Measurement & Reporting
MNCM is proud to partner with several organizations that support statewide measurement and reporting. Measurement and reporting services include measures of both clinical quality and health care cost. Many health care experts and community members help shape our work.
The Measurement and Reporting Committee (MARC) recommends measurement priorities, specifications, guiding principles and policies for public reporting of measurement data.
Current members of MARC include:
Co-Chairs
| Anne Katherine Hust*, MD, MPH Hennepin Healthcare |
Sue Knudson*, MA HealthPartners (Health Plan) |
Committee Members
| Matt Flory American Cancer Society |
Christine Norton* Consumer |
| Jamie Galbreath UCare |
Angela Olson Fairview Range Medical Center Hibbing |
| Cara Hull HealthPartners (Clinics) |
Bridget Olson Planned Parenthood |
| Steve Inman, MD* Pediatric Services, PA |
Carmen Parrotta NorthPoint Health and Wellness |
| Craig Johnson Therapy Partners, Inc. |
Laura Pelaez, MD Olmsted Medical Center |
| Dave Johnson Hennepin County Public Health |
Angie Pokharel Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota |
| Clarence Jones* Hue-MAN Partnership |
David Satin, MD University of Minnesota & University of Minnesota Physicians |
| Sterling Kowalski MN Department of Human Services |
Denise Schneekloth MN Rural Health Cooperative |
| David Kurtzon Minnesota Department of Health |
Anne Stephen, MD Consumer (retired physician) |
| Jennifer Lamprecht* Sanford Health |
Amanda Strom Allina Health |
| Leota Lind* South Country Health Alliance |
Sean Wherry, MD* CentraCare |
*MNCM Board Member
Each year, the MNCM Slate of Measures is reviewed by the Measure Review Committee (MRC). The MRC is a sub-committee of the MARC that provides ongoing evaluation of existing measures to ensure continued value to the community. Value criteria indicate a measure must:
- Be consistent with evidence-based standards of care and guidelines
- Address a high-priority aspect of health care (i.e. high disease burden, high resource use, severity of illness)
- Demonstrate a gap in performance
- Meet reliability and validity standards
The feasibility and burden of data collection, current use of the measures in accountability programs and/or quality improvement activities, and harmonization with existing local and national measures and/or programs – are also considered.
Recommendations from MRC inform development of the annual Slate of Measures recommended by the MARC and approved by MNCM Board of Directors each December.
Measure Review
Each of the publicly reported quality measures on the Slate of Measures undergoes a thorough review by MARC every three years. During these evaluations, the committee employs specific criteria to assess each measure:
- Presence of performance gap
- Impact on improving care
- Effort needed for data collection
- Effort needed to improve outcomes
- Denominator inclusivity
- Biases in calculations/algorithms
- Patient-reported outcome (PRO) tool accessibility
- Numerator based on inclusive guidelines
- Ability to stratify results by demographic variables
- Appropriateness of risk adjustment variables
- Known disparities within condition being measured
After thorough discussions, the committee votes on the future of each measure with options to continue, retire, monitor, or suggest changes (or submit comments for modifications if not measure steward).
The 2025-27 measure review schedule can be found here.
Measure Prioritization
In conjunction with the measure review process, MARC also implements a measure prioritization process every three years. This process aims to assess MNCM’s set of measures to ensure the topics addressed remain relevant and beneficial to the community. This process is outlined below:
- Survey community partners to prioritize measure areas.*
- MARC reviews survey results to identify top five focus areas.
- MNCM staff analyze and assess feasibility of existing measures in national landscape.
- MARC evaluates analyses and recommends adoption and/or development of measures.
- MNCM Board reviews recommendations and decides actions.
Last prioritization cycle: Fall 2023 | Next prioritization cycle: Fall 2026
*Information on how to provide input will be sent out via MNCM's quarterly newsletter, Measurement Minute. Sign up here to receive updates.
MNCM invites public comments for all publicly reported measures at any time. These comments will be considered during MARC's standard measure review cycle for each measure. Additionally, public comments regarding measure priorities are encouraged and will be evaluated during MARC's measure prioritization process.
All comments can be submitted at publiccomment@mncm.org. Please be sure to include your name, title, organization, and measure(s) you are commenting on in your submission.