Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period who have a LDL-C result <100 mg/dL OR patients who have a LDL-C result >=100 mg/dL and have a documented plan of care to achieve LDL-C <100mg/dL, including at a minimum the prescription of a statin
- Measure TypeElectronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)Level Of AnalysisCare SettingNumerator
Patients who have a LDL-C result <100 mg/dL
OR
Patients who have a LDL-C result >=100 mg/dL and have a documented plan of care1 to achieve LDL-C <100 mg/dL, including at a minimum the prescription of a statin within a 12 month period
Definitions:
*Documented plan of care may also include: documentation of discussion of lifestyle modifications (diet, exercise); scheduled re-assessment of LDL-C
*Prescribed may include prescription given to the patient for a statin at one or more visits in the measurement period OR patient already taking a statin as documented in current medication list
Numerator Instructions:
The first numerator option can be reported for patients who have a documented LDL-C < 100 mg/dL at any time during the measurement period.DenominatorAll patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period
ExclusionsDocumentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing a statin (eg, allergy, intolerance to statin medication(s), other medical reasons)
Documentation of patient reason(s) for not prescribing a statin (eg, patient declined, other patient reasons)
Documentation of system reason(s) for not prescribing a statin (eg, financial reasons, other system reasons)Testing Data Sources
- Measure StructureClinical Condition Topic AreaTarget PopulationNational Quality Strategy PrioritiesPrevention and Treatment
- Risk Adjustment
- Current or planned use(s)
- Most Recent Endorsement ActivityMeasure Retired and Endorsement Removed Cardiovascular Project 2016-2017Initial EndorsementEndorsement StatusLast UpdatedRemoval Date
- StewardSteward Organization EmailSteward Organization Copyright
This Physician Performance Measurement Set (PPMS) and related data specifications were developed by the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (the Consortium) including the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) to facilitate quality improvement activities by physicians. The performance measures contained in this PPMS are not clinical guidelines and do not establish a standard of medical care, and have not been tested for all potential applications. This PPMS is intended to assist physicians to enhance quality of care and is not intended for comparing individual physicians to each other or for individual physician accountability by comparing physician performance against the measure or guideline.
This PPMS is subject to review and may be revised or rescinded at any time by the Consortium. The PPMS may not be altered without the prior written approval of the Consortium. A PPMS developed by the Consortium, while copyrighted, can be reproduced and distributed, without modification, for noncommercial purposes, e.g., use by health care providers in connection with their practices. Commercial use is defined as the sale, license, or distribution of the performance measures for commercial gain, or incorporation of the performance measures into a product or service that is sold, licensed or distributed for commercial gain. Commercial uses of the performance measures require a license agreement between the user and the AMA, (on behalf of the Consortium) or the ACC or the AHA. Neither the Consortium nor its members shall be responsible for any use of this PPMS.
THE MEASURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
© 2009 American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
Limited proprietary coding is contained in the measure specifications for convenience. Users of the proprietary code sets should obtain all necessary licenses from the owners of these code sets. The AMA, the ACC, the AHA, the Consortium and its members disclaim all liability for use or accuracy of any Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) or other coding contained in the specifications.
CPT® contained in the measures specifications is copyright 2005 American Medical Association. LOINC® copyright 2004 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. SNOMED CLINICAL TERMS (SNOMED CT®) copyright 2004 College of American Pathologists (CAP). All Rights Reserved. Use of SNOMED CT® is only authorized within the United States.