Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM)

What Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) does

The Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) is a U.S.-based, consensus-based nonprofit organization that evaluates and endorses healthcare quality measures for use in federal quality programs. Operated under Battelle and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, PQM runs four core programs: Endorsement & Maintenance (E&M), which evaluates measures through a six-stage evidence-based process; Pre-Rulemaking Measure Review (PRMR), which recommends measures to CMS quality programs across clinician, hospital, and PAC/LTC settings; Measure Set Review (MSR), which optimizes CMS's existing measure portfolio; and the Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC), which harmonizes measures across payers and providers. A Scientific Methods Panel (SMP) advises on measurement science. PQM manages a library of 100+ reviewed measures covering cardiovascular, primary care, renal, safety, and patient experience domains, and stewards the CoreQ family of patient-reported outcome performance measures (PRO-PMs) used in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities through AHCA/NCAL's LTC Trend Tracker platform.

PQM operates on a community-led GTM with free individual and organizational membership, no fees for committee participation or public comment submissions, and direct self-serve access via a Measure Workspace portal. Its revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed, but the organization is 'powered by Battelle' — a large research organization — and is structured around a federal contract relationship with CMS that channels endorsement and PRMR work into Medicare and Medicaid quality programs. Member segments include measure developers and stewards, specialty societies, provider organizations, CMS, and long-term/post-acute care facilities.

The organization reaches stakeholders through its website (p4qm.org), monthly newsletter, public comment opportunities, educational webinars, LinkedIn, and YouTube, and publishes Annual Reports to Congress and HHS. Core partnerships include Battelle (operational parent), CMS (primary federal customer), AHCA/NCAL (CoreQ steward and LTC Trend Tracker operator), and 40+ survey administration vendors integrated via API.

Name

Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM)

Legal name

Partnership for Quality Measurement

Website

https://p4qm.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM), powered by Battelle, is a consensus-based nonprofit that evaluates and endorses healthcare quality measures for CMS federal programs. It serves measure developers, specialty societies, providers, and long-term care facilities through free membership and structured committee processes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Quality Measurement

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Quality Measurement, Reporting & Benchmarking (HEDIS/Stars/CQM) (HLACAHAC)

Keywords

• Healthcare quality measurement
• Measure endorsement services
• Clinical quality measures
• Consensus-based measurement
• Quality measure evaluation

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership and Government Contracting: PQM operates as a nonprofit organization powered by Battelle, likely funded through federal government contracts (CMS programs) and partnerships. Membership is free for individuals and organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PQM operates a consensus-based quality measurement ecosystem that evaluates healthcare quality measures for endorsement and maintenance (E&M), assesses and recommends measures for use in select CMS quality programs (PRMR), optimizes the CMS measure portfolio through Measure Set Review (MSR), and aligns core measure sets across payers and providers via the Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC). Its services are delivered through structured committee processes, public comment periods, and the Scientific Methods Panel, and include management of specific patient-reported outcome performance measures such as the CoreQ family for skilled nursing facilities.

Product overview

PQM operates as a multi-committee quality measurement ecosystem powered by Battelle, encompassing Endorsement & Maintenance (E&M) for evidence-based measure evaluation, Pre-Rulemaking Measure Review (PRMR) for CMS program recommendations, Measure Set Review (MSR) for portfolio optimization, and the Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC) for harmonization across care settings. The platform also includes the Scientific Methods Panel for measurement science. Key measure products include the CoreQ family of patient-reported outcome performance measures (PRO-PMs) for skilled nursing facility resident satisfaction assessment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC): A collaborative working group focused on aligning core quality measures across payers and healthcare providers.
• Endorsement and Maintenance (E&M)
• Pre-Rulemaking Measure Review (PRMR)
• Measure Set Review (MSR)
• Scientific Methods Panel (SMP)

