Overview

The Measures Management System is a set of processes and decision criteria used by CMS to oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of healthcare quality measures. CMS recognizes the need for quality measures of the highest caliber, maintained throughout their life cycle to ensure they retain the highest level of scientific soundness, importance, feasibility, and usability. Through the use of a standardized process with broadly recognized criteria, the Measures Management System ensures that CMS will have a coherent, transparent system for measuring quality of care delivered to its beneficiaries.

The Measures Management System has been developed in collaboration with the National Quality Forum (NQF), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), The Joint Commission, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the American Medical Association Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA PCPI) and other measure stakeholders.