CMS Seeks Nominations for Standing Technical Expert Panel for Post-Acute and Hospice Measurement Sets

As reported by LeadingAge National, Acumen, LLC and Abt Associates Inc., contractors for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), support the development and maintenance of post-acute care (PAC) and hospice quality measures. CMS refines and develops Quality Reporting Program (QRP) measures to ensure that (a) Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers have high-impact, meaningful performance data to assist in making informed health care decisions; and (b) providers have actionable information to guide performance improvement efforts without being overburdened by reporting requirements.

Acumen and Abt are convening a technical expert panel (TEP) to evaluate the measurement sets across the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF), long term care hospital (LTCH), skilled nursing facility (SNF), home health, and hospice settings, with a focus on identifying measurement gaps and ensuring that measures align with CMS program requirements and goals. CMS will use this to inform new measure development and maintenance of PAC and hospice quality measures. Selected nominees can expect to be contacted on an annual, or as-needed, basis for up to five years.

The TEP nomination period closes on Oct. 11, 2023 at 5 p.m. ET. If you wish to nominate yourself or other individuals for consideration, please visit the web posting on the CMS Technical Expert Panels: Currently Accepting Nominations page for more information.

Contact: Meg Everett, meverett@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871