CMS Could More Effectively Ensure Its Quality Measurement Activities Promote Its Objectives.

CENTERS for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.); UNITED States. Dept. of Health & Human Services; MEDICAL care; MEDICARE; UNITED States. Government Accountability Office

The article presents a report of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), based on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), within the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS), maintaining information on the amount of funding for activities to measure the quality of health care provided under Medicare. It mentions that CMS lacks assurance that the quality measures it chooses address its quality measurement strategic objectives.