Making Performance The Priority

The National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures will be changing in the year ahead. NCQA is adding five new measures—documenting mammogram results, following up with patients after abnormal breast cancer assessments, controlling blood pressure for patients with hypertension and reporting at least one-fifth of their performance data by race and ethnicity.;And they are eliminating four measures—pain assessment indicator, antidepressant medication management, follow up care for children prescribed ADHD medication, and data source reporting requirements (see;How NCQA’s Quality Measures Are Changing In 2025). Specific . . .