Effective March 27, 2023, the National Quality Forum (NQF) is no longer the consensus-based entity (CBE) funded through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Consensus Development and Strategic Planning for Health Care Quality Measurement Contract. Battelle has been selected to oversee the endorsement & maintenance (E&M) of clinical quality and cost/resource use measures. Since the Fall 2022 cycle launched at NQF, measures submitted to this E&M cycle continued along the prior E&M protocols that were in place at time of the Fall 2022 “Intent to Submit.” Battelle took over the E&M work for the Fall 2022 cycle after developers and/or stewards submitted their full measure information to NQF, which for CBE #2377, the most recent measure specifications can be found here: https://p4qm.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/2377.zip
Battelle took over the E&M work beginning with the public comment period to close the E&M committees for the post-comment meeting, convening the CSAC to render a final endorsement decision, and executing the appeals period.
The proportion of acute MI patients >= 18 years of age that receive "perfect care" based upon their eligibility for each performance measures
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
The number of perfect care opportunities met from all eligible acute MI patients
Denominator
All acute MI patients (including STEMI and NSTEMI)
Note:
• Patients less than 18 years of age are not included in the denominator
• The guidelines-based care for STEMI and NSTEMI populations differ in some respects.
Exclusions
The exclusions for this measure were minimal and comprised: patients <18 years of age, hospital submissions that did not pass the NCDR quality check, and patients who were ineligible for defect free care measure (e.g., contraindications, clinical studies).
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