Updated ACC/AHA Performance Measures and Quality Metrics for Heart Failure Care

A joint organizational writing group has identified three new performance measures and six new quality measures to characterize care for the syndrome.

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) have for many years published evidence-based quality metrics of processes, structures, and outcomes for cardiovascular conditions. Now, an ACC/AHA joint task force has updated its set of measures for the care of heart failure (HF). This update includes new performance measures (PMs; measures of adequate rigor and importance to be considered for accountability purposes such as pay-for-performance) and quality measures (QMs; metrics not meeting criteria of performance measures but intended for quality-improvement efforts). Notably, none of the previously established metrics for HF care were retired.

New PMs include:

Initiation of guideline-directed medical therapies (…

Reviewing Author

Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH, MACC, FAHA

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardBristol Myers Squibb; CPC Clinical Research

Grant/Research SupportNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Editorial BoardsUpToDate; American College of Cardiology Self-Assessment Program (SAP)

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAmerican College of Cardiology (Chair, Innovations Committee)