Health Home Core Quality Measures

January 15, 2013
On January 15, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) released a letter to state Medicaid directors that previews the recommended set of eight health home core quality measures. The set are: Adult Body Mass Index Assessment; Ambulatory Care - Sensitive Condition Admission; Care Transition - Transition Record Transmitted to Health care Professional; Follow-up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness; Plan- All Cause Readmission; Screening for Clinical Depression and Follow-up Plan; Initiation and Engagement of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence Treatment; and Controlling High Blood Pressure. While states are not obligated to use these measures until CMS . . .