The HCBS Quality Measure Set: An Introduction

A new policy brief, The HCBS Quality Measure Set: An Introduction, provides an overview of the Home and Community-based Services (HCBS) Quality Measure Set (QMS), developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve the quality and accountability of Medicaid-funded HCBS. The brief discusses the growing need for long-term services and supports, the development of the QMS, and reporting requirements under the Access Rule. It also outlines the quantitative and qualitative measures in the QMS, how states are expected to use the tool, and CMS’s plans to refine it for 2028.

Authors:
• Courtney Priebe, MPH, Policy Associate, ADvancing States
• Camille Dobson, MPA, Deputy Executive Director, ADvancing States
• Rosa Plasencia, JD, Senior Director of National Core Indicators – Aging & Disabilities, ADvancing States

In collaboration with the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Home and Community-based Services at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.