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NOW AVAILABLE: May 2025 Falls with Major Injury Technical Expert Panel (TEP) Summary Report
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) convened a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) on May 12 and 14, 2025, to obtain input on potential cross-setting updates to the Falls with Major Injury (FMI) measure. The TEP was held in response to concerns regarding potential underreporting on the current measure and recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) in its 2023 report. The OIG report recommended that CMS pursue measure respecification, including consideration of alternative data sources, such as claims-based data, and transitioning the measure to a hybrid model. CMS has released the official TEP Summary Report, which provides an overview of the panel’s discussion and feedback on proposed updates to the measure.
CMS intends to move forward with updates to the FMI measure based on input received during the TEP. Additional guidance related to updates to the Quality Measures User’s Manual, clinical guidance manuals, technical specifications, and public reporting timelines will be provided at a future date. In the interim, stakeholders are encouraged to review the TEP Summary Report for additional detail on the proposed updates and the rationale discussed by the TEP.
The TEP Summary Report can be found in the Downloads section on the Home Health QRP Quality Measures webpage.
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