Quality Measure Field Testing Survey
PARTICIPATE IN A QUALITY MEASURE FIELD TESTING SURVEY: FOR OUTPATIENT CLINICS ONLY
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractor, Acumen, LLC, is conducting field testing from February 1 to February 29, 2024, for 2 episode-based cost measures. The measures are undergoing field testing before consideration of their potential use in the cost performance category of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). It is important to note that this measure applies only to outpatient wound clinics only and does not apply to acute care, home care or long-term care.
These measures were developed with input from various specialty societies and other clinician groups. Members of the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders have served on the development panel with Stephanie Yates, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CWOCN, WOCNF who is representing the WOCN® Society.
Field testing is an opportunity for clinicians and other interested members of the public to learn about episode-based cost measures and to provide feedback via an online survey on the draft measures. Conducting field testing helps us to assess each measures’ importance, scientific acceptability, and clinical validity. Feedback shared on these draft specifications will be used to consider potential measure refinements following field testing.
Clinicians and clinician groups with at least 20 episodes for at least one of the measures will receive a Field Test Report with information about their cost performance. This information will be for field testing purposes only.
MEASURES CURRENTLY UNDERGOING FIELD TESTING
The following episode-based cost measures are being field-tested:
- Movement Disorders: Parkinson’s and Related Conditions, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (i.e., “Movement Disorders”)
- Non-Pressure Ulcers
The measurement period for these Field Test Reports is January 1 to December 31, 2022. The draft measure specifications for each measure are available on the CMS.gov QPP Cost Measure Information pages.
HOW TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK
Anyone interested in the measures is invited to provide feedback—regardless of whether you receive a report. You can provide feedback on the draft measure specifications through this online survey. A document containing specific questions about the measures for reference while reviewing the materials is available on the CMS.gov QPP Cost Measure Information pages.
- The survey is now open and will close at 11:59 PM ET on February 29, 2024.
- All survey questions are optional. Participation is voluntary, and all feedback may be submitted anonymously.
- You may attach a comment letter (as a PDF or Word document) in addition to or as an alternative to responding to the survey questions.
- The link to the survey, which does not require a login, is also be included in the Field Test Reports and across other supplemental documentation so that you are able to navigate easily to it from the documents you review.
- There is also a Person and Family Engagement (PFE) Field Testing Survey available to gather input from people with lived experience with the conditions represented in the measures, as patients or caregivers.