Questions?
If you have questions or would like to directly discuss your options with AQUA, connect with one of our Registry Coordinators.
Contact Us
AQUA QCDR Measures
The AUA Quality (AQUA) Registry has once again been recognized by CMS as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) for 2023.
2023 AQUA QPP Measures
| 1 | Effective Clinical Care | Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%) |
| 47 | Communication & Care Coordination | Advance Care Plan |
| 48 | Effective Clinical Care | Urinary Incontinence: Assessment of Presence or Absence of Urinary Incontinence in Women Aged 65 Years and Older |
| 50 | Person & Caregiver- Centered Experience & Outcomes | Urinary Incontinence: Plan of Care for Urinary Incontinence in Women Aged 65 Years and Older |
| 102 | Efficiency and Cost Reduction | Prostate Cancer: Avoidance of Overuse of Bone Scan for Staging Low Risk Prostate Cancer Patients |
| 104 | Effective Clinical Care | Prostate Cancer: Combination Androgen Deprivation Therapy for High Risk or Very High Risk Prostate Cancer |
| 112 | Effective Clinical Care | Breast Cancer Screening |
| 113 | Effective Clinical Care | Colorectal Cancer Screening |
| 117 | Effective Clinical Care | Diabetes: Eye Exam |
| 128 | Community/Population Health | Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan |
| 130 | Patient Safety | Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record |
| 134 | Community/Population Health | Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan |
| 226 | Community/Population Health | Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention |
| 236 | Effective Clinical Care | Controlling High Blood Pressure |
| 238 | Patient Safety | Use of High Risk Medications for Older Adults |
| 317 | Community/Population Health | Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure Follow-up Documented |
| 318 | Patient Safety | Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk |
| 357 | Effective Clinical Care | Surgical Site Infection |
| 358 | Person & Caregiver- Centered Experience & Outcomes | Patient-Centered Surgical Risk Assessment and Communication |
| 370 | Effective Clinical Care | Depression Remission at Twelve Months |
| 374 | Communication & Care Coordination | Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report |
| 431 | Community/Population Health | Preventive Care and Screening Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling |
| 432 | Patient Safety | Proportion of Patients Sustaining a Bladder Injury at the Time of any Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair |
| 433 | Patient Safety | Proportion of Patients Sustaining a Bowel Injury at the time of any Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair |
| 438 | Effective Clinical Care | Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease |
| 453 | Effective Clinical Care | Percentage of Patients who Died from Cancer Receiving Systemic Cancer-Directed Therapy in the Last 14 Days of Life (lower score – better) |
| 457 | Effective Clinical Care | Percentage of Patients Who Died from Cancer Admitted to Hospice for Less than 3 days |
| 462 | Effective Clinical Care | Bone Density Evaluation for Patients with Prostate Cancer and Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy |
| 476 | Person & Caregiver- Centered Experience & Outcomes | Urinary Symptom Score Change 6-12 Months After Diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia |
| 481 | Effective Clinical Care | Intravesical Bacillus-Calmette Guerin for Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer |
| 487 | Community/Population Health | Screening for Social Drivers of Health |
| 488 | Effective Clinical Care | Kidney Health Evaluation |
| 493 | Community/Population Health | Adult Immunization Status |
Important Dates & Deadlines
October 1, 2022
Recruitment Closes for Non-MIPS Participation
February 25, 2023
Sign and Upload Data Release Consent Forms (DRCF) and TIN CMS 1500 Forms on AQUA Registry Dashboard
March 15, 2023
AQUA Internal 2022 MIPS Submission Deadline
March 31, 2023
CMS Official 2022 MIPS Submission Deadline
April 1, 2023
AQUA Registry Recruitment Period Begins
*Disclaimer: If your institution expects third parties to use their institution-specific BAA, has complex security requirements or other special issues, make sure to start the enrollment process as soon as possible to ensure all necessary paperwork is completed prior to the deadline.
advertisement
advertisement
2022 Measure Resources:
- PY2022 Maximum Point Values for AQUA Supported Measures
- 2022 Non-QPP Measure Specification Changes from 2021
- 2022 QPP Measure Specification Changes from 2021
- 2022 AQUA Benchmarks and Maximum Point Values
2023 QCDR Measures Quicklist [pdf]
2022 QCDR Measures Quicklist [pdf]
2021 QCDR Measures Quicklist [pdf]
2020 QCDR Measures Quicklist [pdf]
2019 QCDR Measures Quicklist [pdf]
2018 QCDR Measures Quicklist [pdf]
2017 QCDR Measures Quicklist [pdf]
2016 QCDR Measures Quicklist [pdf]
Disclaimer: The AUA encourages practices to download and review CMS' improvement activity (IA) data validation requirements. Providers should maintain documentation supporting the compilation of each activity, in the event of a future CMS audit. Additionally, the AUA AQUA Registry cannot guarantee a positive or negative payment adjustment at any time.