EHR Intelligence December 6, 2017
The list of clinical quality measures reflects the priorities of the new CMS Meaningful Measures initiative.
CMS recently released a list of 32 clinical quality measures under consideration (MUC) as part of its Meaningful Measures initiative, which is designed to whittle down the number of quality measures to those most critical.
“CMS is committed to working with clinicians, consumers, and other stakeholders on the development and use of measures that are most meaningful to patients and clinicians and our programs,” stated CMS Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Center for Clinical Standards and Quality Director Kate Goodrich, MD.
The federal agency submitted the list of clinical quality measures to the National Quality Forum (NQF) to obtain input from stakeholders including patients,...