Health Care Quality Measures 
Quality Measures: 2026 Report Year

A complete list of physician clinic and hospital quality measures, Quality Rule Appendices (which includes measures, data elements, and specification information), measure specifications, and variance information for the 2026 reporting year are available below.

Measure information

• Physician Clinic and Hospital Measures List 2026 (PDF)
• Technical Update for 2026 Reporting (PDF)
• Minnesota Statewide Quality Reporting and Measurement System: Appendices to Minnesota Administrative Rules, Chapter 4654, December 2017 (PDF)

Physician clinic measure specifications

Clinical care

• Optimal Diabetes Care (PDF)
• Optimal Asthma Control (PDF)
• Asthma Education and Self-Management (PDF)
• Colorectal Cancer Screening (PDF)
• Depression Care: Remission at Six Months (PDF)
• Pediatric Preventive Care: Adolescent Mental Health and/or Depression Screening (PDF)

Hospital measure specifications

Prospective payment system hospitals

• Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Excess Readmission Ratio (PDF)

Prospective payment system and critical access hospitals

• Emergency Department Stroke Registry Door-to-Imaging Initiated Time Indicator (PDF)
• Emergency Department Stroke Registry Time to Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy Indicator (PDF)

Variances

Minnesota Rule 4654.0700 provides discretionary authority for the Commissioner of Health to grant variances to a data submitter for a reported quality measure collection or submission specification if the data submitter demonstrates good cause.

• Variance Procedure (PDF)