NQF: Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) Draft Reports Released for Public Comment

MAP is a public-private partnership created for the purpose of providing input to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the selection of performance measures for public reporting and performance-based programs. Two MAP draft reports are now available for public comment:

The Clinician Performance Measurement Coordination Strategy draft report aims to enhance alignment across federal programs focusing on aligning measures and data sources, characterizing an ideal measure set, defining data platform principles, and determining a pathway for improving measure application. The clinician coordination strategy also features a draft version of the MAP measure selection criteria that will be used to assess fitness of a measure set for use in a specific program.

The Coordination Strategy for Healthcare-Acquired Conditions and Readmissions Across Public and Private Payers draft report identifies three focus areas for aligning public and private efforts to reduce healthcare-acquired conditions and readmissions: measures, data, and specific coordination strategies. All comments must be submitted by Monday, September 12, at 6:00 pm ET.