Heads Up! Proposed Changes To Inpatient Mental Health Performance Measures

Just when you finished your performance dashboard, it looks like the performance measurement set is going to change. Last month, the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) recommended that the federal government remove 51 health care quality measures from the 240 sets used in federal health care value-based purchasing, public reporting, and other programs (see NQF Recommends Updated Quality Measures For HHS). This includes seven measures specifically related to behavioral health.

If you’re unfamiliar with it, the MAP is a partnership between 90 private-sector organizations and seven federal agencies that recommends measures for private . . .