis. The QRS/QIS TEP will advise on the continued implementation of the QRS and QIS by providing input on topics such as public engagement efforts, guidance materials, data analysis and methodology, and measure set refinements.

Documents:

You may access the TEP Summary Report, TEP Membership List, and TEP Charter by clicking the title of each document:

2024 Nomination Period

Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) Development and Maintenance for Eligible Clinicians (EC)

Project Title: Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) Development and Maintenance for Eligible Clinicians (EC)

Dates:

  • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on June 29, 2024.
  • The TEP met on April 7, 2025 and June 23, 2025.

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and its partners to develop, electronically specify, and maintain eCQMs for eligible clinicians for potential consideration and use in CMS quality programs. The contract name is Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) Development and Maintenance for Eligible Clinicians (EC). The contract number is 75FCMC18D0027. As the organizer of this TEP, AIR convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input on their work and analysis. The TEP is a collaborative advisory body of approximately 18 individuals who represent a broad range of technical experts and stakeholders including but not limited to, patients, caregivers, patient advocates, clinicians, electronic health record vendor representatives, quality improvement experts, and health system representatives. The objective of the TEP is to provide input on the prioritization and development of eCQMs that support CMS’s quality program goals throughout the development lifecycle. 

Documents:

You may access the TEP Summary Report and the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of each document:

Patient Safety Measure Development and Maintenance – Patient Safety Indicator (PSI)

Project Title: Patient Safety Measure Development and Maintenance – Patient Safety Indicator (PSI)

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted Mathematica to maintain two claims-based measures (Patient Safety Indicator [PSI] 90 composite and 30-Day Risk Standardized Death Rate among Surgical Inpatients with Complications [Failure-to-Rescue]). The contract name is Measure & Instrument Development and Support (MIDS): Patient Safety Measure Development and Maintenance. The contract number is 75FCMC18D0032, Task Order number is 75FCMC24F0023. As the organizer of this TEP, Mathematica convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input on their work and analysis. The purpose of this TEP is to convene a group of diverse perspectives and expertise to advise on conceptual, technical, and implementation considerations of the claims-based measures specified above.

Perspectives/Expertise:

We sought individuals with differing perspectives and areas of expertise, such as

  • Clinical experts with expertise in hospital settings, including medical doctors, nurses, and any other staff with expertise in patient safety clinical topics,
  • Subject matter experts in performance measurement;
  • Subject matter experts in coding and informatics;
  • Subject matter experts in electronic health records (EHR); and
  • Consumer/patient/family (caregivers).  

TEP Expected Time Commitment:

The number of meetings will vary each year throughout the contract period.  

Documents:

You may access the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of the document:

Clinician Cost Measures Development Project

Project Title: Clinician Cost Measures Development Project

Dates:

  • The Physician Cost Measures and Patient Relationship Codes (PCMP) Technical Expert Panel (TEP) met on December 18, 2024.

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Acumen, LLC (referred to as “Acumen”) to develop, maintain, and re-evaluate cost measures for use in the MIPS cost performance category through the Physician Cost Measures and Patient Relationship Codes (PCMP) contract (75FCMC18D0015/Task Order 75FCMC24F0142) to meet the requirements of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Acumen also maintains the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) Hospital measure used in the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program. The PCMP project continues previous contracts, MACRA Episode Groups and Cost Measures (2016 to 2019, contract number HHSM-500-2013-13002I, Task Order HHSM-500-T0002) and Physician Cost Measures and Patient Relationship Codes (2019 to 2024, contract number 75FCMC18D0015, Task Order 75FCMC19F0004). As part of its measure development process, Acumen convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input to the measure developer during measure development and maintenance.

Documents:

You may access the TEP Summary Report and the TEP Composition List by clicking the title of each document:

Hospital-Level Risk-Standardized 30-Day All Cause Readmission Following Hospitalization for Sepsis

Project Title: Hospital-Level Risk-Standardized 30-Day All Cause Readmission Following Hospitalization for Sepsis.

Dates: The Technical Expert Panel (TEP) met on December 12, 2024 and April 14, 2025.

