Notice from CMS:
"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is developing quality measures for certain Medicare beneficiaries. As part of this project, Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation - Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) is currently convening two Technical Expert Panels (TEPs).
We invite you to nominate individuals who might be interested in participating. The goal is to have broad representation on each panel to encompass the perspectives of healthcare providers, quality improvement professionals, performance measurement experts, purchasers, consumers, and patients. Please see below for an overview of the TEPs accepting nominations. You can nominate others or yourself.
TEP Objective Beneficiary Population Panel Duration Deadline for Nominations
Development of Days at Home Quality Measure Patients who are aged 18 years or older* with complex, chronic conditions Through September 2020 January 9, 2020
5:00 pm ET
Development of a Quality Measure Assessing Delay in Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients who are aged 18 years or older with CKD stages 4 and 5 Through September 2020 and potentially 2021 January 13, 2020
5:00 pm ET
Individuals and organizations should be aware that persons selected for the TEP represent themselves and not their organizations. Instructions for submitting a nomination packet, as well as work and TEP member responsibilities can be found on the link below".