• Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010793
  • 2016 Jul
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Perinatal care: percentage of patients with elective vaginal deliveries or elective cesarean births at greater than or equal to 37 and less than 39 weeks of gestation completed.

The Joint Commission

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009944
  • 2014 Nov
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Comprehensive adult diabetes care: percentage of patients 18 to 75 years of age with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who had an eye exam (retinal) performed.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010164
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) and/or total knee arthroplasty (TKA): hospital-level 30-day, all-cause, risk-standardized readmission rate (RSRR) following elective primary THA and/or TKA.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Yale-New Haven Health Services Corporation/Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation under contract to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010803
  • 2016 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Chronic stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period who also have prior MI or a current or prior LVEF less than 40% who were prescribed beta-blocker therapy.

Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • 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:009947
  • 2014 Nov
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Comprehensive adult diabetes care: percentage of patients 18 to 75 years of age with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who had a foot exam (visual inspection, a sensory exam with monofilament and a pulse exam) during the measurement year.

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:010677
  • 2015 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Depression care: percentage of patients 18 years of age or older with major depression or dysthymia who demonstrated a response to treatment 12 months (+/- 30 days) after an index visit.

MN Community Measurement

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010514
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Medication management for people with asthma: percentage of members 5 to 85 years of age during the measurement year who were identified as having persistent asthma and who were dispensed an asthma controller medication that they remained on for at least 75% of their treatment period.

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:009933
  • 2014 Nov
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Colorectal cancer screening: percentage of patients 50 to 75 years of age who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010463
  • 2015 Nov
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Colorectal cancer screening: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older receiving a surveillance colonoscopy, with a history of a prior adenomatous polyp(s) in previous colonoscopy findings, who had an interval of 3 or more years since their last colonoscopy.

American College of Gastroenterology; American Gastroenterological Association; American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010547
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Avoidance of antibiotic treatment in adults with acute bronchitis: percentage of adults 18 to 64 years of age with a diagnosis of acute bronchitis who were not dispensed an antibiotic prescription.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010466
  • 2015 Dec

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with an IBD encounter who were prescribed prednisone equivalents greater than or equal to 10 mg/day for 60 or greater consecutive days or a single prescription equating to 600 mg prednisone or greater for all fills and were documented for risk of bone loss once during the reporting year or the previous calendar year.

American Gastroenterological Association; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010520
  • 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 had hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) testing.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010348
  • 2013 Jul
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Geriatrics: percentage of patients aged 65 years and older discharged from any inpatient facility (e.g., hospital, skilled nursing facility, or rehabilitation facility) and seen within 30 days of discharge in the office by the physician, prescribing practitioner, registered nurse, or clinical pharmacist who had reconciliation of the discharge medications with the current medication list in the outpatient medical record documented.

American Geriatrics Society; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010931
  • 2016 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Colorectal cancer screening: percentage of members 50 to 75 years of age who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010802
  • 2016 Apr
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Heart failure: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of heart failure with a current or prior left LVEF less than 40% who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB therapy either within a 12 month period when seen in the outpatient setting or at each hospital discharge.

Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009945
  • 2014 Nov
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Comprehensive adult diabetes care: percentage of patients 18 to 75 years of age with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who received medical attention for nephropathy.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010794
  • 2016 Jul
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Perinatal care: percentage of nulliparous women with a term, singleton baby in a vertex position delivered by cesarean birth.

The Joint Commission