AHRQ National Advisory Council Subcommittee (SNAC) on Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP Programs

SNAC Nomination and Scoring Process

• Initial measure identification.
• Delphi I—Validity and Feasibility.
• SNAC definitions of
      - Validity.
      - Feasibility (with reliability).
      - Importance.
• Understanding of a "core, grounded, and parsimonious" set.
• Broad measure nomination.
• Delphi II—VFI.
• Ranking process.
• Final vote.
• SNAC key issues.