How to Get Started

How to Get Started

How can I get involved in quality measurement? This is a question that people might ask under a number of circumstances:

• A clinician wants to know more about quality measure development and how measures impact his/her practice.
• Your specialty association updated its guidelines or new evidence suggests changes to improve practice
• You strongly believe that you or your organization can provide valuable contributions to the quality landscape

If you want to get involved, there are several ways to do so as described below.

Your interest may focus on a particular condition, population, or specialty. Knowing this focus will help you determine how and where you can provide input, experience, or expertise in measure development. To become more familiar with the measure development process and where you can provide input, explore these areas of the website:

• Overview: Explore this page to get a high-level overview about quality measures and the measure development system
• Measure Development: Learn about the phases of Measure Development and when and where stakeholder engagement is sought.
• Quality Measures & You: Learn about how measures impact you based on your role as a Person or Family Member, Clinician, or Measure Developer.
• Get Involved: Learn how you can get involved in Technical Expert Panels and provide comments on proposed measures.
• Blueprint for the CMS Measures Management System: Explore the guidance that is provided to develop a quality measure.

And explore this section, New to Measures to learn more about how a measure becomes a measure and about the relationship between quality improvement and quality measures.