Becker's Healthcare December 15, 2025
On Dec. 15, CMS published 24 quality and efficiency measures under consideration for adoption in Medicare programs.
HHS employs this pre-rulemaking process to decide on measures for Medicare programs and releases a public list of the pitched measures each year. Interested parties can then provide recommendations and feedback. A news release said public commenting runs from Dec. 16 until Jan. 6.
Here are seven things to know about the measures:
1. Eight measures are currently in use but made the list because of “substantial changes to specifications.”
2. Two measures are also in use but are being considered for use in additional Medicare programs.
3. All the measures rely on data submissions with at least one digital source. All but...
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