Measure Applications Partnership: Coordination Strategy for Clinician Performance Measurement

The Measure Applications Partnership, convened by the National Quality Forum under contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Continue reading →

Measure Applications Partnership: Quality Performance Measures Under Consideration by CMS

The Measure Applications Partnership (MAP), convened by the National Quality Forum under a contract with the U.S. Department of Health Continue reading →

CMMI Announces $1 Billion Healthcare Innovation Challenge

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has announced the Health Care Innovation Challenge, which will award up $1 Continue reading →

CMS Announces Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

On September 28, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced its Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative,  a new Continue reading →

National Academy for State Health Policy: State Roles in Promoting Accountable Care Organizations

This report from the National Academy for State Health Policy, funded by The Commonwealth Fund, describes how several states are Continue reading →

CMS: Year Four Results from Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration

This fact sheet from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reports the results from the fourth year of Continue reading →

Physician Group Practice Demonstration: Quality Measurement and Reporting Specifications

This report commissioned by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services describes the quality measurement and reporting requirements for the Continue reading →

RTI International: Design of Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration

This open access article from Health Care Financing Review is authored by members of the RTI International evaluation team for the Continue reading →