Connecticut State Office of Health Strategy
Guidance for Payers and Providers
Quality Benchmark Implementation Manual
On January 22, 2020, Governor Lamont signed Executive Order No. 5 directing the establishment of Quality Benchmarks and directing the Office of Health Strategy (OHS) to develop annual Quality Benchmarks for Calendar Year (CY) 2022-2025. In 2021, OHS selected seven Quality Benchmark measures and Benchmark values for phased implementation, per the recommendation of the OHS Quality Council, its key advisory body on quality measurement. During the 2022 legislative session, §§217-223 of Public Act 22-118 codified Executive Order No. 5’s provisions into law. It also created new reporting requirements for the Quality Benchmarks, including requiring that OHS collect and report on payer and provider entity performance on the Quality Benchmarks.
The Connecticut Quality Benchmark Initiative Implementation Manual contains the technical and operational steps for collecting and reporting on the Quality Benchmarks.
CT QUALITY BENCHMARK INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL
The CT Quality Measure Performance Submission Template data file is an Excel worksheet. These are the files that will be uploaded through the payer data portal.