Medicare & Commercial Insurers Agree On Uniform Health Quality Measures

On February 16, 2016, the Core Quality Measures Collaborative, which includes the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), announced the release of seven core sets of cross-payer quality measures. One set is intended to measure the quality of primary care delivered by accountable care organizations (ACOs) and patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs). The other six are condition-specific, targeting cardiology, gastroenterology, HIV and hepatitis C, medical oncology, obstetrics and gynecology, and orthopedics. The core measures in each set are reported at the clinician level, the facility level, or health plan . . .