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AQUA QCDR Measures

The AUA Quality (AQUA) Registry has once again been recognized by CMS as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) for 2025.

2024 AQUA Non-QPP Measures [pdf]
2025 AQUA Non-QPP Measures [pdf]

Additional 2025 AQUA Measure Resources will be Posted Soon

2024 AQUA QPP Measures

QPP # Measure Title
001 Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)
047 Advance Care Plan
048 Urinary Incontinence: Assessment of Presence or Absence of Urinary Incontinence in Women Aged 65 Years and Older
050 Urinary Incontinence: Plan of Care for Urinary Incontinence in Women Aged 65 Years and Older
102 Prostate Cancer: Avoidance of Overuse of Bone Scan for Staging Low Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
104 Prostate Cancer: Combination Androgen Deprivation Therapy for High Risk or Very High Risk Prostate Cancer
130 Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
134 Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan
143 Oncology: Medical and Radiation – Pain Intensity Quantified
144 Oncology: Medical and Radiation – Plan of Care for Pain
226 Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
236 Controlling High Blood Pressure
238 Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults
317 Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented
318 Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk
357 Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
358 Patient-Centered Surgical Risk Assessment and Communication
370 Depression Remission at Twelve Months
374 Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report
422 Performing Cystoscopy at the Time of Hysterectomy for Pelvic Organ Prolapse to Detect Lower Urinary Tract Injury
431 Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling
432 Proportion of Patients Sustaining a Bladder Injury at the Time of any Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair
433 Proportion of Patients Sustaining a Bowel Injury at the time of any Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair
453 Percentage of Patients who Died from Cancer Receiving Systemic Cancer-Directed Therapy in the Last 14 Days of Life (lower score – better)
457 Percentage of Patients who Died from Cancer Admitted to Hospice for Less than 3 Days (lower score – better)
462 Bone Density Evaluation for Patients with Prostate Cancer and Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy
476 Urinary Symptom Score Change 6-12 Months After Diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
481 Intravesical Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin for Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
483 Person-Centered Primary Care Measure Patient Reported Outcome Performance Measure (PCPCM PRO-PM)
487 Screening for Social Drivers of Health
488 Kidney Health Evaluation
490 Appropriate Intervention of Immune-Related Diarrhea and/or Colitis in Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
493 Adult Immunization Status
497 Preventive Care and Wellness (Composite)
498 Connection to Community Service Provider
503 Gains in Patient Activation Measure (PAM) Scores at 12 Months

Dates to Remember

December 31, 2024
CMS deadline to apply for the 2024 Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) and Promoting Interoperability (PI) hardship exemptions.

January 2025
CMS 2024 MIPS pre-submission audits are conducted.

February 26, 2025
Last day to upload the Health Insurance Claim Form (CMS 1500 Form) and sign the Data Release Consent Forms (DRCF) via the AQUA Registry dashboard.

March 14, 2025
The AQUA Registry’s internal 2024 MIPS submission deadline.

March 31, 2025
CMS’ official 2024 MIPS submission deadline.

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2024 Measure Resources:

  1. 2024 Non-QPP Measure Specification Changes from 2023
  2. 2024 QPP Measure Specification Changes from 2023 (CQMs)
  3. 2024 QPP Measure Specification Changes from 2023 (eCQMs)
  4. 2024 AQUA benchmarks and point values

2024 QCDR Measures Quicklist [pdf]

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.