NACOR and the benefits of participation
NACOR is a clinical data warehouse designed to elevate anesthesia care through focus on patient outcomes and quality improvement. With over 100 million cases, NACOR data provides an evidence-based rationale to support:
NACOR serves as a mechanism for regulatory quality reporting through the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) as a Qualified Registry (QR) and Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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| NACOR Tiers & Services | NACOR Basic | NACOR Benchmarking | Quality Reporting | Quality Concierge |
| Gain access to your own dashboard and analytics reports | Compare your practice against national benchmarks, plus utilize comparative reports | Collect and automatically submit quality data to MIPS | Integrate with your EHR, utilize patient experience surveys, and access everything from a convenient mobile app | |
| Submit data to NACOR | ||||
| NACOR Dashboard & Analytic Reports | ||||
| National Benchmarks & Comparative Analytic Reports | ||||
| MIPS Quality Reporting Component | ||||
| MIPS Improvement Activities | ||||
| Mobile App | ||||
| Patient Experience Survey | ||||
| Aggregation, merging and validation of data | ||||
| Opioid Dependence Risk Alert | ||||
| Full EHR integration | ||||
| Real-time improvement activity tracking |
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Dr. Mateo Garcia leverages NACOR Quality Concierge® data to improve measure AQI48: Patient Reported Experience with Anesthesia at his large practice. (PDF)
Read Dr. Garcia's story
Kathy Anderson manages a medium-sized practice and uses NACOR Benchmark to achieve MIPS measure 430: Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting. (PDF)
See what Kathy did
Debbie Kim, a small group practice manager, uses NACOR Basic to achieve IIM: Patient Education on Safe Opioid Storage and Disposal. (PDF)
Meet Debbie
Listen as anesthesia quality experts discuss key NACOR topics.
TopMedTalk’s Desiree Chappell and Mike Grocott join Sheila Barnett and Patrick Guffey for a fast-paced conversation on how NACOR data powers quality improvement in anesthesiology. From AQI initiatives to smarter EHR integration, the discussion highlights where anesthesia data is headed—and why it matters for patient outcomes and value
Date of last update: February 18, 2026
