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2026 Star Ratings Measures and Weights. There are three new measures being added beginning with the 2026 Star Ratings - Kidney Health Evaluation for Patients with Diabetes1, Improving or Maintaining Physical Health2, and Improving or Maintaining Mental Health2.
- CMS Behavioral Health Strategy
The CMS Behavioral Health Strategy focuses on three key...
- CMS Behavioral Health Strategy
30 wrz 2024 · The CMS Behavioral Health Strategy focuses on three key areas: 1) substance use disorders prevention, treatment and recovery services, 2) ensuring effective pain treatment and management, and 3) improving mental health care and services.
27 cze 2024 · Two of three functional health display measures are derived from the Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12) portion of the HOS, which serves as the core measure for the physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) scores.
26 wrz 2024 · Evaluates self-reported beneficiary data regarding emotional well-being, such as the frequency of feelings of depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions based on the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey.
22 paź 2024 · Improving or Maintaining Mental Health display measure is the “Mental Health Percent Better or Same” result; Physical Functioning Activities of Daily Living display measure is the PFADL result (in development, with an overview available in Medicare HOS PFADL Change Measure)
To support CMS’s efforts to improve behavioral health in Medicaid and CHIP, CMS identified a Behavioral Health Core Set of measures for mandatory reporting by state Medicaid and CHIP agencies, which is made up of the behavioral health measures on both the Child and Adult Core Sets.
Each year, CMS conducts a comprehensive review of the measures that make up the Star Ratings by assessing the reliability of the data, clinical recommendations, and feedback received from stakeholders.
