Surgery Final Technical Report - Spring 2019 Cycle 

Performance measurement and reporting is essential, given the increasing rates and costs of inpatient and outpatient surgeries, and provide an opportunity to improve the safety and quality of care received by Americans undergoing surgery and surgical procedures. In 2010, 28.6 million ambulatory surgery visits to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers occurred, representing 48.3 million surgical and nonsurgical procedures. In 2014, there were 17.2 million hospital visits that included at least one surgery. Of these surgeries, over half occurred in a hospital-owned ambulatory surgical center. With the continued growth in the outpatient surgery market, monitoring and assessing the quality of the services provided holds great importance. On July 2, 10, and 15, 2019, the Surgery Standing Committee reviewed two new measures and five measures undergoing maintenance review against NQF’s standard measure evaluation criteria. The two new measures were recommended for endorsement and the five measures undergoing maintenance review were recommended for continued endorsement.