|
Quality Id |
Measure Name |
High Priority |
Measure Type |
Measure Description |
|
130 |
Documentation of Current
Medications in the Medical Record |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage of visits for patients
aged 18 years and older for which the eligible professional or eligible
clinician attests to documenting a list of current medications using all
immediate resources available on the date of the encounter. This list must include
ALL known prescriptions, over-the-counters, herbals, and
vitamin/mineral/dietary (nutritional) supplements AND must contain the
medications’ name, dosage, frequency and route of administration |
|
137 |
Melanoma: Continuity of Care –
Recall System |
Yes |
Structure |
Percentage of patients, regardless
of age, with a current diagnosis of melanoma or a history of melanoma whose
information was entered, at least once within a 12 month period, into a
recall system that includes: |
|
138 |
Melanoma: Coordination of Care |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage of patient visits,
regardless of age, with a new occurrence of melanoma that have a treatment
plan documented in the chart that was communicated to the physician(s)
providing continuing care within one month of diagnosis |
|
224 |
Melanoma: Overutilization of
Imaging Studies in Melanoma |
No |
Process |
Percentage of patients, regardless
of age, with a current diagnosis of Stage 0 through IIC melanoma or a history
of melanoma of any stage, without signs or symptoms suggesting systemic spread,
seen for an office visit during the one-year measurement period, for whom no
diagnostic imaging studies were ordered |
|
226 |
Preventive Care and Screening:
Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention |
No |
Process |
Percentage of patients aged 18
years and older who were screened for tobacco use one or more times within 24
months AND who received tobacco cessation intervention if identified as a
tobacco user |
|
265 |
Biopsy Follow-Up |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage of new patients whose
biopsy results have been reviewed and communicated to the primary
care/referring physician and patient by the performing physician |
|
317 |
Preventive Care and Screening:
Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented |
No |
Process |
Percentage of patients aged 18
years and older seen during the submitting period who were screened for high
blood pressure AND a recommended follow-up plan is documented based on the
current blood pressure (BP) reading as indicated |
|
337 |
Psoriasis: Tuberculosis (TB)
Prevention for Patients with Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid
Arthritis Patients on a Biological Immune Response Modifier |
No |
Process |
Percentage of patients whose
providers are ensuring active tuberculosis prevention either through yearly
negative standard tuberculosis screening tests or are reviewing the patient’s
history to determine if they have had appropriate management for a recent or
prior positive test |
|
374 |
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt
of Specialist Report |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage of patients with
referrals, regardless of age, for which the referring provider receives a
report from the provider to whom the patient was referred |
|
402 |
Tobacco Use and Help with Quitting
Among Adolescents |
No |
Process |
The percentage of adolescents 12 to
20 years of age with a primary care visit during the measurement year for
whom tobacco use status was documented and received help with quitting if
identified as a tobacco user |
|
410 |
Psoriasis: Clinical Response to
Oral Systemic or Biologic Medications |
Yes |
Outcome |
Percentage of psoriasis vulgaris patients receiving oral systemic or biologic
therapy who meet minimal physician-or patient- reported disease activity
levels. It is implied that establishment and maintenance of an established
minimum level of disease control as measured by physician-and/or
patient-reported outcomes will increase patient satisfaction with and
adherence to treatment |
|
440 |
Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)/Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC): Biopsy Reporting Time –
Pathologist to Clinician |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage of biopsies with a
diagnosis of cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)
and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) (including in
situ disease) in which the pathologist communicates results to the clinician
within 7 days from the time when the tissue specimen was received by the
pathologist |
|
130 |
Documentation of Current
Medications in the Medical Record |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage of visits for patients
aged 18 years and older for which the eligible professional or eligible
clinician attests to documenting a list of current medications using all
immediate resources available on the date of the encounter. This list must include
ALL known prescriptions, over-the-counters, herbals, and
vitamin/mineral/dietary (nutritional) supplements AND must contain the
medications’ name, dosage, frequency and route of administration |
|
137 |
Melanoma: Continuity of Care –
Recall System |
Yes |
Structure |
Percentage of patients, regardless
of age, with a current diagnosis of melanoma or a history of melanoma whose
information was entered, at least once within a 12 month period, into a
recall system that includes: |
|
138 |
Melanoma: Coordination of Care |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage of patient visits,
regardless of age, with a new occurrence of melanoma that have a treatment
plan documented in the chart that was communicated to the physician(s)
providing continuing care within one month of diagnosis |
|
224 |
Melanoma: Overutilization of
Imaging Studies in Melanoma |
No |
Process |
Percentage of patients, regardless
of age, with a current diagnosis of Stage 0 through IIC melanoma or a history
of melanoma of any stage, without signs or symptoms suggesting systemic spread,
seen for an office visit during the one-year measurement period, for whom no
diagnostic imaging studies were ordered |
|
226 |
Preventive Care and Screening:
Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention |
No |
Process |
Percentage of patients aged 18
years and older who were screened for tobacco use one or more times within 24
months AND who received tobacco cessation intervention if identified as a
tobacco user |
|
265 |
Biopsy Follow-Up |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage of new patients whose
biopsy results have been reviewed and communicated to the primary
care/referring physician and patient by the performing physician |
|
317 |
Preventive Care and Screening:
Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented |
No |
Process |
Percentage of patients aged 18
years and older seen during the submitting period who were screened for high
blood pressure AND a recommended follow-up plan is documented based on the
current blood pressure (BP) reading as indicated |
|
337 |
Psoriasis: Tuberculosis (TB)
Prevention for Patients with Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid
Arthritis Patients on a Biological Immune Response Modifier |
No |
Process |
Percentage of patients whose
providers are ensuring active tuberculosis prevention either through yearly
negative standard tuberculosis screening tests or are reviewing the patient’s
history to determine if they have had appropriate management for a recent or
prior positive test |
|
374 |
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt
of Specialist Report |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage of patients with
referrals, regardless of age, for which the referring provider receives a
report from the provider to whom the patient was referred |
|
402 |
Tobacco Use and Help with Quitting
Among Adolescents |
No |
Process |
The percentage of adolescents 12 to
20 years of age with a primary care visit during the measurement year for
whom tobacco use status was documented and received help with quitting if
identified as a tobacco user |
|
410 |
Psoriasis: Clinical Response to
Oral Systemic or Biologic Medications |
Yes |
Outcome |
Percentage of psoriasis vulgaris patients receiving oral systemic or biologic
therapy who meet minimal physician-or patient- reported disease activity
levels. It is implied that establishment and maintenance of an established
minimum level of disease control as measured by physician-and/or
patient-reported outcomes will increase patient satisfaction with and
adherence to treatment |
|
440 |
Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)/Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC): Biopsy Reporting Time –
Pathologist to Clinician |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage of biopsies with a
diagnosis of cutaneous Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)
and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) (including in
situ disease) in which the pathologist communicates results to the clinician
within 7 days from the time when the tissue specimen was received by the
pathologist |
|
130 |
Documentation of Current
Medications in the Medical Record |
Yes |
Process |
Percentage of visits for patients
aged 18 years and older for which the eligible professional or eligible
clinician attests to documenting a list of current medications using all
immediate resources available on the date of the encounter. This list must include
ALL known prescriptions, over-the-counters, herbals, and
vitamin/mineral/dietary (nutritional) supplements AND must contain the
medications’ name, dosage, frequency and route of administration |