CMS not appropriately tracking quality measure spending, objectives, GAO finds

Healthcare DIVE September 23, 2019
Ron Shinkman

Dive Brief:

• CMS carries over large amounts of funding available each year for programs measuring Medicare care quality and could devote more resources to tracking those programs because it “lacks complete information on its quality measurement funding and how it uses funding to achieve its strategic goals,” according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
• CMS spent an average of $43 million a year on quality measurement programs between fiscal year 2009 and 2018. Agency officials told GAO they used the funds conservatively to make sure there were no gaps in future years.
• The watchdog agency suggested CMS Administrator Seema Verma maintain more complete funding information, create a systematic assessment system for its quality measures, and develop...

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