Statewide Quality Advisory Committee (SQAC) Archive

2017 Meeting Cycle

Final Report

• 2017 Final Report (PDF) | Word
• Appendix A: List of Approved 2018 SQMS Measures (PDF)
• Appendix B: Measure Evaluation Tool (PDF)

October 16, 2017

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT

September 18, 2017

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Evaluations of Measure Nominations (PDF) | Word
• Summary of Informal Submissions (PDF) | Excel
• MassHealth Presentation (PDF) | PPT 
• Minutes (PDF) | Word 

June 26, 2017

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Quality Measures Nominated through Public Process (PDF) | Word
• Other Measures Received Outside of Formal Nomination Process (PDF) | Word
• CHIA PHASE 1: Consumer Healthcare Transparency Website presentation to SQAC (PDF) | PPT
• CHIA Transparency Site Quality Safety Metrics (PDF)

April 24, 2017

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT

2016 Meeting Cycle

Final Report

• 2016 Statewide Quality Final Report (PDF) | Word
• List of approved 2017 SQMS measures (PDF)

October 31, 2016

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT

April 11, 2016

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• 2015 SQAC Quality Priorities Report (PDF) | Word
• Core Measures Set, presentation by Aparna Higgins, AHIP (PDF)
• Proposed ACO Measures, presentation by Katherine Barrett, Health Policy Commission (PDF) | PPT

2015 Meeting Cycle

Final Report

• Final Report (PDF) | Word
• List of approved 2016 SQMS measures (Excel)

2015 Publications

• Summary of Research on Quality Measurement and Reporting of Obstetric Care (PDF) | Word
• Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Quality Measurement and Reporting in the Commonwealth (PDF) | Word

October 19, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Minutes (PDF) | Word

September 21, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
  
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Preliminary Evaluations of Proposed SQMS Measures (PDF) | Word
  
• MAHP-MHA Proposed Tiering Measures (PDF) | Word

• SQAC Quality Priority Proposals
  • Behavioral Health Integration with Primary Care (PDF) | Word
  • End of Life Care (PDF) | Word
  • Maternity (PDF) | Word
  • Opioid Use (PDF) | Word
  • Appropriateness of Facility-Based Care (PDF) | Word

July 27, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• SQAC Scoring Priority Scoring Tool Definitions and Methods (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Priorities Scoring Document (Excel)

June 22, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT

May 18, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• OB Measures Handout (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word

February 23, 2015

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Minutes (PDF) | Word

2014 Meeting Cycle

Final Report

• 2014 Final Report (PDF) | Word
• Appendix B (PDF)
• Appendix C (PDF) | Word

Monday, October 20, 2014

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Measure Reassessments (PDF) | Word
  

Monday, September 22, 2014

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• Draft Lewin Report: 2014 SQMS Proposed Measure Evaluation (PDF) | Word
• Draft SQMS Evaluation Tool (PDF) | Word

Monday, June 16, 2014

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PPT) | Word
• Quality Measures in End-of-Life Care (PPT) | Word
• 2014 Nominated Quality Measures Summary (PDF) | Word
• 2014 Nominated Quality Measures Detail (PDF) | Word

Monday, April 14, 2014

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF)| Word
• Presentation (PDF)| PPT| Word
• CHIA Advice to DOI Straw Model Use of SQMS in Provider Tiering (PDF)| Word
• Pediatric Behavioral Health Measures in the Standard Quality Measure Set (Excel)

Monday, February 10, 2014

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT | Word
• Proposed Measure for Hospital reporting (PDF) | Word
• Subset of the SQMS Measure for Pediatric Population (PDF) | Word
• SQMS measures by focus area (PDF) | Word

2013 Meeting Cycle

Final Report

• Final Report (PDF) | Word
• Appendix A (PDF) | Word
• Appendix B (PDF) | Word

Monday, December 16, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT | Word

Monday, October 21, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PPT) | Word
• Measuring Health Confidence: Additional Considerations (PDF) | Word
• Health Confidence Attachment (PDF)
• Results of the Ease of Measurement Reassessment (PDF) | Word

