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2023 Nomination Period

  • 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 1, 2023.
    • The TEP met on May 22, 2023.

    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 and the TEP Membership List by clicking the title of each document:

2022 Nomination Period

  • Project Title: Refinement of the Nursing Home (NH) Antipsychotic Medication Measures

    Dates:

    • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on 29 November 2022.
    • The TEP met on 21 February 2023 for a one-hour pre-TEP orientation and 24 February 2023 for a four-hour TEP meeting.

    Project Overview:

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted Acumen, LLC (hereafter referred to as Acumen) to re-specify the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) antipsychotic medication measures reported on Care Compare. The contract name is “Quality Measure & Assessment Instrument Development & Maintenance & Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Support for the Long-Term Care Hospital, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility, Skilled Nursing Facility QRPs and Nursing Home Compare.” The contract number is 75FCMC18D0015, Task Order 75FCMC19F0003. As part of its measure development and evaluation process, Acumen convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input during measure evaluation and development.  Acumen convened a TEP to solicit input regarding refinement options to increase the accuracy of the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) antipsychotic medication measures, and evaluating the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 reporting of data elements used in the measure.

    Documents:

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

  • Project Title: Patient Safety Structural Measure

    Dates: 

    • The Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on December 21, 2022.
    • The Technical Expert Panel (TEP) met on March 3, 2023, and March 17, 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 Patient Safety Structural Measure. 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 HHSM-75FCMC19F0001. 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:

  • Project Title: Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) & Home Health (HH) QRP Health Equity Structural Composite Measure Development

    Dates:

    • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on August 12, 2022.
    • The TEP met on November 8, November 29, and December 5, 2022.

    Project Overview:

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with Abt Associates, Inc. to provide quality measure maintenance and support including the development of a home health and hospice health equity structural quality measure. The contract name is Measure & Instrument Development and Support (MIDS): Home Health and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Quality Measures and Assessment Instruments Development, Modification and Maintenance, & Quality Reporting Program Oversight Support. The contract number is 5FCMC18D0014, Task Order number 75FCMC19F0001. As part of its measure development process, Abt convenes groups of stakeholders who contribute to the direction and provide 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:

    •    Home Health and Hospice Health Equity TEP Summary Report
    •    Home Health and Hospice Health Equity TEP Membership List 

  • Project Title: CMS Quality Measure Development Plan and Quality Measure Index

    Dates:

    • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on January 13, 2022.
    • The TEP met on March 23, 2023.

    Project Overview:

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG) to develop and update the CMS Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP), which serves as a strategic framework for clinician quality measure development to support the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs), known collectively as the Quality Payment Program. As a separate component of the Task Order, HSAG is developing and refining the Quality Measure Index (QMI) to support the assessment and selection of quality measures that provide meaningful quality performance information and align with the national health care quality priorities. The contract name is Impact Assessment of CMS Quality and Efficiency Measures. The contract number is 75FCMC18D0026. As the organizer of this TEP, HSAG convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input during development of the MDP and QMI.

    Documents:

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

  • Project Title: Patient Safety Structural Measure

    Dates: 

    • The Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on December 21, 2022. 

    Project Overview:

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with CORE to develop a Patient Safety Structural Measure. The contract name is Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outcome/Efficiency Measures for Hospital and Eligible Clinicians, Option Period 3. The contract number is HHSM-75FCMC18D0042, Task Order HHSM-75FCMC19F0001. As part of its measure development process, CORE convenes groups of stakeholders 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.

    Perspectives/Expertise:

    We sought individuals with differing perspectives and areas of expertise, such as those with subject matter expertise in: Patient safety; Patient advocacy; Consumer/patient/family (caregiver) perspective; Hospital administration; Healthcare delivery (e.g., clinicians); Performance measurement; Quality improvement; Healthcare disparities. As the focus of this TEP will be to obtain input on a Patient Safety Structural Measure, we are interested in having patients, patient advocates, and patient caregivers comprise half of the TEP.

    TEP Expected Time Commitment: 

    CORE anticipates holding two webinar-based meetings for March of 2023.

    Documents:

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

  • Project Title: Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for the Measurement Gaps and Measure Development Priorities for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program

    Dates:

    • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on 16 January 2022.
    • The TEP met on 25 February 2022 for a one-hour pre-TEP orientation and 9 March 2022 for a four-hour TEP meeting.

    Project Overview:

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Acumen, LLC (hereafter referred to as Acumen) to develop the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Program: a CMS program that awards SNFs with incentive payments based on the quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. The contract name is “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.” The contract number is 75FCMC18D0015, Task Order 75FCMC19F0003. 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. Acumen convened a TEP to solicit input regarding measurement gaps within the SNF VBP Program and identify measure priorities for expansion of the Program.

    Documents:

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

  • Project Title: Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for the Scoring Methodology for the Expansion of the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program

    Dates:

    • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on March 16, 2022.
    • The TEP met on May 18, 2022, for a TEP orientation, and again on May 19, 2022, for a 4-hour virtual TEP meeting.

    Project Overview:

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with Mathematica and RTI International to develop a Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program scoring methodology that ties SNF payments to the quality of care provided across several domains of care. The contract name is the Division of Value, Incentives, and Quality Reporting (DVIQR) Program Support (DPS) contract. The contract number is 75FCMC18D0032, task order 75FCMC19F0005. As the organizer of this TEP, Mathematica convened a group of stakeholders and experts who contributed direction and thoughtful input on the scoring methodology for the expansion of the SNF VBP Program.

