Measures Under Consideration

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022

NQF Releases its Measures Under Consideration List

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has issued its review of performance quality measures under consideration for use in federal healthcare programs affecting more than 64 million Americans. The review is part of the Measure Applications Partnership (MAP), a public-private partnership that has been convened annually by NQF since 2011 and is funded by the…

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January 29, 2020

Future Quality Measures for Home Health and Hospice

The final recommendations for quality Measures Under Consideration (MUC) from the National Quality Forum (NQF) Measures Application Partnership (MAP) have been posted and they include one measure for hospice and one for home health. Both received Conditional Support for Rulemaking from MAP. MUC for the home health quality reporting program (HH QRP) and the hospice…

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December 19, 2019December 19, 2019

Future Home Health and Hospice Quality Measures Under Consideration

As was previously reported, the list of quality Measures Under Consideration (MUC) for the home health quality reporting program (HH QRP) and the hospice quality reporting program (HQRP) were released and NAHC submitted comments concerning the two measures, one for each program. On December 18, 2019, the Measures Application Partnership (MAP) released its 2019-2020 Preliminary…

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November 21, 2019

CMS Releases List of Potential Future Quality Measures

The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently posted the list of Measures Under Consideration (MUC) for future use in the hospice quality reporting program (HQRP) and the home health quality reporting program (HH QRP). The list is released annually, and there is an opportunity for stakeholder comment. In fact, comments are due next week – November…

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January 2, 2019

Quality Measures Under Consideration

As reported in NAHC Report on November 30, 2018 and December 10, 2018, the list of quality Measures Under Consideration (MUC) for the home health quality reporting program (HH QRP) and the hospice quality reporting program (HQRP) were released and NAHC submitted comments concerning the two home health measures and one hospice measure. On December…

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November 30, 2018

CMS Releases List of Potential Future Quality Measures

Today Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the 2018 list of Measures Under Consideration for future use in the home health quality reporting program (HH QRP) and the hospice quality reporting program (HQRP). The list is released annually, and there is an opportunity for stakeholder comment. In fact, comments are due next week…

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