- Emergency Care Capacity and Quality Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
Project Title: Emergency Care Capacity and Quality Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
Dates:
- The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on May 12, 2023.
- The TEP met on July 30, 2024.
Project Overview:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation – Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) to develop a measure of emergency care capacity and quality. The measure will be an electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM). The contract name is Measure & Instrument Development and Support (MIDS): Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outpatient Outcome/Efficiency Measures, Option Period 4. The contract number is 75FCMC18D0042, Task Order number 75FCMC19F0002. As part of its measure development process, Yale 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:
- Advance Care Planning Measure
Project Title: Advance Care Planning Measure
Dates:
- The Technical Expert Panel (TEP) met on January 24, 2024 and June 10, 2024.
Project Overview:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation - Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) to develop an Advance Care Planning Measure. The contract name is Measure & Instrument Development and Support (MIDS): Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outcome/Efficiency Measures for Hospital and Eligible Clinicians, Base Period. 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. The purpose of this TEP is to assemble a group with diverse perspectives and expertise to advise on conceptual, technical, and implementation considerations of this measure.
Documents:
You may access the TEP Summary Report and the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of each document:
- ESRD Mineral and Bone Disorder Measure Development
Project Title: ESRD Mineral and Bone Disorder Measure Development
Dates:
- The call for nominations period opened on November 3st and closed on November 17th 2023
Project Overview:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with the University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center (UM-KECC) to develop facility-level measures in the area of mineral and bone disorder. The contract number is 75FCMC18D0041, task order number 75FCMC23F0001. As part of its measure development process, the University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center convenes groups of stakeholders who contribute direction and thoughtful input to the measure developer during measure development and maintenance. UM-KECC has been tasked by CMS to develop dialysis facility quality measures that evaluate the effectiveness of mineral and bone disorder (MBD) management as part of the treatment of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) among US dialysis facilities.
Documents:
You may access the TEP Summary Report by clicking the title of each document:
- Development, Evaluation, and Maintenance of Post-Acute Care (PAC) and Hospice Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Measurement Sets
Project Title: Development, Evaluation, and Maintenance of Post-Acute Care (PAC) and Hospice Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Measurement Sets
Dates:
- The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on October 18,2023.
- The TEP met on November 9, 2023 for a one-hour pre-TEP orientation and December 15, 2023 for a four-hour TEP meeting.
Project Overview:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with Acumen, LLC and Abt Global LLC (hereafter referred to as Acumen and Abt) to support the development, evaluation, and maintenance of quality and cost measures for use in the Post-Acute Care (PAC) and Hospice Quality Reporting Programs (QRPs) as mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 and the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act of 2014). Acumen, LLC supports the Quality Measure & Assessment Instrument Development & Maintenance & QRP Support for the Long-Term Care Hospital, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility, Skilled Nursing Facility, Quality Reporting Programs, & Nursing Home Compare contract (75FCMC18D0015, Task Order 75FCMC19F0003). Abt Global LLC supports the Home Health and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Quality Measures and Assessment Instruments Development, Modification and Maintenance, & Quality Reporting Program Oversight Support contract (75FCMC18D0014, Task Order 75FCMC19F0001; 75FCMC19F0011).
As part of its measure development and evaluation process, Acumen and Abt convene groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input during measure evaluation and development. Acumen and Abt convened this TEP to gather input on the prioritization, feasibility, and cross-setting alignment of measurement which focused on filling measurement gaps in the PAC and Hospice QRPs with Universal Foundation measures and identifying additional measure concepts to prioritize for future measure development in the PAC and hospice settings. This cross-setting TEP is a standing TEP that will reconvene annually, or on an as-needed basis, to support the evaluation, development, and maintenance of the PAC and Hospice QRP measurement sets until 2028.
Documents:
You may access the TEP Summary Report by clicking the title of the document:
- Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings on Care Compare
Project Title: Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings on Care Compare
Dates:
- The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on August 23rd, 2023.
- The TEP met on October 31st, 2023.
Project Overview:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation – Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) to maintain the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. The contract name is Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outcome/Efficiency Measures for Hospital and Eligible Clinicians, Option Period 4. The contract number is HHSM-75FCMC18D0042, Task Order Number HHSM-75FCMC19F0001. As part of its measure development and maintenance process, CORE convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input to the measure developer during project refinement and maintenance.
Documents:
You may access the TEP Summary Report and the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of each document:
- Patient End-of-Life Goal Setting Measure
Project Title: Patient End-of-Life Goal Setting Measure
Dates:
- The Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on December 7, 2023.
Project Overview:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation – Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) to develop a measure capturing patient end-of-life care goals development. The CORE contract name is Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outcome/Efficiency Measures for Hospitals and Eligible Clinicians, Option Period 4. The contract number is HHSM-75FCMC18D0042, Task Order HHSM-75FCMC19F0001. As the organizer of this TEP, CORE convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input on their work and analysis. The TEP is being convened to provide input and advise on the proposed methodologic approach for assessing end-of-life care goals development.
Perspectives/Expertise:
We sought individuals with differing perspectives and areas of expertise, such as palliative care, geriatric care, hospice care, health informatics, healthcare quality and administration, healthcare delivery (clinicians), performance measurement, quality improvement, and consumer/patient/family (caregiver) perspective.
TEP Expected Time Commitment:
CORE anticipates holding one virtual meeting with a duration of approximately two and a half hours on January 24, 2024, with the possibility of extending to additional meetings in future option periods.
Documents:
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