Guidelines & Quality

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Guidelines

The AUA’s Clinical Practice Guidelines provide evidence-based guidance with an explicit clinical scope and purpose. AUA Guidelines are an important resource for members and provide urology professionals with the best in peer-reviewed treatment recommendations and research updates.

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Quality & Measurement

The core of the work of the Quality & Measurement Department is to help our members improve the quality of care they provide to their patients. We focus primarily on healthcare performance measurement and on various types of quality improvement education and initiatives. 

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New Updates to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: AUA/SUO Guideline

The recurrence and progression probability rates depend on several clinical and pathologic factors. Therefore, the ability to predict risk of recurrence and progression and treating non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) appropriately is important. This Guideline provides a risk-stratified clinical framework for the management of NMIBC. Access to the full Guideline now requires a login. 

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MIPS Reporting

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a path to participate in the CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP), which was created under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 to combine multiple value-based programs.

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Translated Guidelines

Several Guidelines have been translated thanks to relationships with various urologic societies. 

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E-QIPS

The Engage with Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (E-QIPS) resources will cultivate quality improvement and patient safety projects from members of the urological community to highlight QIPS accomplishments, foster QIPS growth, encourage collaboration and elevate urological care.

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