Cardiac Imaging for Preoperative Risk Assessment for Non-Cardiac, Low-Risk Surgery

This measure calculates the percentage of stress echocardiography, single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT MPI), stress magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or computed coronary tomography angiography (CCTA) performed at each facility in the 30 days prior to an ambulatory non-cardiac, low-risk surgery performed at any location. The measure is calculated based on a one-year window of Medicare claims data. The measure has been publicly reported, annually, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), since 2011, as a component of its Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program.