The Surgery Project is now beginning its third phase of reviewing measures for endorsement. This project will include performance measures in the areas of general and specialty surgery that address surgical events, including pre-, intra- and post-surgical care, use of medications peri-operatively, adverse surgical outcomes, and other related topics. NQF-endorsed measures that are due for maintenance will be re-evaluated against the most recent NQF measure evaluation criteria along with newly submitted measures. Read more