– Comment by December 30. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like public feedback on 41 Measures Under Consideration for quality reporting and value-based programs before the measures are formally proposed through the rulemaking process. Categories of quality measures for hospitals receiving payment through Medicare, including CMS-designated Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), are:
- Post-Acute Care/Long-Term Care Measures
- Clinician Measures
- Hospital Measures
For example, CMS would like early feedback on including the measure Median Time to Pain Medication for Patients with a Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease with Vaso-Occlusive Episode in the Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Program, and the measure Proportion of Patients who Died from Cancer Admitted to Hospice for Less than 3 Days in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. CMS will hold three listening sessions, one for each of these categories, December 17-19. Register to make live comments or ask questions during these sessions. You may also enter a comment for public viewing on a form halfway down the page in the headline link.