Quality Measures: Diabetes A1C Testing and Breast Cancer Screening
August 2020Using Medicare Fee for Service (FFS), Medicaid, Commercial and Medicare Advantage claims data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) produced two quality measures based on nationally endorsed specifications and used by national and state-sponsored programs: One preventive care measure (Breast Cancer Screening), and one measure of appropriate treatment (Diabetes A1c testing).
This report includes summary tables of these two quality measures for the state of Colorado and for Urban and Rural regions.
