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Check Out Refreshed CMS Goals and Priorities Content

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently reviewed and refreshed the MMS Hub’s CMS Goals and Priorities content. This section provides an overview of CMS quality measurement strategies, measure development principles, and guidance on current value-based programs and health equity initiatives.

Updates to the Maternal and Infant Health Initiative

The Maternal and Infant Health Initiative (MIHI) is launching a new webinar series focused on the challenges pregnant and postpartum people face addressing their mental health, substance use, and hypertension management. CMS invites all interested staff from state Medicaid and CHIP agencies, along with their hospital and obstetrical providers, Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans, public health agencies, and other quality improvement partners, to take part in the summer 2024 maternal health webinar series.

Submit Nominations for Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) Committees 

Battelle, a consensus-based entity, is accepting nominations through 11:59 p.m. (ET) June 21, 2024, for PQM committees supporting the Endorsement & Maintenance (E&M) and Pre-Rulemaking Measure Review (PRMR) processes. Individuals and organizations may nominate themselves or others using the PQM nomination form. Submit a nomination today!  

For PRMR Committees     
Battelle is accepting nominations for three PRMR committees:

Updated Resource Gives Intro to Quality Measures

A Measures Management System (MMS) resource guide, “Quality Measures: How They Are Developed, Used, & Maintained,” has been updated and is now available on the CMS MMS Hub.

Updated eCQM Specifications and Implementation Resources for 2025 Performance/Reporting Period

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Measure Entry Review Information Tool (MERIT) Closes for Measure Submissions on May 10

There is still time to submit measures for the 2024 (CMS) Pre-Rulemaking cycle! CMS MERIT will close for submissions at 8:00  PM ET, May 10, 2024.

 

Have questions about CMS MERIT or pre-rulemaking? Check out the Quick Start Guide for Submitters or view these resources on the CMS Measures Management System (MMS) Hub:

Quality In Motion: Acting On The CMS National Quality Strategy

Quality in Motion: Acting on the CMS National Quality Strategy is CMS’s latest update to the 2022 National Quality Strategy, which was launched to improve the quality and safety of health care for everyone, focusing on those from underserved and under-resourced communities. In the action plan, you will learn how CMS is putting quality-focused goals into motion in four priority areas:

Now Available: Program Candidate eCQM Specifications for Potential Inclusion in 2026 Reporting Period

CMS has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications for measures proposed for inclusion in the 2026 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals (EH) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program.

Now Available: Updated Measure Information and Justification Form (MIJF) and Instructions

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a Measure Information and Justification Form (MIJF) and Instructions, which combines the items from the Measure Information Form and Instructions (MIF) and the Measure Justification Information Form and Instr

Safety-Related Electronic Clinical Quality Measures Video Short

The Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed a short video about