{"id":41728,"date":"2025-02-24T22:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T03:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncqa.org\/?page_id=41728"},"modified":"2026-01-30T08:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:07:39","slug":"breast-cancer-screening-bcs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncqa.org\/report-cards\/health-plans\/state-of-health-care-quality-report\/breast-cancer-screening-bcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast Cancer Screening (BCS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This HEDIS measure assesses women 50\u201374 years of age who had at least one mammogram to screen for breast cancer in the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>The Breast Cancer Screening measure is also available in an ECDS format. 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