Long-Term Indicators

Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease (CMS 347) ^{NQF, Million Hearts}

• Percentage of the following patients- all considered at high risk of cardiovascular events- who were prescribed or were on statin therapy during the measurement period:
  • Adults aged >= 21 years who were previously diagnosed with or currently have an active diagnosis of clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD); OR
  • Adults aged >21 years who have ever had a fasting or direct low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level >=190 mg/dL or were previously diagnosed with or currently have an active diagnosis of familial or pure hypercholesterolemia; OR

Adults aged 40-75 years with a diagnosis of diabetes with a fasting or direct LDL-C level of 70-189 mg/dL

Monthly or quarterly

Controlling High Blood Pressure (NQF 0018) ^{HEDIS, Medicaid, NQF}

• The percentage of patients 18 to 85 years of age who had a diagnosis of hypertension (HTN) and whose blood pressure (BP) was adequately controlled (<140/90) during the measurement year.

Note:

• Some health care professionals diagnose patients with hypertension if their blood pressure is consistently 140/90 mm Hg or higher. This limit is based on guidelines and recommendations released in 2003 and 2014.^1,2

Other health care professionals diagnose patients with hypertension if their blood pressure is consistently 130/80 mm Hg or higher. This limit is based on the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association’s (ACC/AHA) hypertension clinical practice guideline that was released in 2017.³

Annually