National Committee for Quality Assurance

The risk-adjusted relative resource use by health plan members with specific cardiovascular conditions during the measurement year.

The risk-adjusted relative resource use by health plan members with COPD during the measurement year.

The risk-adjusted relative resource use by health plan members with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) during the measurement year.

The percentage of children with documentation of a risk assessment or counseling for risky behaviors by 13 years of age. Four rates are reported: Risk Assessment or Counseling for Alcohol Use, Risk Assessment or Counseling for Tobacco Use, Risk Assessment or Counseling for Other Substance Use, Risk Assessment or Counseling for Sexual Activity.

The percentage of adolescents with documentation of assessment or counseling for risky behavior by the age of 18 years. Four rates are reported: Risk Assessment or Counseling for Alcohol Use, Risk Assessment or Counseling for Tobacco Use, Risk Assessment or Counseling for Other Substance Use, and Risk Assessment or Counseling for Sexual Activity.

Percentage of women 65-85 years of age who ever had a central dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) test to check for osteoporosis.

The percentage of children 6 months of age who had Suddent Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) counseling.

The percentage of adolescents 12 to 20 years of age with a primary care visit during the measurement year for whom tobacco use status was documented and received help with quitting if identified as a tobacco user.

The percentage of patients 18 years and older with a serious mental illness or alcohol or other drug dependence who received a screening for tobacco use and follow-up for those identified as a current tobacco user. Two rates are reported.

Rate 1: The percentage of patients 18 years and older with a diagnosis of serious mental illness who received a screening for tobacco use and follow-up for those identified as a current tobacco user.

This is a clinical performance measure which assesses whether women age 65+ were provided appropriate treatment for urinary incontinence (UI). This measure has three rates:

(A) Assessment for UI: Percentage of female patients aged 65 years and older who were assessed for the presence or absence of urinary incontinence within 12 months.
(B) Characterization of UI: Percentage of female patients aged 65 years and older with a diagnosis of urinary incontinence whose urinary incontinence was characterized at least once within 12 months