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HEDIS Measures Tip Sheet

Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)

HEDIS®1 Quality Measures Tip Sheets

Date Published

Applies to:

Florida Blue Commercial

FEP2

Florida Blue Medicare Stars

Florida Blue Medicare

Truli for Health3

Adults' Access to Preventive / Ambulatory Health Services (AAP)

Feb 2026

✓

 

 

✓

 

Adult Immunization Status (AIS-E) Feb 2026 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Advance Care Planning (ACP) Feb 2026     ✓ ✓  

Alcohol/Drug Abuse/Dependence: Follow Up After Emergency Department Visit for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse or Dependence (FUA)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

 

✓

 

Avoidance of Antibiotic Treatment for Acute Bronchitis/Bronchiolitis (AAB)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

 

✓

 

Back Pain: Use of Imaging Studies for Lower Back Pain (LBP)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

 

 

 

Blood Pressure: Controlling Blood Pressure (CBP)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Blood Pressure Control for Patients with Diabetes (BPD)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Blood Pressure Control for Patients with Hypertension (BPC-E) Mar 2025 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓  
Breast Cancer Screening (BCS) Feb 2026

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Cardiac Rehabilitation (CRE) Mar 2025 ✓   ✓ ✓  

Cardiovascular Disease: Statin Use in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease (SPC)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Statin Therapy for Patients with Diabetes (SPD-E) Feb 2026

 ✓

 

 

✓

 

Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS) Feb 2026

✓

✓

 

 

✓

Child and Adolescent Well-Care Visits (WCV) Feb 2026 ✓

 

 

 

✓

Chlamydia Screening for Women (CHL) Feb 2026 ✓

 

 

 

 

Colorectal Cancer Screening (COL)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Depression Screening and Follow Up for Adolescents and Adults (DSF-E) Feb 2026 ✓     ✓  

Pharmacotherapy Management of COPD Exacerbation (PCE)

Feb 2026

✓

 

 

✓

 

Eye Exam for Patients with Diabetes (EED)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓ 

Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for People with Multiple High-Risk Chronic Conditions (FMC)

Feb 2026

 

 

✓

✓

 

Glycemic Status Assessment for Patients with Diabetes (GSD) Feb 2026

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Immunizations for Adolescents (IMA)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

 

 

 

Immunization: Childhood Immunization Status (CIS)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

 

 

✓*

Kidney Health Evaluation for Adults with Diabetes (KED)

Feb 2026

✓

 

✓

✓

 

Fall Risk Management (FRM) Feb 2026     ✓    

Mental Illness: Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Mental Illness (FUM)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

 

✓

✓ 

Mental Illness: Follow-Up After Hospitalization (FUH)

Feb 2026

✓

 

 

✓

✓

Follow-Up After High-Intensity Care for Substance Use Disorder (FUI) Feb 2026

✓

✓

 

✓

 

Initiation and Engagement of Substance Use Disorder Treatment (IET)

Feb 2026 ✓ ✓

 

 

 

Management of Urinary Incontinence in Older Adults (MUI) Feb 2026     ✓    

Opioids: Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorder (POD)

Feb 2025 ✓ ✓ ✓

 

 

Opioids: Use of Opioids From Multiple Providers (UOP)

Feb 2025

✓

✓

 

✓

 

Osteoporosis Management in Women (OMW)

Feb 2026

 

 

✓

✓

 

Osteoporosis Screening in Older Women (OSW) Feb 2026     ✓ ✓  
Persistent Use of Beta Blockers After Heart Attack (PBH)

Feb 2025

✓

 

✓

✓

 

Appropriate Testing for Pharyngitis (CWP) Feb 2026 ✓

 

 

✓

 

Physical Activity in Older Adults (PAO) Feb 2026     ✓ ✓  

Plan All-Cause Readmissions (PCR)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Prenatal and Postpartum Care (PPC)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

 

 

✓

Adherence to Antipsychotic Medications for Individuals with Schizophrenia (SAA) Feb 2024 ✓        

Transitions of Care (TRC)

Feb 2026

 

 

✓

✓

 

Upper Respiratory Infection: Appropriate Treatment for Upper Respiratory Infection (URI) Feb 2026 ✓ ✓

 

✓

 

Weight Assessment and Counseling in Children (WCC)

Jun 2026

✓

 

 

 

✓

Well-Child Visit (W30)

Feb 2026

✓

✓

 

 

✓

PQA Measures Tip Sheet

Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA)

Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) Quality Measures Tip Sheets

Date Published

Applies to:

Florida Blue
Commercial

FEP

Florida Blue
Medicare Stars

Florida Blue
Medicare

Concurrent Use of Opioids and Benzodiazepines (COB) Feb 2026 ✓   ✓  
International Normalized Ratio Monitoring of Those on Warfarin (INR) Feb 2024 ✓

 

 

✓ 

Medication Adherence: Cholesterol (Statins PDC-STA)

Feb 2026

✓

 

✓

 

Medication Adherence: Diabetes (PDC-DR)

Feb 2026

✓

 

✓

 

Medication Adherence: Hypertension (PDC-RASA)

Feb 2026

✓

 

✓

 

Monitoring of Individuals on Long-Term Opioid Therapy (AMO) Feb 2024 ✓

 

 

✓ 

Polypharmacy: Use of Multiple Anticholinergic Medications in Older Adults (POLY-ACH) Feb 2026     ✓  
Polypharmacy: Use of Multiple CNS-Active Medications in Older Adults (POLY-CNS) Feb 2026     ✓  

Statin Use in Persons with Diabetes (SUPD)

Feb 2026

✓

 

✓

 

 

1 HEDIS Measure Specifications
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The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) measures and specifications were developed by and are owned by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The HEDIS measures and specifications are not clinical guidelines and do not establish a standard of medical care. NCQA makes no representations, warranties, or endorsement about the quality of any organization or physician that uses or reports performance measures and NCQA has no liability to anyone who relies on such measures and specifications. NCQA holds a copyright in these materials and can rescind or alter these materials at any time. These materials may not be modified by anyone other than NCQA. Use of the Rules for Allowable Adjustments of HEDIS to make permitted adjustments of the materials does not constitute a modification. Any commercial use and/or internal or external reproduction, distribution and publication must be approved by NCQA and are subject to a license at the discretion of NCQA.  Any use of the materials to identify records or calculate measure results, for example, requires a custom license and may necessitate certification pursuant to NCQA’s Measure Certification Program. Reprinted with permission by NCQA. © 2025 NCQA, all rights reserved. Limited proprietary coding is contained in the measure specifications for convenience. NCQA disclaims all liability for use or accuracy of any third-party code values contained in the specifications. Current Procedural Technology (CPT) Copyright 2025 American Medical Association (AMA). All rights reserved. CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (FARS) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) restrictions apply to government use. Fee schedules, relative value units, conversion factors and/or related components are not assigned by the AMA, are not part of CPT, and the AMA is not recommending their use. The AMA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense medical services. The AMA assumes no liability for data contained or not contained herein.

2 Federal Employee Program®

3 Health coverage is offered by Truli for Health, an affiliate of Florida Blue. These companies are Independent Licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

* Truli for Health will not include influenza in CIS measurement.

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