Here are four takeaways:
1. Participants in the effort, called the Collaborative, include America’s Health Insurance Plans, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the National Quality Forum, physician associations and consumer and employer groups.
2. The intent of the release is to agree on common core performance measures that will accurately describe quality in a way that is useful to all stakeholders in the industry. These descriptors are expected to reduce administrative burdens on clinicians and lessen confusion for consumers who use the data.
3. The seven new measures will cover accountable care organizations and medical homes for primary care, cardiology, gastroenterology, HIV/hepatitis C, medical oncology, orthopedics and obstetrics and gynecology.
4. The Collaborative will revise and maintain the core measure sets on an ongoing basis.
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