Quality Metrics are currently being tracked nationally for all providers and it follows the provider for the rest of their lives. Tenet gets Quality Metrics from a company called Tableau for their providers.
Link to quality measures on cms.gov (the centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services):
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/QualityMeasures/Core-Measures.html
Scroll to the bottom to see the primary care measures.
Primary care Measures
Primary-Care-Measures (PDF on TimeofCare.com)
Primary Care Measures PDF on CMS.gov.
What an actual clinic is using
At my former clinic, UCR Health in Palm Springs, they chose 10 primary care quality metrics to work on from a list of dozens. They are working on:
- Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) poor control
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD): Antiplatelet therapy
- Diabetes: Medical Attention for nephropathy
- Controlling high blood pressure
- Breast Cancer Screening
- Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) S
- Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for clinic.
- Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use Screening
- Documentation of current medications in the EHR
From e 1-4 are under the outcome section; from 5-9 are under the Preventative section; number 10 is under the Safety Section.
Quality Measure Summary, sample.
https://community.tableau.com/thread/197952