CMS Age Friendly Hospital Measure

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a new Age Friendly Hospital Measure based on work by the ACS and designed to improve the care and outcomes of older adult patients. All hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program must report on their compliance with the measure beginning in 2025 and could face significant financial penalties if they fail to do so.

The new measure will evaluate hospitals’ progress toward improving care for patients aged 65 and above in the inpatient hospital setting, including hospital departments, operating rooms, and emergency departments, etc.

The measure has five domains:

Eliciting Patient Healthcare Goals: Ensures patient health-related goals and treatment preferences are obtained to inform shared decision-making.
Responsible Medication Management: Optimizes medication management by monitoring pharmacological records to avoid inappropriate drugs for older adults.
Frailty Screening and Intervention: Screens for cognitive impairment (including delirium), mobility, and malnutrition, allowing for early detection and intervention.
Social Vulnerability: Recognizes and addresses social issues impacting older adults as part of the care plan such as social isolation, economic insecurity, ageism, caregiver stress, limited access to healthcare and elder abuse.
Age-Friendly Care Leadership: Identifies an agefriendly champion or committee in the hospital to ensure compliance with all components of the measure.

View frequently asked questions about the CMS Age Friendly Hospital Measure.

Read a press release to learn more about the measure.

The ACS GSV program is specifically tailored to address the five domains included in the measure to help hospitals comply with this new regulation and improve the care of older adult patients.

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GSV in the News

Modern Healthcare recently wrote about the new CMS Age Friendly Hospital Measure and the ACS GSV Program:

“This approach has the potential to improve care and constrain spending, based on the results of a similar American College of Surgeons initiative …. Participants in the American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery Verification program recorded shorter lengths of stay, lower rates of complications such as postoperative delirium and fewer readmissions, according to a report the Annals of Surgery Open published in May.”

Read the full article.

The GSV Program is pleased to present a new level of participation, the Geriatric Surgery Verification (Age-Friendly) Level, which consists of six program standards and aligns with the requirements of the new CMS Age Friendly Hospital Measure.