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(ACO) regulations - American Society of Anesthesiologists

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CMS-1345-P 195<br />

Information on Physician Quality Reporting System measures are available at:<br />

http://www.cms.gov/pqri/. Information on EHR Incentive Program measures are available at:<br />

https://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/. Information on quality measures used by the<br />

Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program are available at:<br />

http://www.cms.gov/HospitalQualityInits/08_HospitalRHQDAPU.asp<br />

As illustrated in the "Method <strong>of</strong> Data Submission" column <strong>of</strong> Table 1, we propose to<br />

calculate results for the first program year measures via claims, the Group Practice Reporting<br />

Option (GPRO) data collection tool, as discussed in section II.E.4. <strong>of</strong> this proposed rule, and<br />

survey instruments. The <strong>ACO</strong> GPRO tool would be a new tool based on the data collection tool<br />

currently used in the Physician Quality Reporting System (formerly known as the Physician<br />

Quality Reporting Initiative) group practice reporting option (GPRO) and Physician Group<br />

Practice (PGP) demonstration.<br />

In subsequent program years through additional rulemaking, we would expect to refine<br />

and expand the <strong>ACO</strong> measures to enhance our ability to assess the quality <strong>of</strong> care furnished by<br />

<strong>ACO</strong>s participating in the Shared Savings Program and expand measures reporting mechanisms<br />

to include those that are directly EHR-based. Specifically, we expect to expand the measures<br />

through future rulemaking to include other highly prevalent conditions and areas <strong>of</strong> interest, such<br />

as frailty, as well as measures <strong>of</strong> caregiver experience. In addition to ambulatory measures, we<br />

would expect to add measures <strong>of</strong> hospital-based care and quality measures for care furnished in<br />

other settings, such as home health services and nursing homes. To the extent consistent with the<br />

Shared Savings Program requirements under section 1899 <strong>of</strong> the Act, we also anticipate the <strong>ACO</strong><br />

quality measures will evolve over time in an effort to achieve our quality program alignment<br />

goal <strong>of</strong> developing a single quality measure set that could be used by <strong>ACO</strong>s operating across a

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