GIC hears statewide push to align quality measures; Chapter 343 will require a mandatory state measure set

The Group Insurance Commission received an update on statewide efforts to standardize clinical quality measurement and to expand health‑equity reporting.

Michael Bailit, president of Bailit Health, told commissioners that the Quality Measurement Alignment Task Force (QMAT)—a multi‑stakeholder body convened by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) with CHIA and the Health Policy Commission—built a voluntary aligned measure set for payers and providers, and that the governor signed Chapter 343 into law on January 7. Under that statute, the state‑adopted measure set will move from voluntary to mandatory and CHIA must convene a Statewide Quality Advisory Committee; the transition is expected to be phased with mandatory use for global budget‑based risk contracts beginning in 2027.

Bailit summarized QMAT’s work: an annually reviewed core set of six…