NPIC/QAS Quality Efficiency Measurement System - ID0441-01

NPIC/QAS currently supports the Perinatal Care Measure Set.

For information regarding Core Measure Services, please call Sandra Boyle, Director of Membership Services or Annemarie D'Abrosca, Senior Analyst/Hospital Liaison

Core Measure Requirements For All Participants

Hospitals are required to collect data and submit to the Joint Commission for four CORE Measure sets or a combination of Core and Non-core measures.

The current requirements are:

• If four applicable core measure sets can be identified, then no non-core measures are required.


• If three applicable core measure sets can be identified, then three non-core measures are required.
  (NPIC/QAS can also fulfill non-core submission requirements; please contact us for more information.)


• If two applicable core measure sets can be identified, then six non-core measures are required.


• If one applicable core measure sets can be identified, then nine non-core measures are required.


• If no core measure sets are applicable, then nine non-core measures are required.

Perinatal Care (PC) Measures
(Once selected, the hospital must submit data on all applicable measures in the set.)

Perinatal Care - 5 measures: Requires some data variables not generally available in the administrative data set. NPIC/QAS provides a web-based data collection tool for abstraction of maternal and neonatal information from the medical record.

1. Elective Delivery
2. Cesarean Section
3. Antenatal Steroids
4. Health Care – Associated Bloodstream Infections in Newborns
5. Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding

NPIC/QAS Pricing/Data Collection

Non-members: $5,100 for the Perinatal Care Measures Set. NPIC/QAS has a file format for submission of the administrative data required to calculate the sample population for each measure; other file formats such as those submitted to a state data base, can generally be modified easily to meet NPIC/QAS specifications.

Members: Perinatal Care Measures Set submitted for no additional charge with annual membership.

For members and non-members: The Joint Commission charges $168 transmission fee per set. This cost is passed on to the hospital.