Public Comment Opens Soon: Proposed Retirement of Select HEDIS® Measures

NCQA is evolving HEDIS to better reflect where quality measurement is headed: toward a more focused and meaningful measure set that delivers clearer, more actionable signals and supports improvement in care, accountability and value across the healthcare system. Measure retirement is an important part of this ongoing curation work, helping ensure that HEDIS adapts to advances in evidence, clinical practice, data availability, policy priorities and stakeholder needs.

NCQA will seek feedback about the proposed retirement of select HEDIS measures for Measurement Year (MY) 2027. These proposed changes are intended to strengthen the HEDIS measure set by identifying measures that may no longer provide strong signals for quality improvement, benchmarking or accountability relative to the burden of continued reporting and maintenance.

The ad-hoc public comment period will be open from August 3 to August 17.

Why Are Measures Being Retired?

NCQA’s measure curation work is guided by a broader modernization strategy focused on advancing HEDIS measures that are meaningful, actionable and aligned with the future of healthcare quality measurement. NCQA evaluated existing measures to determine if updates, retirement or replacement were appropriate. Evaluation ensures HEDIS measures remain evidence-based, clinically meaningful and feasible to implement.

Measures considered for retirement may have limited impact on quality improvement, low actionability, small populations, consistently high performance with little variation, overlap with other measures, significant reporting burden relative to value or reduced alignment with evolving clinical guidelines.  Together, these considerations help ensure the HEDIS measure set remains meaningful, effective and aligned with the needs of the healthcare system.

Why Should You Comment?

NCQA measures are based on published clinical guidelines and best available evidence. As new evidence becomes available and the healthcare system evolves, we evaluate measures to determine when updates, retirement or replacement are appropriate using the process described above.

Public comment is an important part of maintaining the HEDIS measure set. NCQA reviews all comments received during the public comment process and presents results to advisory panels and to the NCQA Committee on Performance Measurement for deliberation. NCQA will communicate final determinations through established channels following completion of its review and approval process.

How Can You Comment?

Public comment will go live on Monday, August 3. We will post the link and more details on our public comment webpage.

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