Potential students want to know what is working for other organizations. When agencies look at other agencies best practices, and are able to utilize these practices for themselves, it saves much energy and time. For recommendation one he emphasized that an important issue to remember is to find out what you re doing well and to keep on doing it. Concentrate on why the scores are high, and don t focus on negatives. The momentum should be continued.
Performance measures can help drive performance.
Measures Initiative handout and emphasized the importance of this second phase. He also mentioned that if agencies had extra funds available for this purpose, CMS would appreciate any contributions to this effort. Debbie Connors renewed the call for volunteers for the initiative and explained the next steps outlined in the handout. Ms. Connors emphasized that the more volunteers CMS has for this initiative, the more varied the input will be on performance measures. This will enable all CMOs to evaluate the progress of their committees more accurately.