Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Chronic Conditions Chart Book
December 16, 2011 On December 14, 2011, the National Quality Forum (NQF) released a draft quality measurement framework for individuals with multiple chronic health conditions. Comments will be accepted through January 13, 2012. Because few quality measures currently exist for this population, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to use the framework to establish definitions, domains, and guiding principles for measuring and reporting the quality and cost of care for individuals with multiple chronic conditions. NQF defined multiple chronic conditions as the presence of two or more concurrent chronic health conditions that collectively have an adverse . . .
