The Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC) has unveiled new core quality measures along with implementation guidelines for specific core sets. These measures, shaped by over 75 healthcare entities, span 10 specialties, with eight of them undergoing updates. The updates encompass patient outcomes measures, evaluating care coordination and transitions quality. Some measures were removed either because they were no longer evidence-based or didn’t significantly boost performance.
These alterations will influence clinicians aiming to enhance care quality and might also impact CMS recommendations. Michelle Schreiber from CMS and Danielle A. Lloyd from AHIP emphasized the importance of alignment across federal, state, and private payers. In 2022, CQMC pinpointed seven quality measure gaps, including health equity and telehealth. Similarly, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) made changes to its 2023 HEDIS quality measures to better capture race and gender data.