Medisolv CEO Dr. Zahid Butt Appointed to Partnership for Quality Measurement’s Pre-Rulemaking Measure Review Hospital Committee

Dr. Butt is among industry experts selected to help evaluate and recommend quality measures for adoption in CMS Medicare programs.

Columbia, MD — Medisolv is pleased to announce that the Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM), powered by Battelle, has appointed Dr. Zahid Butt, FACG, CEO of Medisolv, to the Pre-Rulemaking Measure Review (PRMR) Hospital Committee. In this role, Dr. Butt joins a diverse group of industry experts in healthcare, quality measurement, and health information technology to help advise the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its selection of measures to include in specific CMS Medicare quality programs.

Each year, HHS publishes a list of measures under consideration for future federal rulemaking. The PRMR process supports consensus recommendations on which of these measures should be included for CMS quality reporting and value-based programs. The Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) is the research and development organization that currently holds the federal contract to oversee the PRMR process. To ensure informed and thoughtful recommendations are made, PQM involves experts in healthcare quality improvement and interested parties across the field of healthcare.

 Dr. Butt has been appointed to the PRMR Hospital Committee for a two-year term. During the 2023-2024 cycle, he will serve on the committee’s advisory group, where he will review preliminary assessments, rate measures based on evaluation criteria, and provide written feedback that will help guide the committee’s recommendation group discussions as to whether measures should be considered for CMS adoption.

“I am very honored to have been selected to serve on the PRMR Hospital Committee,” said Dr. Butt. “Everyone on this committee shares a common goal of advancing the U.S. healthcare system, and I am looking forward to contributing to these important conversations and helping to ensure CMS adopts quality measures that will have the most meaningful impact.”

A pioneer in digital quality measurement, Dr. Butt often lends his expertise to influence health care policy. He has served on many technical expert panels for CMS, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and The Joint Commission (TJC). He is an active member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and currently chairs the HIMSS Quality and Safety Task Force which provides input to the HIMSS Public Policy Committee. In 2023, HIMSS awarded him a Changemaker in Health award in the category of Policy Influencer.

About Medisolv, Inc.

Medisolv is a national leader in healthcare quality data management solutions for hospitals, ambulatory care providers, ACOs, and more. Its all-in-one quality management platform, ENCOR, helps healthcare organizations advance patient care by measuring and improving their performance on more than 500 national quality and safety measures, including those required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, The Joint Commission, private payers, and state agencies. Medisolv now serves more than 1,650 hospitals and 8,000 providers nationwide and has been honored with the Black Book award and the Best in KLAS award for healthcare client satisfaction, as well as the HIMSS Policy Changemaker award for their pioneering work in digital quality measurement.

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Medisolv
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