HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) maintains an efficient set of performance measures. HAB Performance Measures focus on priority topics unique to HIV care and treatment and do not include ones relevant to the general population. As per the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) legislation (PDF - 1 MB), HAB Performance Measures are consistent with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) HIV Clinical Guidelines.
HRSA HAB prioritizes aligning HIV performance measures across federal programs by including HIV care and treatment measures in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quality measures programs. HRSA HAB supports the HIV viral suppression measure in the CMS Medicaid Adult Core Set and four electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) in the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). HRSA HAB eCQMs are endorsed by the CMS consensus based entity (CBE).
RWHAP recipients can include a combination of HAB Performance Measures and performance measures from other sources in their clinical quality management programs. RWHAP recipients can customize the HAB Performance Measures to reflect the needs of their client populations.
CMS hosts a measures inventory that RWHAP recipients can consult to identify performance measures in addition to HIV care and treatment.
Annually, HRSA HAB reviews the HAB performance measures and makes changes for the following reasons:
- HHS HIV Clinical Guidelines include new or updated information.
- HAB Performance Measure is no longer consistent with professional standards.
- CMS CBE identification number changes or there is no longer an equivalent measure endorsed by the CBE.
Performance measure sets
The HRSA HAB performance measures are categorizes into the following performance measure sets.
- Core Performance Measures (PDF)*
- All Ages Performance Measures (PDF)*
- Adolescent and Adult Performance Measures (PDF)*
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