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FY 2021 Annual Performance Plan and Report - Changed Performance Goals








  
  
    

  
      





Fiscal Year 2021

Released March, 2020



**Topics on this page:** HHS FY 2021 Annual Performance Plan and Report Summary of Changes in Performance Measures Table

HHS FY 2021 Annual Performance Plan and Report Summary of Changes in Performance Measures Table

Division
			Unique Identifier
			Change Type
			Change
			Reason for ChangeASA
			2.6
			Revised result
			Revised FY 2018 result from 73 percent to 72.8 percent
			Revised FY 2019 Target from 75 percent to 73 percent
			Revised FY 2019 Result from 74 percent to 73.5 percent
			Revised the date that data will become available for FY 2021 from 12/30/21 to 9/30/21
			Revised information to align with the information reported in the Management Priorities section of the FY 2021 HHS Annual Performance Plan and Report.ASPR
			2.4.13a
			Increase the number of new licensed medical countermeasures within BARDA
			Revised performance goal title to Increase the number of new licensed medical countermeasures across Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) programs
			Clarified what data HHS reports for this performance goal. This performance goal reports data across all BARDA programs.CDC
			3.2.5
			Discontinued performance goal
			Removed performance goal from FY 2021 HHS Annual Performance Plan and Report
			Discontinued performance goal due to achieving the performance target and efforts to align antibiotic resistance goals with the U.S. National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.CDC
			7.2.6
			Discontinued performance goal
			Removed performance goal from FY 2021 HHS Annual Performance Plan and Report
			Discontinued this performance goal in FY 2017. However, HHS continued to report on this program's progress in the language of the Annual Performance Plan and Report. HHS plans to replace this measure with two new measures in FY 2021 to monitor overdose death data for discrete types of opioids to better guide prevention activities.CMS
			MCR30
			Discontinued performance goal
			Replaced a current performance goal for Shift Medicare Health Care Payments from Volume to Value
			Replaced MCR30 with another performance goal (MCR36) that focuses on testing Alternative Payment Models (APMs) that include downside risk as an incentive for clinicians to deliver better care at a lower cost and reward quality and efficiency of care.CMS
			MCR31
			Discontinued performance goal
			Discontinued the Improve Patient and Family Engagement by Improving Shared Decision-Making performance goal
			Discontinued performance goal due to recent and future changes to the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers survey which prevent HHS from using it as an effective source for reporting progress for this performance goal.CMS
			MCR36
			Changed methodology
			Changed the methodology for a Shift Medicare Health Care Payments from Volume to Value performance goal
			Revised performance goal for consistency with the Secretary's goals to accelerate the percentage of U.S. health care payments tied to quality and value through the adoption of downside risk APMs.
			Changed reporting cycle changed from fiscal year to calendar year to reflect the data collection cycle.CMS
			MCR36
			Revised performance goal title
			Revised performance goal title to Increase the percentage of Medicare health care dollars tied to Alternate Payment Models incorporating downside risk
			Revised title to more accurately reflect the performance goal.CMS
			QIO7.2
			Discontinued performance goal
			Replaced QIO 7.2: Demonstrate improvement in nursing home health care quality by reducing the number of one-star nursing homes with a new performance goal
			Replaced QIO 7.2 with a new measure due to the change in the methodology for the Nursing Home Five Star Quality Rating System. HHS will develop a new baseline and future targets for QIO 7.3 next year.CMS
			QIO7.3
			Added a new performance goal
			Added QIO 7.3: Demonstrate improvement in nursing home health care quality by reducing the number of one-star nursing homes as a developmental measure
			Replaced QIO 7.2 with QIO 7.3. Changes to the Nursing Home Five Star Quality Rating System made the data invalid for HHS reporting purposes. HHS will develop a new baseline and future targets for QIO 7.3 next year.CMS
			QIO11
			Changed methodology
			Changed methodology to reflect an annual reduction
			Will revise targets to reflect a 2 percent annual reduction after HHS sets a new baseline for 2019-2024.CMS
			QIO11
			Revised result availability date
			Revised CY 2018-CY 2021 result availability date
			Revised CY 2018- CY 2021 result availability date from December 31 to January 31.IHS
			MH-1
			Revised FY 2020 target
			Revised FY 2020 target from 14,900 to 21,860 tele-behavioral health encounters nationally among American Indians and Alaska Natives
			Increased FY 2020 target based on recent results. In FY 2019, the result is 17,933 tele-behavioral health encounters which exceeds the original FY 2020 target of 14,900.<< Return to Topics in this Report

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