WHP Performance Measures

NCQA's Performance Measures

1. Health Appraisal (HA) completion

The percentage of adults who have completed a HA.
HA completion rates will be stratified by incentive offered:

  • No incentive
  • Small incentive (≤$100)
  • Large Incentive (>$100)

2. Health Promotion for the Population

The percentage of adults who had at least one interactive contact in an intervention. (Interactive contact must include bidirectional health education or health coaching, and includes in-person, phone, on-line or mail-based, if mail-based involves person to person follow-up).

 

3. Staying Healthy

The percentage of adults who do not have any of the core risks (obesity, cigarette smoking, or physical inactivity) identified on the baseline health appraisal, as well as on the follow-up HA.  

 

4. Prevalence of Core Risks Identified on Health Appraisals

The percentage of adults who have completed a HA and who have had any of the following core risks identified:

  • Obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥30.0) 
  • Cigarette smoking
  • Physical inactivity

5. Number of Core Risks Identified on Health Appraisals

The percentage of adults who have completed a HA and who have had the following number of risks identified:

§  0 risks

§  1 risk

§  2 risks

§  3 risks

 

6. Participation

The percentage of adults who have at least one of the three core risk factors (obesity - BMI≥30.0, cigarette smoking, or physical inactivity) who have at least one interactive contact for a health promotion intervention.

 

7. Risk Reduction - Overall

The percentage of adults who had at least one of the three core risk factors (obesity - BMI≥30.0, cigarette smoking, or physical inactivity) as identified by a baseline health appraisal and who reduced their risk as identified by a follow-up health appraisal.

 

8. Risk Reduction – BMI Reduction and Maintenance

The percentage of adults who were obese (had a BMI≥30.0) with at least one interactive contact specific to weight loss and who have maintained their BMI or reduced their BMI by at least one point.

 

9. Risk Reduction – Cigarette Smoking Quit Rate

The percentage of adults who were current smokers with at least one interactive contact specific to smoking cessation who have quit smoking cigarettes:

  • For 180 days
  • For 12 months

10. Risk Reduction – Physical Activity Level

The percentage of adults who were not getting the recommended amount of physical activity with at least one interactive contact specific to physical activity who now have the recommended level of physical activity.

 

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