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NPIC/QAS Quality Efficiency Measurement System - ID0441-01

NPIC/QAS currently supports the Pregnancy and Related Conditions Core Measure Set and will be meeting the criteria for the new Perinatal Care (PC) Measures which begin with 4/1/2010 discharges.

For information regarding the new Perinatal Care Measures, 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.

Pregnancy and Related Conditions Measure Set
(Once selected, the hospital must submit data on all applicable measures in the set.)

Pregnancy and Related Conditions - 3 measures: Requires standard administrative data, are risk adjusted, and submission of data on all perinatal discharges.

Vaginal Birth After C-Section Rate
Inpatient Neonatal Mortality
Third or Fourth Degree Perineal Laceration Rate

NPIC/QAS Pricing/Data Collection

Non-members: $5,100 for the Pregnancy and Related Conditions core measure set. NPIC/QAS has a record format for submission of the required administrative set; other file formats such as those submitted to a state data base, can generally be modified easily to meet NPIC/QAS specifications.

Members: Pregnancy and Related Conditions core measure 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.


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