    Documents:

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

 

2021 Nomination Period

  • Project Title: Patient Understanding of Key Information Related to Recovery from Facility-Based Outpatient Procedure or Surgery Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measure (PRO-PM)

    Dates:

    • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on January 15, 2021.
    • The TEP met on four occurrences, April 23, 2021, June 30, 2021, December 16, 2021 and March 28, 2023.

    Project Overview:

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with the Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation (YNHHSC) Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) to develop a patient-reported outcome performance measure (PRO-PM) for the effective transfer of clinical information from provider to patient after a procedure or surgery, for use in the quality measurement of hospital outpatient department (HOPD) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) settings. The contract name is Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outcome/Efficiency Measures for Hospital and Eligible Clinicians, Option Period 3. The contract number is HHSM-75FCMC18D0042, Task Order Number HHSM-75FCMC19F0002. 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:

2020 Nomination Period

  • Project Title: Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Measures Technical Expert Panel

    Dates: 

    • The Call for TEP members nomination period closed on January 16, 2020.
    • The TEP met on October 24, 2022.

    Project Overview:

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted The Lewin Group (Lewin) to develop and maintain a standard set of HCBS measures. The contract name is Home and Community Based Services Measure Development, Endorsement, Maintenance, and Alignment. The contract number is HHSM-500-2014-00033I, task number 75FCMC19F0004. As part of its measure development process, Lewin 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:

  • Project Title: Hospital-Level 90-Day Risk-Standardized Complication Rate (RSCR) Following Elective Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) and/or Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) for a Combined Inpatient (IP) and Outpatient (OP) Setting Measure

    Dates:

    • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on January 30, 2020.
    • The TEP met on August 26, 2020 and June 21, 2022.

    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 Hospital-Level 90-Day Risk-Standardized Complication Rate (RSCR) Following Elective Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) and/or Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) for a Combined Inpatient (IP) and Outpatient (OP) Setting Measure. The contract name is Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outcome/Efficiency Measures for Hospitals and Eligible Clinicians, Option Period 3. The contract number is HHSM-75FCMC18D0042, Task Order Number HHSM-75FCMC19F0001. 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:

 

2019 Nomination Period

  • Project Title: Reevaluation of CMS Claims-Based Hospital Outcome Measures (Risk Variable Reselection)

    Dates:

    • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on October 25, 2019.
    • The TEP met on March 11, 2020, December 6, 2021, and September 29, 2022.

    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 reevaluate CMS claims-based hospital outcome measures previously developed by CORE. The contract name is Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outcome/Efficiency Measures for Hospital and Eligible Clinicians, Contract Number HHSM-75FCMC18D0042, Task Order HHSM-75FCMC19F0001. As part of its measure reevaluation 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:

  • Project Title: Clinician Cost Measures Development Project

    Dates

    • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on December 20, 2019.
    • The TEP met on August 29 and 30, 2022.

    Project Overview

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Acumen, LLC to develop care episode and patient condition groups for use in risk-adjusted cost measures to meet the requirements of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The contract name is “Physician Cost Measures and Patient Relationship Codes (PCMP).” The contract number is 75FCMC18D0015, Task Order 75FCMC19F0004. This project is a continuation of the work performed under the previous “MACRA Episode Groups and Resource Use Measures” contract (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 Membership List by clicking the title of each document:

  • Project Title: CMS Quality Measure Development Plan and Quality Measure Index

    Dates

    • The TEP nomination period closed October 18, 2019.
    • The TEP met on December 17, 2021.

    Project Overview

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG) to develop and update the CMS Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP), which serves as a strategic framework for clinician quality measure development to support the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs), known collectively as the Quality Payment Program. As a separate component of the Task Order, HSAG is developing and refining the Quality Measure Index (QMI) to support the assessment and selection of quality measures that provide meaningful quality performance information and align with the national health care quality priorities. The contract name is Impact Assessment of CMS Quality and Efficiency Measures. The contract number is 75CMC18D0026. As part of its measure development process, HSAG convenes groups of stakeholders and experts who contribute direction and thoughtful input during development of the MDP and QMI. 

    Documents

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2018 Nomination Period

  • Project Title: Addressing Social Needs (ASN) Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)

    Dates:

    • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on February 18, 2018.
    • The TEP met on March 2, 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 re-design a measure of screening for social needs (e.g., housing status, food insecurity, transportation). The re-designed measure will be an electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) evaluating hospitals addressing social needs. The contract name is Measure & Instrument Development and Support (MIDS): Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outcome/Efficiency Measures for Hospital and Eligible Clinicians, Option Period 4. The contract number is HHSM-75FCMC18D0042. As part of its measure re-design process, CORE convenes stakeholders, experts, and consumer advocates who contribute direction and thoughtful input on their work and analysis. 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:

  • Project Title: Hospital Disparity Index (HDI)

    Dates:

    • The Call for Technical Expert Panel (TEP) nomination period closed on February 18, 2018.
    • The TEP met on October 31, 2022.

    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 measurement tools to assess the level of disparity in outcomes and commitment to health equity at hospitals. The contract name is Development, Reevaluation, and Implementation of Outcome/Efficiency Measures for Hospital and Eligible Clinicians, Option Period 3. The contract number is HHSM-75FCMC18D0042, Task Order Number HHSM-75FCMC19F0001. 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:

Last Updated: Oct 2023