
Anesthesiology Performance Improvement and Reporting Exchange (ASPIRE)
2023 Performance Index Scorecard
Measure Explanation: Cohorts 1 – 6 (2015 – 2021 start)
Measure #1: The ASPIRE Quality Champion (or a designated representative who must be an anesthesiologist)
and the Anesthesiology Clinical Quality Reviewer (ACQR), combined, must attend ASPIRE Collaborative meetings
in 2023. There are three total meetings with six opportunities for attendance:
1. MSQC (Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative) / ASPIRE Meeting: Friday, April 21, 2023
2. ASPIRE Collaborative Meeting: Friday, July 14, 2023
3. MPOG (Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group) Retreat: Friday, October 13, 2023
Measure #2: There will be six Quality Committee e-meetings in 2023. One representative (ASPIRE Quality
Champion or ACQR) must attend the following 2023 meetings:
1. Monday, January 23, 2023
2. Monday, February 27, 2023
3. Monday, May 22, 2023
4. Monday, July 24, 2023
5. Monday, September 25, 2023
6. Monday, November 27. 2023
Measure #3: Maintenance Schedule located on MPOG website in the resources tab of the quality section. Data
must be of high quality upon submission, >90% of diagnostics marked as ‘Data Accurately Represented.’
Measure #4: The site is expected to schedule a local meeting either in-person or virtually following each ASPIRE
collaborative meeting (see Measure #1 for dates) to discuss site based and collaborative quality outcomes with
clinical providers at their site. Sites must send the coordinating center the site-based collaborative meeting
report located on the MPOG website in the P4P sub tab of the Michigan hospitals tab of the quality section.
Measure #5: ACQR must attend the Fall ACQR Retreat to be held on Friday, September 15, 2023.
Measure #6: Sites will be awarded points for compliance with the multimodal pain measure GLU 03 (cumulative
score January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023). See P4P Scorecard for point distribution.
Measure #7: Sites will be awarded points for compliance with the sustainability measure SUS 01 (cumulative
score January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023). See P4P Scorecard for point distribution.
Measure #8: Sites will choose a measure where performance is above/below the ASPIRE threshold or a measure that
needs improvement. Sites must submit their current measure score (November 1, 2021, through October 31, 2022) to
the Coordinating Center by Friday, December 9, 2022, for review and approval (cumulative score January 1, 2023,
through December 31, 2023). Measure selection form is located on the MPOG website in the P4P sub tab of the
Michigan hospitals tab of the quality section. See P4P Scorecard for point distribution.
How to calculate percentage increase: Subtract the original value from the new value, then divide the result by the
original value. Multiply the rest by 100, see example:
initial