Products and services

• Endorsement & Maintenance (E&M) E&M is a measure evaluation program that ensures measures are evidence-based, scientifically sound, safe, and effective through a six-stage process from Intent to Submit through endorsement decision and appeals. It is the core PQM service used by measure developers and stewards to seek and maintain endorsement.
• Pre-Rulemaking Measure Review (PRMR) PRMR assesses and recommends measures for use in select Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) programs through Clinician, Hospital, and PAC/LTC committees. It is the formal pre-rulemaking mechanism for measure inclusion in CMS quality programs.
• Measure Set Review (MSR) MSR optimizes CMS's measure portfolio by evaluating and recommending measures for continued use through a Recommendation Group structure. It provides formal review and recommendation regarding retention or removal of measures already in use in CMS programs.
• Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC) CQMC brings together health care stakeholders to develop core measure sets across various care settings to harmonize quality measurement across payers and providers. It is a standing workgroup producing core measure sets and an annual review schedule.
• Scientific Methods Panel (SMP) The SMP is an advisory panel that advises Battelle on measurement science for quality measurement methodology. It provides methodological review underlying PQM's endorsement decisions.
• CoreQ Short-Stay Discharge Satisfaction Measure A patient-reported outcome performance measure (PRO-PM) that calculates the percentage of skilled nursing facility patients discharged within 100 days who report satisfaction scores of 3 or higher on a 5-point scale. It is used by SNFs, state quality programs, and award programs for public reporting and improvement.
• CoreQ Long-Stay Resident Satisfaction Measure A patient-reported outcome performance measure that calculates the percentage of long-stay skilled nursing facility residents (100+ days) who report satisfaction scores of 3 or higher on a 5-point scale. It is used by SNFs for quality measurement, public reporting, and benchmarking.

Quantifiable outcome

• Mean satisfaction rate of 59.4% with decile ranges from 8% to 98.7%, indicating significant performance variation and room for improvement
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BattellecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBattelle is the parent organization powering PQM. Battelle provides operational infrastructure, staff support, and scientific expertise including the Scientific Methods Panel (SMP) that advises on measurement science.
• American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAHCA/NCAL stewards the CoreQ satisfaction measures and maintains LTC Trend Tracker. They work with PQM on measure endorsement and maintenance processes and coordinate the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program.
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMS is the primary federal customer for PQM's measure review processes. PRMR assesses and recommends measures for use in CMS quality programs including Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Clinician, and PAC/LTC programs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA): NCQA is a leading developer of healthcare quality measures (notably HEDIS) and an accreditor of health plans; it is a direct peer in healthcare quality measurement and operates a comparable measure stewardship and endorsement-like process that competes for CMS program inclusion.
• URAC: URAC is a healthcare accreditation and measurement organization that develops quality measures and standards used by CMS and payers; it is a direct peer in healthcare quality measurement and accreditation with comparable processes to PQM's consensus-based evaluation.
• National Quality Forum (NQF): NQF was the historical consensus-based measure endorsement body for U.S. healthcare; it is now also operated by Battelle, the same parent as PQM, and its measure endorsement work has been substantially transitioned to PQM, making it a directly comparable peer in the same measure endorsement category.

Broad incumbents

• The Joint Commission: The Joint Commission is a broad healthcare quality and safety incumbent that develops and stewards quality measures, accredits healthcare organizations, and influences CMS programs — overlapping with PQM's measure endorsement and quality benchmarking role on a wider portfolio basis.
• Premier Inc. Premier is a large healthcare improvement company that operates quality benchmarking collaboratives and develops/stewards quality measures used in CMS programs; it is a broad incumbent with overlapping measure development and benchmarking capabilities.

Emerging players

• Medisolv: Medisolv is a healthcare quality reporting and electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) technology vendor that helps hospitals submit CMS quality measures; it is an emerging player in the digital quality measurement space that intersects with PQM's measure endorsement portfolio.

Others

• Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare: The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare develops robust process improvement methods and quality solutions for healthcare; it is a thematic peer in healthcare quality measurement and improvement methodologies, related to PQM's measurement science work.
• American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL): AHCA/NCAL is PQM's CoreQ measure steward partner and operates the LTC Trend Tracker; comparable as a healthcare quality organization that drives measure adoption in post-acute and long-term care settings, though more of a partner than a direct competitor.
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): AHRQ funds and develops quality measures and patient safety indicators used in federal programs; it is a thematic peer as a public-sector quality measurement developer and data steward, though it is more of a customer/funding ecosystem participant than a direct competitor.
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): CMS is PQM's primary federal customer and the body whose quality programs (Hospital IQR, QPP, PAC/LTC) drive demand for endorsed measures; relevant as the ecosystem anchor rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@PQMpoweredbyBattelle
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/partnership-for-quality-measurement-pqm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM)