• Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010428
  • 2016 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): median time to transfer to another facility for acute coronary intervention.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010560
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Osteoporosis testing in older women: the percentage of Medicare women 65 to 85 years of age who report ever having received a bone density test to check for osteoporosis.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010528
  • 2015 Oct

Statin therapy for patients with diabetes: percentage of members 40 to 75 years of age during the measurement year with diabetes who do not have ASCVD who remained on a statin medication of any intensity for at least 80% of the treatment period.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009257
  • 2015 Jul

Drug-drug interactions: percentage of patients who received a prescription for a target medication during the measurement period and who were dispensed a concurrent prescription for a precipitant medication.

Pharmacy Quality Alliance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010431
  • 2016 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Emergency department (ED): median time from ED arrival to ED departure for discharged ED patients.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010542
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Annual monitoring for patients on persistent medications: percentage of members 18 years of age and older who received at least 180 treatment days of ambulatory medication therapy for a select therapeutic agent during the measurement year and at least one therapeutic monitoring event for the therapeutic agent in the measurement year.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010525
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who received medical attention for nephropathy.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010517
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Persistence of beta-blocker treatment after a heart attack: percentage of members 18 years of age and older during the measurement year who were hospitalized and discharged from July 1 of the year prior to the measurement year to June 30 of the measurement year with a diagnosis of AMI and who received persistent beta-blocker treatment for six months after discharge.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010511
  • 2015 Oct

Pharmacotherapy management of COPD exacerbation: percentage of COPD exacerbations for members 40 years of age and older who had an acute inpatient discharge or ED visit on or between January 1 and November 30 of the measurement year and who were dispensed a systemic corticosteroid within 14 days of the event.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010550
  • 2015 Oct

Potentially harmful drug-disease interactions in the elderly: percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who have evidence of an underlying disease, condition or health concern and who were dispensed an ambulatory prescription for a potentially harmful medication, concurrent with or after the diagnosis.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010133
  • 2015 Oct

Stroke: percent of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients or their caregivers who were given educational materials during the hospital stay addressing all five specified education categories.

The Joint Commission

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010532
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Antidepressant medication management (effective continuation phase treatment): percentage of members 18 years of age and older who were treated with antidepressant medication, had a diagnosis of major depression and who remained on an antidepressant medication for at least 180 days (6 months).

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009246
  • 2015 Jul
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Proportion of days covered (PDC): percentage of patients who filled at least two prescriptions for the specified diabetes medications on two unique dates of service who met the PDC threshold of 80% during the measurement period.

Pharmacy Quality Alliance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010130
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Stroke: percent of acute ischemic stroke patients for whom IV t-PA was initiated at the hospital within 3 hours (less than or equal to 180 minutes) of time last known well.

The Joint Commission

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010434
  • 2016 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Emergency department (ED): percentage of ED acute ischemic stroke or hemorrhagic stroke patients who arrive at the ED within 2 hours of the onset of symptoms who have a head CT or MRI scan performed during the stay and having a time from ED arrival to interpretation of the head CT or MRI scan within 45 minutes of arrival.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010530
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Osteoporosis management in women who had a fracture: percentage of women 67 to 85 years of age who suffered a fracture and who had either a bone mineral density (BMD) test or prescription for a drug to treat or prevent osteoporosis in the six months after the fracture.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010555
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Fall risk management: the percentage of Medicare members 75 years of age and older, or 65 to 74 years of age with balance or walking problems or a fall in the past 12 months, who were seen by a practitioner in the past 12 months and who discussed falls or problems with balance or walking with their current practitioner.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010535
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Follow-up after hospitalization for mental illness: percentage of discharges for members 6 years of age and older who were hospitalized for treatment of selected mental illness diagnoses and who had an outpatient visit, an intensive outpatient encounter, or partial hospitalization with a mental health practitioner within 30 days of discharge.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010873
  • 2015 Sep
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

End stage renal disease (ESRD): percentage of patient months on maintenance hemodialysis during the last HD treatment of month with a chronic catheter continuously for 90 days or longer prior to the last hemodialysis session.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010426
  • 2016 Jan

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): median time from ED arrival to administration of fibrinolytic therapy in ED patients with ST-segment elevation on the ECG performed closest to ED arrival and prior to transfer.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services