MACRA Funding Opportunity: Measure Development Awardees For The Quality Payment Program

The document was released on September 21, 2018, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The document lists the seven awardees selected for Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) cooperative measure development agreements to develop, improve, update or, expand measures to use to fill gaps the QPP. The focus is on seven specialty gap areas: orthopedic surgery, pathology, radiology, mental health and substance use, oncology, palliative medicine, and emergency medicine. Of the seven awardees, two are developing behavioral health measures . . .