The following measures have been identified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or CMS (not DHCS) as the Initial Adult Core Measures.  Each measure that is defined by the National Quality Forum or NQF (not DHCS) has a number which is shown below. The numbers are linked to the measures on the NQF website.  The Measure Steward refers to the organization that is responsible for providing the required measure information for the measure maintenance process that occurs approximately every three years and is responsible for making the necessary updates to the measure and for informing NQF about any changes that are made to the measure on an annual basis.  Each candidate measure or set of measures will have a measure steward who will assume responsibility for the submission of the measure for potential endorsement of NQF.   

Measure Stewards included below are outside of the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS): the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG).   

For each measure we have identified the programs within DHCS that use and report that measure.  Programs that currently use or plan to use the measures include the Adult Medicaid Quality Grant (AMQG), the Managed Care Plans (MCPs) and the Coordinated Care Initiative CalMediconnect.

NQF	Measure Steward	Measure Name	DHCS Reports
0039	NCQA	Flu Shots for Adults Ages 50-64 (Collected as part of HEDIS CAHPS Supplemental Survey)
N/A	NCQA	Adult BMI Assessment
0031 (PDF)	NCQA	Breast Cancer Screening	CalMediconnect
0032	NCQA	Cervical Cancer Screening	AMQG, MCP
0027	NCQA	Medical Assistance With Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation (Collected as part of HEDIS CAHPS Supplemental Survey)
0418	CMS	Screening for Clinical Depression and Follow-Up Plan	CalMediconnect
1768	NCQA	Plan All-Cause Readmission	AMQG, MCP, CalMediconnect
0272	AHRQ	PQI 01: Diabetes, Short-term Complications Admission Rate	AMQG
0275	AHRQ	PQI 05: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Admission Rate	AMQG
0277	AHRQ	PQI 08: Congestive Heart Failure Admission Rate	AMQG
0283	AHRQ	PQI 15: Adult Asthma Admission Rate	AMQG
0033	NCQA	Chlamydia Screening in Women age 21-24 (same as CHIPRA core measure, however, the State would report on the adult age group)	AMQG
0576	NCQA	Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness	CalMediconnect
0469	HCA, TJC	PC-01: Elective Delivery	AMQG
0476	Prov/CWISH/NPIC/QAS/TJC	PC-03 Antenatal Steroids	AMQG
0403 (PDF)	NCQA	Annual HIV/AIDS medical visit	AMQG
0018	NCQA	Controlling High Blood Pressure	MCP, CalMediconnect
0063	NCQA	Comprehensive Diabetes Care: LDL-C Screening	AMQG, MCP, CalMediconnect
0057	NCQA	Comprehensive Diabetes Care: Hemoglobin A1c Testing	AMQG, MCP, CalMediconnect
0105	NCQA	Antidepressant Medication Management	AMQG, CalMediconnect
N/A	CMS-QMHAG	Adherence to Antipsychotics for Individuals with Schizophrenia	AMQG
0021 (PDF)	NCQA	Annual Monitoring for Patients on Persistent Medications	AMQG, MCP
0006 & 0007	AHRQ & NCQA	CAHPS Health Plan Survey v 4.0 – Adult Questionnaire with CAHPS Health Plan Survey v 4.0H – NCQA Supplemental
648	AMA-PCPI	Care Transition – Transition Record Transmitted to Health care Professional	CalMediconnect
0004	NCQA	Initiation and Engagement of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence Treatment	CalMediconnect
1391	NCQA	Prenatal and Postpartum Care: Postpartum Care Rate	AMQG, MCP