Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set (SMD 22-003)
This State Medicaid Director Letter provides information on a set of nationally
standardized quality measures for Medicaid-funded HCBS that is intended to promote more
common and consistent use within and across states of such nationally standardized quality
measures in HCBS programs, create opportunities for CMS and states to have comparative
quality data on HCBS programs, and drive improvement in quality of care and outcomes for
people receiving HCBS.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: July 21, 2022
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