Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12-month period who also have diabetes OR a current or prior LVEF < 40% who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB therapy

Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period for whom there is documented results of an evaluation of level of activity AND an evaluation of presence or absence of anginal symptoms in the medical record

Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of hypertension with a blood pressure <140/90 mm Hg OR patients with a blood pressure >= 140/90 mm Hg and prescribed 2 or more anti-hypertensive medications during the most recent office visit within a 12 month period

Type of score: Proportion
Percentage of patient visits for patients aged 21 years and older with a diagnosis of OA with an assessment for use of anti-inflammatory or analgesic OTC medications

Type of score: Proportion
Percentage of patient visits for patients aged 21 years and older with a diagnosis of osteoarthritis with assessment for function and pain

The percentage of children 2–18 years of age who were diagnosed with pharyngitis, dispensed an antibiotic and received a group A streptococcus (strep) test for the episode. A higher rate represents better performance (i.e., appropriate testing).

The Appropriate Treatment for Upper Respiratory Infection (URI) measure assesses whether members 3 months of age and older with a diagnosis of upper respiratory infection were not dispensed an antibiotic prescription. The measure includes patients enrolled in commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare health plans.

Percentage of patients aged 5 years and older with a diagnosis of persistent asthma who were prescribed long-term control medication

Three rates are reported for this measure:
1. Patients prescribed inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) as their long term control medication
2. Patients prescribed other alternative long term control medications (non-ICS)
3. Total patients prescribed long-term control medication

The percentage of patients 5-64 years of age during the measurement year who were identified as having persistent asthma and who were appropriately prescribed medication during the measurement year.

Percentage of patients who were evaluated during at least one office visit for the frequency (numeric) of daytime and nocturnal asthma symptoms