The goal of the Pre-Rulemaking Measure Review (PRMR) and Measure Set Review (MSR) processes is to solicit interested party input to inform the selection and continued use, respectively, of health care quality and efficiency measures for use in CMS quality programs.
This edition of the Guidebook of Policies and Procedures for PRMR and MSR includes several updates and clarifications including larger Recommendation Group size, Advisory Group-specific meetings, an updated timeline of MSR activities for the 2024 cycle, additional information about the “recommendation with conditions” voting status, and clarification about voting procedures for instrument-based measures.
The final version of the Guidebook will incorporate changes based on feedback received during the public comment period and will be noted in an Appendix.
Please provide your comment on the draft version of the Guidebook for the 2024-2025 PRMR/MSR cycle.
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Comments
PRMR and MSR Guidebook of 2024
PRMR & MSR Guidebook Feedback
Dear Battelle Team,
On behalf of Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG), we appreciate the opportunity to review and comment on the Working Draft Guidebook of Policies and Procedures for Pre-Rulemaking Measure Review (PRMR) and Measure Set Review (MSR) 2024. We are supportive of Battelle’s efforts to refine the process and respectfully submit the following comments for consideration:
- Consider a requirement for voting members to listen to the meeting recording prior to casting a vote, in cases when you must reach out to voting members to achieve 80% quorum. The value of the process is hearing the rich dialog in the groups to come to consensus.
- We appreciate the increase in recommendation group size to lessen the occurrence of an outcome of “consensus not reached.” We recommend consideration of a mitigation strategy when the same measure receives a “recommend” for one program and a “recommend with conditions” for another program, when the conditions presented by the panel would be applicable across programs.
- We encourage Battelle to align the Categories of PRMR Assertions (e.g., meaningfulness, time to value realization) with required MERIT data submission fields if measure stewards are expected to provide information in the MERIT submission that informs these evaluation criteria.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
I think the guidebook is well put together as a format for national consensus development and strategic planning for health care quality measurements. I look forward in working with all the groups to arrive at the best solutions to achieve Quality Healthcare for Medicare recipients.