Person-Centered Primary Care Measure Patient Reported Outcome
The Person-Centered Primary Care Measure Patient Reported Outcome Performance Measure (PCPCM PRO-PM) uses the PCPCM Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) a comprehensive and parsimonious set of 11 patient-reported items - to assess the broad scope of primary care. Unlike other primary care measures, the PCPCM PRO-PM measures the high value aspects of primary care based on a patient’s relationship with the clinician or practice.
Last updated: January 15, 2026
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📖Clinical Rationale
The Person-Centered Primary Care Measure Patient Reported Outcome Performance Measure (PCPCM PRO-PM) uses the PCPCM PROM - a comprehensive and parsimonious set of 11 patient-reported items - to assess the broad scope of primary care. Unlike other primary care measures, the PCPCM PRO-PM measures the high value aspects of primary care based on a patient’s relationship with the clinician or practice.
Patients identify the PCPCM PROM as meaningful and able to communicate the quality of their care to their clinicians and/or care team. The items within the PCPCM PROM are based on extensive stakeholder engagement and comprehensive reviews of the literature. It is not a consumer satisfaction survey – it is a patient assessment of whether the functions of primary care are being met by their clinician, or practice, and to what extent.
📝Clinical Recommendations
The IOM Report on Primary Care calls for care to be personalized at the patient level, with care integrated for whole people to overcome the many problems of fragmented and depersonalized care. The PCPCM PRO-PM complements more narrow disease-specific quality measures, and can be used to integrate care for whole people. (IOM, 1996.)
📋Implementation Notes
This measure contains one strata defined by a single submission criteria. This measure produces a single continuous variable. For the purposes of MIPS implementation, this procedure measure is submitted each time a procedure is performed during the performance period. For each MIPS eligible clinician, group, subgroup*, virtual group, and APM Entity, a minimum of 30 PCPCM PRO instruments per clinician are needed for submission of this measure.
All valid survey results (as defined in the specification) should be included in the aggregate score. For MIPS eligible groups, subgroups*, virtual groups, and APM entities with 5 or more clinicians, a minimum of 150 PCPCM PRO instruments per TIN for each site/location associated with the clinicians’ part of the group, subgroups*, virtual groups, and APM entities are needed for submission of this measure.
If the MIPS eligible group, subgroup*, virtual group, and APM entity with 5 or more clinicians encompasses multiple sites/locations, each site/location would need to meet the PCPCM PRO instruments requirements as stated. Data for the measure are collected using the PCPCM PRO instrument. The target population is all active patients attributed to the clinician or practice.
Every active patient receives an invitation to complete the PCPCM PRO during their birth month. A patient is defined as active if the patient has had a documented interaction with the practice within 12 months of their birth month during the measurement period. *Subgroups are only available through MVP reporting. All measure-specific criteria must be met by the subgroup.
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