Important Announcement

CMS Changes How ACOs Report Quality Measures

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On July 13, 2023, CMS introduced changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program with the aim of helping Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) transition to a digital quality measurement approach.

 

Starting in 2024, ACOs will have the option to report the three quality measures listed below on only their Medicare beneficiaries using Medicare Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs), under the Alternative Payment Model Performance Pathway (APP):

 

• #1 Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control

• #134 Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan

• #236 Controlling High Blood Pressure

 

In effect, CMS has ended Web Interface reporting of the ten quality measures required since the inception of the ACOs and has replaced it with a mandatory direct connection to the ACO’s physicians’ EHRs to extract CQMs. To comply with these new requirements, Genuine Health has contracted with a third-party quality reporting company. Our Physician Performance team members will be reaching out to you to coordinate the internet connections to your EHRs. This will be done seamlessly and at no cost to you.CMS has made compliance with this new system of reporting quality measures a condition of participation in an ACO.

 

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact our Chief Compliance Officer, Manny Lopez at 786/878-5500 or at mlopez@genuinehealthgroup.com.