September 30, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PPT) | Word
• 2013 SQMS Proposed Measure Evaluation (PDF) | Word
• 2012 Non-mandated SQMS Measure Evaluations (PDF) Word
• Evaluations of 2012 Non-Mandated Measures (PDF) | Word
• 2013 Non-mandated SQMS Measures Evaluations and Preliminary Recommendations (Excel)
• SQAC Non-Mandated Measurement Evaluation Process and Scoring (PDF)
• Implementation of the Standard Quality Measure Set (PDF) | Word

August 19, 2013

• Agenda | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• DRAFT - SQAC Non-Mandated Measure Evaluation Process (PDF)

August 1, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Evaluation Committee Presentation (PDF) | PPT
• SQAC Non-Mandated Measure Evaluation Process -DRAFT (PDF)
• Preliminary Ratings - DRAFT (Excel)
• Criteria for Measure Endorsement (Word)
• MAP Measure Selection Criteria (PDF)
• NQF Measure Evaluation Criteria (PDF)

June 17, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PPT) | PDF
• MHQP Presentation on Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurements (PROMs) (PPT) | PDF
• CHIA's preliminary research into PROMs (Excel)
• CHIA's preliminary evaluation of the five new measures to the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) (Excel)
• SQAC Non-Mandated Measure Evaluation Process - DRAFT (PDF)

April 22, 2013

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PPT) | PDF
• Meeting Minutes (PDF) | Word

February 25, 2013

• Agenda (PDF)| Word
• Presentation (PPT)
• Meeting Minutes (PDF) | Word
• 2013 Draft Bylaws (PDF) | Word
• Proposed Mission Statement (PDF) | Word
• Massachusetts Quality Measure Catalog (Excel)

2012 Meeting Cycle

Final Report

• Final Report (PDF) | Word
• Appendix A (PDF) | Word

November 9, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Final Report (PDF) | Word
  • Appendix A (PDF) | Excel

August 10, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PDF) | PPT | Word
• Senate Bill 2400, Section 14 (PDF) | Word
• SQMS Revised Framework (Excel)
• Mandated Measure Summary (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Final Report Outlined (PDF) | Word

July 24, 2012

• Agenda | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Presentation (PPT)
• Public Health and Clinical Care, presented by Paul E. Jarris, MD, MBA, Executive Director, ASTHO (PPT)
• CMS Hospital Process Measures (PDF) | Word
• Proposed Measures Evaluation (Excel)
• Framework Guide (PDF)| Word

June 14, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word

May 18, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Care Coordination Table (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PDF) | Word
• Quality Measurement for Behavioral Health presented by Constance M. Horgan, Sc.D and Deborah W. Garnick, Sc.D. , The Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Brandeis University (PDF) | Word

April 12, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PDF) | PPT | Word
• Post - Acute Care Potential Measures (Presentation by Amy E. Boutwell, MD, MPP, Collaborative Health Strategies (PDF) | Word
• Standard Quality Measure Set - Nominations for Committee Consideration (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Nominations with Descriptions (PDF) | Excel
• Chapter 288 - An Act To Promote Cost Containment, Transparency And Efficiency In The Provision Of Quality Health Insurance For Individuals And Small Businesses (PDF) | Word

March 30, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Internal Framework for DPH Application of Standard Quality Measure Set (PDF) | Word
• Mandated Measures Draft Recommendations (PDF) | Word
• Public Nomination of Quality Measures (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PDF) | PPT

February 21, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• Red Lined Bylaws (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PPT) | Word

February 16, 2012 (Quality Management Webinar)

• Quality Measurement 101 Presentation (PPT) | Word

January 25, 2012

• Agenda (PDF) | Word
• Minutes (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Bylaws (PDF) | Word
• SQAC Priorities (PDF) | Word
• Meeting Presentation (PPT) | Word

The Statewide Quality Advisory Committee (SQAC) was created by MGL Chapter 12C, §14, as enacted through Chapter 224 of the Acts of 2012. Learn more about the SQAC Statute and bylaws