Physician Office Quality Measures

Quality measures for physician offices are divided into four categories: adult immunization, breast cancer screening, colorectal cancer screening and cardiac population health.

ADULT IMMUNIZATION

Influenza vaccine received in the most recent flu season who are age 50 or older
Pneumococcal vaccine received at least once in their lifetime who were age 65 or older

BREAST CANCER SCREENING

The proportion of women ages 40-69 at the beginning of a two-year time period who have had at least one mammogram within the time period.

COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING

The proportion of patients ages 50-75 who have received one of the following:

FOBT within one-year of the quarterly measurement period
Flexible sigmoidoscopy within four years of the quarterly measurement period
Double contrast barium enema within four years of the quarterly measurement period
Colonoscopy within ten years of the quarterly measurement period.

Cardiac PopulatioN Health

Blood Pressure ControlÂ

Percentage of patients with Medicare with coronary artery disease or peripheral vascular disease whose most recent blood pressure during the measurement year is <140/90 mm Hg

Lipids Management

Percentage of patients with Medicare with ischemic vascular disease whose most recent LDL-C screening had a result of <100

Aspirin

Percentage of patients with Medicare with ischemic vascular disease who have documentation of use of aspirin or other antithrombotic during the 12-month measurement period

Smoking

Percentage of patients with Medicare who receive smoking cessation counseling

Contact Information

For more information contact Terrey Currie, Project Coordinator, at 303-784-5732, TCurrie@cfmc.org.

Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC), the Medicare quality improvement organization for Colorado, prepared this material under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents do not necessarily reflect CMS Policy.