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation-Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) to create a measure for 30-day risk-standardized all cause readmission following hospitalization for sepsis (Sepsis Readmission measure). The contract name is Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outcome/Efficiency Measures for Hospitals and Eligible Clinicians, Base Period. The contract number is HHSM-75FCMC18D0042, Task Order HHSM-75FCMC24F0042. As part of its measure development process, CORE convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input to the measure developer during measure development and maintenance.

Documents:

You may access the TEP Summary Report and the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of each document:

Assessment of Quality Measures and Programs – Quality Measure Index (QMI)

Project Title: Assessment of Quality Measures and Programs – Quality Measure Index (QMI)

Dates:

  • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on September 25, 2024.
  • The TEP met on December 9, 2024 and April 15, 2025.

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.  

Documents:

You may access the TEP Summary Report and the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of each document:

2022 Nomination Period

Development of an Enrollee Satisfaction Survey System for Use in the Exchange

Project Title: Development of an Enrollee Satisfaction Survey System for Use in the Exchange

Dates:

  • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on September 2, 2022 for the 2022-2023 TEP.
  • For the 2023-2024 QHP TEP, thirteen of sixteen standing TEP members continued participation and AIR recruited 4 new TEP members through the CMS Person and Family Engagement Network (PFEN) and direct outreach.
  • For the 2024-2025 TEP, 15 TEP members continued participation and AIR recruited one new TEP member through the CMS PFEN for a total of 16 TEP members.
  • For the 2025-2026 TEP, 14 TEP members continued participation and AIR recruited five new TEP members through direct outreach for a total of 19 TEP members.
  • The TEP met on October 27, 2022, March 2, 2023, October 30, 2023, March 1, 2024, November 4, 2024, and February 28, 2025.

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to develop an Enrollee Satisfaction Survey System for use in the Exchange. The contract name is Development of an Enrollee Satisfaction Survey System for use in the Exchange. The contract number is 75FCMC18D0027. As part of its measure development process, AIR convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input to the measure developer during measure development and maintenance.

Documents:

You may access the TEP Summary Reports and TEP Membership List by clicking the title of each document:

2019 Nomination Period

Patient Safety Measure Development and Maintenance – Hospital Harm 

Project Title: Patient Safety Measure Development and Maintenance – Hospital Harm

Dates:

  • The TEP met on June 5, 2024; July 30, 2024; and December 4, 2024.

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted Mathematica to develop and maintain hospital harm electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). The contract name is Measure & Instrument Development and Support (MIDS): Patient Safety Measure Development and Maintenance. The contract number is 75FCMC18D0032, Task Order number is 75FCMC24F0023.  As part of its measure development process, Mathematica convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input to the measure developer during measure development and maintenance. 

Documents:

You may access the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of the document:

Clinician Cost Measures Development Project

Project Title: Clinician Cost Measures Development Project

Dates:

  • The Physician Cost Measures and Patient Relationship Codes (PCMP) Technical Expert Panel (TEP) met on March 13, 2024.

Project Overview:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Acumen, LLC (referred to as “Acumen”) to develop, maintain, and re-evaluate cost measures for use in the MIPS cost performance category through the Physician Cost Measures and Patient Relationship Codes (PCMP) contract (75FCMC18D0015/Task Order 75FCMC19F0004) to meet the requirements of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Acumen also maintains the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) Hospital measure used in the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program. The PCMP project continues a previous contract, MACRA Episode Groups and Cost Measures (2016 to 2019, contract number HHSM-500-2013-13002I, Task Order HHSM-500-T0002). As part of its measure development process, Acumen convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input to the measure developer during measure development and maintenance.

Documents:

You may access the TEP Summary Report and the TEP Composition List by clicking the title of each document:

CMS Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP) TEPs

Technical Expert Panels (TEPs), made up of a diverse group of stakeholders including clinicians, measure development experts, and patient/caregiver representatives, are a crucial part of the CMS Measure Development Plan (MDP). Their primary role is to provide technical input on the development, selection, and maintenance of quality measures to ensure that they are clinically relevant, reliable, and valid.

View MDP TEP Summary Reports

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