• Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010208
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of imaging studies for patients aged 18 years and older with knee pain who undergo knee MRI or MRA who are known to have had knee radiographs performed within the preceding three months based on information from the radiology information system (RIS), patient-provided radiological history, or other health-care source.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010211
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for CT or MRI studies of the chest or neck or ultrasound of the neck for patients aged 18 years and older with no known thyroid disease with a thyroid nodule less than 1.0 cm noted incidentally with follow-up imaging recommended.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011007
  • 2017 Jan

Intra-procedure colonoscopy complication rate: percentage of patients who developed one or more intra-procedure colonoscopy complications.

AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, Performance Measurement Initiative, Colonoscopy Work Group

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009949
  • 2014 Nov
  • 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 osteoporosis in the six months after the fracture.

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: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:010346
  • 2015 Jun
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Osteoporosis: percentage of women 65 to 85 years of age who have documentation in their medical record of having received a central dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) test of their hip or spine.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010203
  • 2015 Feb
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of patients undergoing a screening mammogram whose information is entered into a reminder system with a target due date for the next mammogram.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010613
  • 2015 Oct

Frequency of selected procedures: summary of utilization of fourteen frequently performed procedures.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010209
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for patients aged 18 years and older who had a previously documented iodinated contrast reaction who undergo any imaging examination using intravenous iodinated contrast that include documentation that the patients were pre-medicated with corticosteroids with or without H1 antihistamines.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010206
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for patients aged 18 years and older undergoing CT with documentation that one or more of the specified dose optimization techniques were used.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010212
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for abdominal imaging studies for asymptomatic patients aged 18 years and older with one or more of the following noted incidentally with follow-up imaging recommended: liver lesion less than or equal to 0.5 cm; cystic kidney lesion less than 1.0 cm; adrenal lesion less than or equal to 1.0 cm.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009931
  • 2014 Nov
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Breast cancer screening: percentage of women 50 to 74 years of age who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010548
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Use of imaging studies for low back pain: percentage of members with a primary diagnosis of low back pain who did not have an imaging study (plain x-ray, MRI, CT scan) within 28 days of the diagnosis.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010347
  • 2015 Jun
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Osteoporosis: percentage of women age 50 to 85 who suffered a fracture and who either had a bone mineral density test or received a prescription for a drug to treat osteoporosis.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009950
  • 2014 Nov
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Use of imaging studies for low back pain: percentage of patients with a primary diagnosis of low back pain who did not have an imaging study (plain x-ray, MRI, CT scan) within 28 days of the diagnosis.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010204
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for procedures using fluoroscopy that include radiation exposure indices, or exposure time and number of fluorographic images (if radiation exposure indices are not available).

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011008
  • 2017 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Colorectal cancer screening: percentage of patients aged 50 to 75 years receiving a screening colonoscopy without biopsy or polypectomy who had a recommended follow-up interval of at least 10 years for repeat colonoscopy documented in their colonoscopy report.

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:010207
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of imaging studies for patients aged 18 years and older with shoulder pain undergoing shoulder MRI, MRA, or a shoulder ultrasound who are known to have had shoulder radiographs performed within the preceding 3 months based on information from the radiology information system (RIS), patient-provided radiological history, or other health-care source.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010210
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for patients aged 18 years and older who received intravenous iodinated contrast for a CT examination who had an extravasation of contrast.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®