Exact Sciences Announces Inclusion of Cologuard® in HEDIS Quality Measures
OREANDA-NEWS. October 04, 2016.
"Cologuard's inclusion in the preeminent quality measures and its standing as an A-graded service in a leading screening guideline are critical steps toward becoming a standard of care for colon cancer screening," said
Kevin Conroy, chairman and CEO of
The HEDIS quality measures promote evidence-based health care and quality service to patients by assessing the performance of health plans on multiple measures. Colorectal cancer screening compliance and patient satisfaction are two measures that are evaluated to generate an overall quality score. Cologuard continues to achieve a nearly 70-percent compliance rate1 and survey data shows that 88 percent of patients have a very positive experience2 using Cologuard and engaging
"Including Cologuard in HEDIS creates incentives for health plans and providers to adopt the test by helping them achieve compensation goals and establish marketing opportunities," Conroy said. "We also believe that because patients like using Cologuard, they are more likely to rate their experience with their prescribing health care provider favorably."
Cologuard's inclusion in HEDIS with a three-year interval provides payers, health systems, and providers quality credit for a three-year lookback period during HEDIS audits. The 2016 HEDIS audit will give credit for Cologuard tests completed beginning in 2014, when Cologuard received
"The fact that Cologuard is now accounted for in your HEDIS measures is huge for health plans," said
Troy Caraway, chief executive officer of
"With Cologuard, the scientific evidence is there, the compliance service is there, and now it counts toward our colon cancer screening quality credit," said
Anas Daghestani, M.D., CEO of
The HEDIS measures directly impact the CMS Star Ratings, which use HEDIS as the primary data source to guide quality measures for
NCQA's update to the colorectal cancer screening measure aligns HEDIS with the preeminent colorectal cancer screening guidelines, including those of the
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1Cologuard's patient compliance rate is derived from the number of valid tests reported divided by the number of collection kits shipped to patients during the 12-month period ending 60 days prior to
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