Clinical Adverse Events Measure (CAEM) Subgroup

​HSCRC is convening the Clinical Adverse Events Measures (CAEM) Subgroup to the Performance Measurement Workgroup from April to August, 2026.  The overarching objective of the effort is for the Subgroup to vet and recommend updates to the hospital complications program measures and mortality measures used in our pay for performance programs for all payer patients other than Medicare FFS patients.  The need to do this is the onset of  the state AHEAD Model which began this year; the Model will transition all Maryland hospitals in CY 2028 to CMS global budgets for Medicare FFS revenue and use the federal quality programs starting with FY2029 or FY2030.  The state will continue to administer hospital global budgets and quality programs for the other payers under the Maryland HGB program.  Our redesign efforts are to align the measures as much as possible with CMS while also still focusing on and incentivizing state specific or population specific priorities (e.g., Severe Maternal Morbidity, etc.).

CAEM Subgroup Membership​