Minnesota Administrative Rules

4654.0500 MEASUREMENT DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW PROCESS.

Subpart 1.

Review process.

The commissioner must review the standardized quality measures contained in "Minnesota Statewide Quality Reporting and Measurement System: Appendices to Minnesota Administrative Rules, chapter 4654," in part 4654.0800, and propose additions, deletions, or modifications by August 15 of each year. If the commissioner determines that a standardized quality measure should be added, deleted, or modified, the commissioner will use the expedited rulemaking process under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.389.

Subp. 2.

Recommendation process.

The commissioner shall consider recommendations for addition, removal, or modification of standardized quality measures that are submitted by June 1 of each year. To the extent practicable, recommendations must address how addition, removal, or modification of a quality measure relates to one or more of the following criteria:

A.

the magnitude of the individual and societal burden imposed by the clinical condition being measured by the quality measure, including disability, mortality, and economic costs;

B.

the extent of the gap between current practices and evidence-based practices for the clinical condition being measured by the quality measure, and the likelihood that the gap can be closed and conditions improved through changes in clinical processes;

C.

the relevance of the quality measure to a broad range of individuals with regard to:

(1)

age, gender, socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity;

(2)

the ability to generalize quality improvement strategies across the spectrum of health care conditions; and

(3)

the capacity for change across a range of health care settings and providers;

D.

the extent to which the quality measure has either been developed or accepted, or approved through a national consensus effort;

E.

the extent to which the results of the quality measure are likely to demonstrate a wide degree of variation across providers; and

F.

the extent to which the quality measure is valid and reliable.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 62U.02

History:

34 SR 905

Published Electronically:

January 13, 2010