“CMS allots $30M for new quality measures,” by Marty Stempniak, McKnight’s LTC News

Quote:  “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is asking skilled nursing facilities and other providers to help develop better quality measures — and the agency is earmarking $30 million to sweeten the deal. CMS officials said they want to work hand-in-hand with SNFs, along with doctors, hospitals and patients to flesh out those new measures, which are part of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, according to the announcement. … SNFs and other stakeholders have until May 2 to apply for grant funding, with awarding of the funds starting Aug. 3.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):  This could easily turn into yet another misguided exercise in crony capitalism. Quality care does not come from collaboration between monopsonistic government payors and business. It comes from consumers freely purchasing the care they want in the venues they prefer, which can’t occur as long as government programs, not patients, are the care providers’ customers.

CMS allots $30M for new quality measures

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