To endorse a core set of performance measures for the management of adult diabetes mellitus.
In 1998, the Diabetes Quality Improvement Project (DQIP) established a set of diabetes performance measures for accountability and quality improvement. DQIP was initially generated through the joint efforts and support of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Foundation for Accountability, the American Diabetes Association, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Subsequent discussion and modification of the DQIP measures by the American Medical Association, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and National Committee for Quality Assurance resulted in the AMA/JCAHO/NCQA Core Measurement Set for the Management of Adult Diabetes. The NQF Diabetes Measures Review Committee will evaluate these measures and make a recommendation about whether the core measurement set is appropriate for consideration as an NQF-endorsed voluntary consensus standard. If deemed ready by the Review Committee, this measure set is expected to proceed rapidly through the NQF consensus process due to the high degree of previous agreement around these measures.
As it undertakes ongoing maintenance of the practices, NQF will continue to focus on practices with these attributes and that also meet the criteria of specificity, benefit, evidence of effectiveness, generalizability, and readiness.
This project, like all NQF activities, involves the active participation of key healthcare stakeholders. A recommendation on whether to pursue endorsement of the measure set through the NQF consensus process will be made by the Review Committee. This project is supported through general NQF operating funds.